The offspring is (perhaps) secured after all! (Question of the week)
08/06/2018
We often hear that classic car enthusiasts are a dying breed. And it is often said that young people are no longer interested in old cars or are no longer interested in cars in general. But is this really true?
We have taken a different approach to the subject for once and want to know from Zwischengas readers in the" question of the week" whether their offspring, i.e. children and grandchildren, are interested in classic/young cars. And lo and behold, the problem appears to be much less pronounced than expected.
More than half said that their children/grandchildren were at least partly interested in old cars. An absolute 24 percent consider themselves lucky that their offspring are interested in their father's/grandfather's cars, while a further 29 percent have at least some offspring who will carry on the passion.
However, a quarter can only count a little interest, while 11 percent could not even name any descendants who would be interested in such things at all.
A high eight percent of the 225 respondents did not find a description of their situation in any answer, perhaps because they have no offspring at all.
Of course, the statistical relevance of such surveys should not be overestimated, as it is often mainly those who belong to one side or the other who respond. And even if the statements could be generalized, the half with an interest in old cars is an impressive figure, but it is still only half, i.e. over the next few decades, the number of fans of old cars would be halved if an equal number "from outside" were not added.
As always, we also provide the graphical analysis of the survey:
Already we have proposed a new question of the week. This time we want to know how long classic/young car owners keep their cars.
And, of course, you can still look up the results of all previous questions of the week in the dedicated topic channel.
