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Originally Posted by Dixie
IMO, a very well reasoned post. I'm curious if you think there's any up-and-coming enthusiast marques?
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I'm in the wrong demo to ask-the local cars and coffee seems to have a bunch of younger folks interested in WRX's, Skylines, hot hatches like Focus RS etc. Not sure that any of these have the staying power of something like a 911, which is a unique beast in that it was built in similar form for so long. Miatas come to mind. But I don't really know.
The thing that made the 911 special was its blank canvas nature. The car itself was superb, but you could draw across the multiple generations and build something - long hoods w/ modern powerplants, short hoods converted to be long hoods with creature comforts, track cars, a/x cars, concours queens, 3.2 s and 3.6s in lightweight cars and on and on. Not sure that there's anything like it in the automotive world past or present -the hot rod movement came close but drew a different sort. I think it was this broad spectrum of creativity that made this place so interesting as it drew a real mix of people, some of whom were insanely talented and most of whom were at least sharp and downright interesting. The folks that remain here in OT are the core of that crowd.