What constitutes a classic
Discussion
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but what makes a car a classic? Seems to me that many cars are now regarded as such simply because they are of a certain age. Is that enough though or should they bring more to the table than just age? Personally I feel that to be a classic, a car should be memorable for more than just its' age. I see many cars posted that I remember as just every day runaround transport from the days of my youth, and I can't get my head around the fact that Fiat Pandas et al are now seen as some sort of motoring milestone. So what are your thoughts. Is simply being X amount of years old sufficient or should there be more to it?
What about the Austin A35? Only ever designed as a mundane and utterly forgettable runaround, and frankly fairly hideous too look at. Now suddenly it's a race car with a whole series and an academy built around it! Sorry, I just don't see it. With the greatest of respect to those involved and who no doubt have a great time racing them.............then again I might have just answered my own question!
I can't be doing with snobbery or elitism, coming as I do from a very modest background and having done it the hard way, but nonetheless, I still adhere to the ethos that a classic has to have a certain extra something other than years under its' belt and that other cars of a similar vintage just don't possess.
Mishima thinks along the same lines as me methinks.
I can't be doing with snobbery or elitism, coming as I do from a very modest background and having done it the hard way, but nonetheless, I still adhere to the ethos that a classic has to have a certain extra something other than years under its' belt and that other cars of a similar vintage just don't possess.
Mishima thinks along the same lines as me methinks.
Allegros are a good example of my original point. Is age alone sufficient?. I had one as my first car. Hateful thing and to my mind, and at the risk of offending, something to be consigned to the rubbish bin of motoring history.Classic only in as much it is a classic example of a crap car.
If the quality of my Allegro is anything to go by i'm suprised there are that many left running!I take your point with Escort numbers, but suspect there success in rallying back in the day has served them well when it comes to desirability and therefore more have been kept on the road/restored over the years. The poor old Allegro was somewhat doomed from the get go.
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