[DeTomaso] NPC interesting article

[Will Kooiman]

I want to a birthday party last night (not mine).

These guys were in their early 30's.

There was a new Challenger and a new Camaro there, and the owners loved
their cars.  They were talking about other cars too.  I don't remember
details except that they had 4-bangers with nitrous.

There are a lot of car shows down here (Ft. Lauderdale / Miami).  There
are as many young guys as there are old.

My point is that as far as I can tell, the interest is still there.  Cars
aren't as cool as they once were, but the fault isn't the lack of interest.

I don't have an answer, though.  Maybe it's a lack of relevance.  When
Billy Joe Jim Bob wins a NASCAR race, is he driving a Ford?  A Chevy?  If
a Toyota wins, do you want to head out to your Toyota dealer and buy a
Prius?  What about F1?  Cool to watch, but did they really win in a
Ferrari or an Audi?

Or maybe it's because all the safety gadgets remove the soul of the car.
There was a 1961 Starliner at the last cruise night.  That's a pretty car,
but impossible to build with today's regulations.  You can't even get
close.  A car that like that needs lots of chrome.

When the 5.0 Mustangs took off, it was fueled by low prices, great
performance, drag racing, and hot rodding.

I personally think the article is wrong.  Young people still like their
cars, but auto makers do not know how to reach them.



On 3/30/14 3:13 PM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>Dear Bjoern,
>
>
>                It is a typo.   It should read:  "It is a problem for the
>car makers *and* it is a problem for car clubs from BMWCCA to POCA."
>
>
>                            My apologies for the confusion,  Chuck Engles
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
>bflesland at gmail.com
>Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 1:27 PM
>To: detomaso at poca.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC interesting article
>
>What do you mean by saying:
>It is a problem for the car
>makers, but it is a problem for car clubs from BMWCCA to POCA.
>Cheers Bjoern
>
>> Den 30. mars 2014 kl. 15:32 skrev "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>:
>> 
>> It is a problem for the car
>> makers, but it is a problem for car clubs from BMWCCA to POCA.
>
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