British Kids Love the Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Gallardo, Nissan GTR and Ferrari 430 lead the 10 most loved supercars by young kids in the U.K.
The team at TrackDays.co.uk recently announced that the Lamborghini Gallardo is the most popular supercar among kids in the United Kingdom. The Nissan GTR was second and the Ferrari 430 was third, but you might be wondering why the TrackDays people care what kind of supercars local kids love the most.
Well, that is because TrackDays offers the “Junior Driving Experience” program, allowing kids as young as 11-years-old to get behind the wheel of some of the world’s fastest supercars. The company assembled their list of the most popular supercars among local children by looking at the cars that were most commonly chosen by their youngest customers, and not surprisingly, the Lamborghini was the most-requested high performance machine.
Lamborghini Leads the Way
We don’t know the length of time that TrackDays used for their count, but we know that 24% of the customers who participated in the Junior Driving Experience picked the Lamborghini Gallargo. The Nissan GTR was second with 18% and the Ferrari 430 was third at 16%, so 58% of the young customers picked one of those three cars.
The company also included the supercars that ranked fourth through tenth, and while we don’t have the percentages for the rest of the list, it is an interesting group that includes a hybrid and an American muscle car.
The Aston Martin Vantage was fourth, the Audi R8 was fifth, the McLaren 570S was sixth, the Porsche Boxster S was seventh and the Jaguar Type-F was eighth. Considering that this program is held in the United Kingdom, a list of European luxury-sport machines makes sense. The Nissan is a bit of a surprise in second, but as one of the world’s quickest supercars, we can understand why kids would want to drive one.
The biggest surprises are the ninth and tenth place vehicles, with the BMW i8 and the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 rounding out the list The BMW is a hybrid that offers the look of a supercar, but it is far behind all of the others on this list in terms of performance. Meanwhile, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is a muscle car with supercar capabilities, so it really says something great about the supercharged Chevy to be included on the list alongside some of the world’s greatest performance cars.
Junior TrackDays
If you live in the United Kingdom, you have a child who loves high performance cars and you want to give them an unforgettable experience, the TrackDays Junior Driving program is hard to beat. The company has outlets all over the country and the kids’ programs start at £49.00, or around $62 U.S. dollars. For that price, the child gets a safety briefing, anywhere from 3 to 6 minutes of track time and a driving certificate, so for around $62, your kid gets to make a couple laps around a road course in a supercar.
You can pay extra to add more track time to the entry-level programs, but there are many other packages that allow your child to drive up to ten cars on the track, which costs £49.00, or about $512 American. That large program is called the “Ten Supercar Blast” and it gives the child 3 miles of driving in ten cars that are picked from the following list:
Lamborghini Gallardo
Ferrari California/F430
Porsche 911 Turbo
Audi R8
Aston Martin Vantage
Jaguar F-Type R
BMW i8
Nissan GT-R
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Lotus Exige 350S
Lotus Elise
Porsche Boxster
Subaru Impreza
For those wondering, TrackDays has a long list of programs for adults that start in the same basic price range, but the adult packages are more elaborate and more involved, so many of them are more expensive. However, if you and your younger child want to hit the track in the world’s top performance cars, this is a remarkable program.
