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I cannot definitely say one way or another, however, the few 356 owners I see are still old men. I bought my 356 as a 24 year old kid looking for a used sports car. I'm now 78 years old. My impression is that younger drivers are not in the least bit interested in cars with less total displacement than almost one big block cylinder and HP that is less than a motorcycle. They are very impressed with the optics, however, I think they see it as a show car, not to be driven. In other words, it's not a fun to drive car for them. I have noticed that ownership demographics do seem to be leaning toward woman. Woman seem to find the car irresistible. They find it beautiful, attention getting and not overpowering. Of course woman are also outliving men and end up with their husband's 356, however, they keep it for themselves and actually drive it. The depressing part for me is that when a cute women comes up to me at a show, I find that she's there to talk about the car. I'm not really in the picture anymore. Its all about the car now.
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