Great skepticism as to whether today's cars will still be able to drive in 30 years (Question of the week)
If you had stored a Ferrari 512 BB or a Porsche 930 Turbo in the 1980s, you could not only enjoy an interesting increase in value today, you would also have a good chance of bringing the car back to life. But what about today's cars?
The question is whether this can be repeated with new cars from today. Of course, this would require the cars from 2017 to be able to drive again in 30 years' time.
If you were to preserve an Alfa Romeo 4C, an Aston Martin DB11, a BMW M2, a Nissan 370Z or a Ferrari 488 for the future now, would it still be possible to get it running again in 2047 with reasonable effort? We asked Zwischengas readers this questionand they were divided, but overall also quite skeptical.
However, 36% can at least imagine that the possible damage and electronic problems could be solved with considerable effort.
A third, i.e. 33%, cannot imagine that the possible electronic problems could be solved with reasonable effort and that driving would therefore be possible again.
And ten percent are even quite sure that in 30 years' time, both the spare parts and the knowledge will be lacking to get the 2017 models, which will then have matured into classic cars, back on the road again.
However, one sixth (16%) do not actually see any reason why today's cars should not still be drivable as classics in 30 years' time.
Two percent of the 306 respondents did not find a suitable answer.
So people are skeptical when looking to the future. This can certainly be summarized.
Of course, we also show the graphical results:
The next question of the week is already underway, for once internally oriented, in which readers can comment on which extensions they would most like to see on Zwischengas.
And of course you can still read all the previous results of the "Questions of the Week" in the corresponding topic channel.
