When we still drove today's classics as used cars
Not so many years ago, many of today's classics were more or less mundane used cars. And we perceived these vehicles as such.
Of course, even back then, unusual cars exuded a special atmosphere and were not to be confused with the run-of-the-mill cars on the road, but they were basically used and largely depreciated normal cars.
Even a Honda NSX or a Ferrari 308 GTS had to compete with the new car alternatives available in the 1990s, as did a Mazda MX 5 when it finally became available in Europe in 1990.
And the Fiat 850 Spider that I drove around 1983 was barely 12 years old at the time, so it wasn't even a real youngtimer in today's terminology.
Today, we look back on those times and those cars with a certain amount of nostalgia and when we have the opportunity to drive an Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint or a BMW convertible from the E30 series again, we judge them with a good dose of nostalgia, knowing full well that such cars can hardly hold a candle to modern alternatives in any respect. But then that is completely irrelevant.
