I currently own three old Japanese cars, aged 36, 32, and 25 years. Why is it that in 2026, a car that's 30-35 years old, a car from the 1990s, why doesn't it stand out the way......a 1950s car stood out in the 1980s...a 1960s car stood out in the 1990s...a 1970s car stood out in the 2000sIt feels like 1980s and 1990s (and even early 2000s) car designs just blend into the 2010s and 2020s driving landscape without being too noticeable, and are only noticed by car autists. But this wasn't the case when you had some big crazy 1950s or 1960s car designs that after a while every fucking boomer noticed them from a mile away if they were spotted in the wild like 20 years after they were made.It also makes me wonder if "classic" car shows have ever opened up to more newer models of cars, because for ages it was dead set on 1979/1980. But now even 1990s cars are considered classics simply by the metric of being old as fuck now. But in some ways, they don't "feel" classic, because of their design.
>>28973782aerodynamics and cars lasting (or at least expected to last) longer than they used to
>>28973782Technology stagnation. 50s tech is so primitive compared to 80s tech which seems so advanced by comparison. This trend holds until about the 90s compared to 2020s, if tech continues to be the same old going forward, 00s will feel even closer to the 30s than 90s cars feels today.
>>28973782They do stand out, you just can't see it. Even a car from the early 2000s is tiny by comparison to the fuck huge SUVs and trucks that make up the majority of traffic. Thier analog headlights stick out, their choice of paint colors sticks out, their lack of aggressive overdesigned styling sticks out.You see a civic or corolla from the 2000s and wonder how it ever held 4 people when it's half the size of an SUV which never has more than 2 people in it. And cars from the 90's? It's been a long time since I've seen one of these boxes on the road.
>>28973785>cars lasting (or at least expected to last) longer than they used toHuh, I never thought about that. As the life expectancy for cars many decades ago was shit, the fact that any survived past 10 years was a miracle. So I guess they became classics sooner?So I guess because 80s and 90s cars can in theory last longer, we saw them much more, so they don't feel as special, hense the blending in. But still, the designs also help them blend in too. In either case, I'm in the rust belt, so I can tell you right now, my cars are the oldest cars on the road at any given time.>>28973804>They do stand out, you just can't see it.Anon, I said they are only noticed by car autists, which I am of course, I'm posting on /o/. Take note, I am also driving these old relics, so my eyes are keenly set to pluck out cars like the one you posted (especially in delicious teal). I'm just saying in general, the cars blend in much more despite being so old. A boomer with a certain classic gets hounded every time they fill up for gas, like "hey cool car" and "can a picture it". That's hardly happened to me. Not that I care, it's just that my old cars feel invisible. It might also be that car culture changed by the 1990s too. They are not sought after the way boomers drooled over their eras stuff. >Thier analog headlights stick outKek, I am blinded by pure white modern headlights when I drive, I feel like I am the only one around with yellow oldschool ones.
>>28973782>Legendary 1990's Japanese Sports CarsAnd also the 300ZX is here.
>>28973782Mostly technology stagnation as that other anon said, but also the way chassis were constructed.In the 50s, 60s panels were "hand made" curvy to look cool. Then in the 70s, 80s boxy to save on costs, and then slowly into the 90s curvy for aerodynamics. Now they are more boxy and everything is a suv but fake suvs are just enlarged hatchbacks from the 90s and actual actual suvs are just as boxy as they were in the 90s, now sedans are a dying breed but thats it.
>>28975072What you think the Z32 aint special enough?
>>28973782>middle left FD RX7>middle MK4 Supra>middle right 300ZX>rear right Honda NSXWhats the car to the left in the rear?
>>289751993000GT, the forgotten legend
>>28975217No one forgot that unreliable thing
>>28973782>It feels like 1980s ... car designs just blend into the 2010s and 2020s driving landscape without being too noticeableI don't know, people gawk at my turdgen Firebird all the time when I'm driving around town. Lot's of thumbs up and surprisingly a lot of excited zoomettes.
>>28975098Everything looks the same now, I hate it.I didn't know panels used to be "hand made" as you say.
>>28973782its over
