This got me thinking after seeing a car museum with my dad on Father's day. We saw old Lincolns, old big Buicks, large Plymouths, and a red 1963 Chevy Impala, long, loaded, just enough real metal chrome and gorgeous sitting on display. I drive a very nice '00 Impala LS everyday and he said at look how much different the same car looks now. Aside from muscle cars, will tomorrow's museums want to put a 2014 Impala as a center piece 40 years from now or a 2014 Silverado? I really can't think of a lot of current cars that could be thought of in the same light. With all the plastic, fake chrome and thin sheet metal on vehicles now, what will the kids of the future look at and say "wow"? My guess is any car made before 1970. Todays muscle cars will showcase what was hot now, but has the everyday driver car been turned into a forgettable appliance after 1980?
I'm not saying the current cars are bad by any means, just that they lack any of the "wow" factor that the older cars seem to have. I'm 47 now, so maybe when a now 5 year old turns 47 in 42 years, will the then classic 2014 Impala have the same effect on him that the '63 had on me, or will he be in awe of the '63? I'm guessing the latter.
Also, what is the future of demolition derbies 20 years from now? Almost all the cars I used to see were full frame, RWD, V8 tanks. Now it FWD, unibody 4 cylinders. Maybe they'll resort to pickup truck demolition derbies instead? That might be kind of cool.
I'm not saying the current cars are bad by any means, just that they lack any of the "wow" factor that the older cars seem to have. I'm 47 now, so maybe when a now 5 year old turns 47 in 42 years, will the then classic 2014 Impala have the same effect on him that the '63 had on me, or will he be in awe of the '63? I'm guessing the latter.
Also, what is the future of demolition derbies 20 years from now? Almost all the cars I used to see were full frame, RWD, V8 tanks. Now it FWD, unibody 4 cylinders. Maybe they'll resort to pickup truck demolition derbies instead? That might be kind of cool.