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more about #future more comments → Mobius: This article has the most insightful, passionate, elaborate, articulate, charismatic, soul-stirring commenting anywhere on the internet. more » GV_Goat: Exactly. American car culture will evolve, not die. This is evidenced by the many non-American, economically disadvantaged countries around the world ... more » ThreeLitre: Bottom line about car culture is this: people are ingenious. They will find a way. Tuning a drivetrain will require certainly more knowledge of elect... more » GasGuzzler: I very much doubt the spirit of motoring will die, at least anytime soon. I know I'll be collecting, modifying, and wrenching until the day I die or ... more » DLBlast: I'm 17 and my friends and I are the weird ones who change our own oil. Mavericks. /facepalm more » Tanshanomi: "One must be of one's time" - HonorĂ© Daumier Are hobbyist cars of the future going to look like a fastback mustang with chrome Cragar SS's? Nope. Th... more » WilliamG.: American motoring will survive the way it was birthed, not as a scene with representative trade shows and corporate interests trying to make a lifesty... more » Jeb_Hoge: Car culture in the US will never die. Hell, a guy rolled up to our neighborhood pool in a 1931 Chevrolet coupe last night. I know a guy in town rebuil... more » Franzouse: What made American motoring so awesome were: its mass appeal, the freedom it gave people to innovate, go retro or just go crazy, and the fact that any... more » wojo: I doubt very much that that the spirit of motoring is dying, consider the hotrods made from Model T's and Model A's, and the chop top cars from the fo... more » Mobius: When I was still tiny, I was enchanted and excited by the pictures of (IIRC) a Testarossa on my wall, and spent hours upon hours with my little toy ca... more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: This is 1973, part 2, that's all. Just like how grunge 'music' totally fubar'd radio, it'll go away, eventually, much like malaise bumpers and 120 HP... more » Mad_Science: Classic Cars are like Classic Rock. The inertia of the definition of "Classic" meaning the 60s and early 70s is only just starting to corrode. But w... more » evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: We often engaged in this type of discussion at my former work place. Working for a Japanese car company, we were acutely aware that the Japanese Domes... more » dal20402: Cars will get smaller, lighter, and less powerful. Many of them will be turbocharged. That right there, in the hands of a mod-minded owner, will tak... more » -
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Is There A Future For American Motoring?
The Dream Cruise was astounding-not merely the cars, but because cars were celebrated during a time of economic instability, environmental worries, and changing definitions of personal mobility. So what's the future of the Dream Cruise-and auto enthusiasts in general? More » -
