The terms ‘super’ and ‘hyper’ were an integral part of the final decade before the turn of the millennium. The new generation of 200mph+ cars – and catwalk models with multi-million-dollar salaries – enjoyed the ‘super’ prefix, while the digital revolution brought on the era of ‘hyperlinks’. We cast a glance back at this history-changing decade.
A Match for McLaren? Classic Driver picks 5 top supercars of the 90s
Stratospheric top speeds helped to define the supercars of the 1990s, as the top marques fought to claim the crown of “fastest car in the world” – and 200mph became a bare minimum, rather than a headline-grabbing benchmark. The Classic Driver office voted the McLaren F1 as the clear winner when it comes to all-round supercar stardom; but here we’ve chosen to feature some contenders that dared to challenge the F1’s supremacy in that high-octane era. read more >>
Continental Drift: A 'Grand Bentley' coupé 20 years on
From the early 1950s onwards, Bentley buyers ordering a ‘Continental’ knew they were getting the very top model in the range: extremely limited in production numbers and able to transport four people and their luggage from one end of Europe to the other. read more >>
Million-Dollar Babes: The supermodels of the 90s
Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer were by no means the only highly paid catwalk queens of the 1990s. We bring you our personal best of the beauties.read more >>
From Game Boy to Pepsi Concorde, these are the Icons of Generation X
With the digital revolution now in full swing, many of the defining icons of the 90s (apart from cars, of course) were electronic objects. Now it’s time to reminisce about these technological marvels, from handheld games consoles to supersonic jets. read more >>
Text: Classic Driver
