A Car spotter is a person who is typically strongly interested, in an amateur capacity, in car spotting, i.e., observing or photographing interesting, vintage, rare, modified and supercar

Supercar

Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car"...

s on public roads. Car spotters can be found worldwide.

A car spotter may also log about his or her "spots" on an internet forum

Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...

, such as Cardatabase.net, ExoticSpotter.com, CarSpotting.com, or streetfire.net, says a 2006 Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

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Spyder Dobrofsky (car spotter and Founder of Car-parazzi.com), informed CNN

CNN

Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

 of Bo Stefan Eriksson's crash of his Ferrari Enzo

Enzo Ferrari (car)

The Enzo Ferrari is a 12 cylinder mid-engine berlinetta named after the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari. It was built in 2002 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style electrohydraulic shift transmission, and Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide ceramic composite...

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Further reading

• John Dudley (1952) ABC of motor car spotting
• Greenwood Graeme (1949) ABC of Motor Car Spotting 1935-1948