Modern cars are safer, better built, more reliable, and
faster than they ever have been before, and unless something major
happens, next year’s crop is likely to be even better. So at a time when
we have Toyota Camrys putting up horsepower numbers that Ferraris
posted 30 years ago, sport sedans that transform from luxury cars to
world-class corner carvers with the flick of a switch (while returning
gas mileage in the 30s, no less), and an electric sedan with as much horsepower as a Lamborghini, why do we still pine for cars from half a century ago?
Because paradoxically, midcentury cars didn’t have any
of the things we take for granted today. They feel “analog” because they
are; they’re purely mechanical creations, and at their best, they offer
a driving experience that no production car can compete with today. And
for proof of how much people are missing “the good old days” lately,
take a look at collector car auction prices over the past five years.
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