Are classic cars becoming too modern? Too normal?
06/09/2021
In 2021, cars built in 1991 will become classic cars and may receive an H license plate or, in Switzerland, a veteran registration. This includes an Alfa Romeo 164 as well as an Audi Cabriolet (2.3 E), a BMW 325i (E30), a Honda Legend or a Mercedes-Benz 500 SL (R129). Electric windows, often automatic transmissions, power steering and other amenities are often on board.
But are these cars what we expect if we want to drive for nostalgia and the joy of engaging with technology as we did back then? If we are looking for a change from today's cars, are these almost equally modern vehicles really enough fun?
If you want to be happy with them in everyday life and use them like any other car for daily journeys and errands, you will certainly appreciate these vehicles, but if you want to carefully plan/initiate and execute every gearshift maneuver, enjoy every bend and, above all, take pleasure in the difference, then perhaps you would rather choose an older and in many parts more primitive or simpler car that brings you even closer to the technology and whose small weaknesses and special features then provide precisely the unique experience that driving these cars provides.
Thank goodness there are different reasons and requirements that motivate us classic car drivers to buy a particular car. Otherwise we would all choose the same classic and it would be priceless ...
