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Originally Posted by moondoggy
After being around 50+ years I've been able to see the evolution and devolution of the Muscle Car and Sports Car. With the fall of GM and Chrysler and the rising cost of gas I suspect that we are at the end of the line for such cars. Only the rich will be able to indulge in performance cars. When I was a youngster I used to see all those old fellows driving Hemi's, Vett's,Big Block Chevy and Fords and wondered If I would ever be able to afford a car with such performance. Well I'm old to do so and glad I lived long enough to finally have a car That I wanted as a Kid. There is so much magic in the internal combustion engine that no hybrid or electric car can ever produce. I also believe that this will be the last generation of the Z once it's product life cycle is through.
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I agree with you. Maybe it's an old curmudgeon thing, but I see this onslaught of hybrid, electric, green happy ecology cars coming along with increasing economic, insurance and legislative pressures on performance cars. Generally it's about 5 years or so between car purchases for me and now was the time. I bought my 370Z feeling that this might be my "last chance" to own a great performance car.
Not at all politically correct... and proud of it! What I SHOULD have bought was a Volkswagen Jetta diesel sportwagen getting 49mpg. If gas goes to $5/gal, I may occasionally regret it.
But life is too short to drive boring cars!!
Thanks for posting this thought!
HJM