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Originally Posted by chassis
Disagree that new, younger, car enthusiasts are in short supply. I have passed the enthusiasm to my two adult offspring. I know several of my adult kids’ peers who are enthusiasts. I walked past a Lambo/RR/Ferrari dealer, and the test drive clients were younger than me.
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Hey, that's great, but your kids and buddies' offspring do not represent the whole frakking world.
You need to get out of Indiana -- which is an active hotbed of classic-car enthusiasm but as rural-focused a state as any in the lower 50 -- and observe what is going on in larger cities, as well as many suburbs.
Kids always want three things:
- Technology
- What's new
- What helps them gain freedom
A generation ago, this meant vehicles more than it does now -- and a generation before that, it meant vehicles even more. Simply put, vehicles are not cutting edge to many kids now, certainly not 'new' to kids, and don't empower freedom the same way in this day and age of social media, online gaming, etc.
They
are in short supply. Millennials are, as a general rule,
not performance car enthusiasts -- and this is a global phenomenon. Not just a U.S. one -- a
global one.