Feeling down, Bunkie? Forget Prozac, Red Bull or your favorite ginseng supplement; simply take a few passes down the quarter mile, supercharger at full 7.5-psi scream, in Callaway's C16. You're guaranteed to smile, even if you try not to.
Launch at maybe 1,500 rpm, where the big 325-section Michelin Pilots lock their silica grappling hooks in the pavement as a full 616 horsepower's worth of Roots-blown LS2 Corvette V-8 punts the car forward like a place-kicked football.
But bury your right foot, the supercharger's air-raid siren howls and the C16 rockets off into the middle of next week. Flesh-distorting amounts of thrust have a way of making you forget the nuisances. The C16 is a pricey piece, as the base version is $116,675 and our tester is just over $192,000. But we have no doubt there's a market for this highly individualized, sharp-handling, meticulously outfitted supercar, one that tops out at a claimed 206 mph in anger but will still return 28 mpg when driven gently.