page_title: Car classification
section_title: Sports car
hierarchical_section_title: Car classification / Sports / performance cars / Sports car
caption_attribution_description: Jaguar e-Type series one
context_page_description: Governments and private organizations have developed car classification schemes that are used for various purposes including regulation, description and categorization of cars.
  The International Standard ISO 3833-1977 Road vehicles – Types – Terms and definitions also defines terms for classifying cars.
context_section_description: Sports cars are designed to emphasise handling, performance or thrill of driving. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s, with one of the first recorded usages of the term "sports car" being in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom in 1919. Sports cars started to become popular during the 1920s. The term was originally used for two-seat roadsters (cars without a fixed roof), however since the 1970s the term has also been used for cars with a fixed roof (which were previously considered grand tourers).
  Examples of sports cars:
  Chevrolet Corvette
  Mazda MX-5
  Porsche 911
  Tesla Roadster (2020)
caption: Jaguar E-Type
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