[Porsche-O-Phile]

Yea I see both sides. Personally I could see them being of value where performance only is the consideration, since they'd be lighter. OTOH, for a show-off/collectable/personal use kind of car, I think part of the experience is to minimize the "cheapo" pieces as much as possible. Modern cars (including my SLK) that have a lot of electronics, plastic and composite parts, etc. can certainly be useful and interesting and fun, but I just don't think they rise to the level of "automobile" in the classical sense.

You look at older vehicles from the 20s and 30s and just go "wow" - the quality of construction is so much better and solid looking/feeling. I'm weird like that.

The new stuff might be lighter and more modern, but it just doesn't have the same emotive quality. Just my $0.02.