10th Nov 2012, 11:55

These cars were more durable, safer, far more comfortable, and much cheaper to operate (other than fuel) than modern cars, however nowadays fuel has supposedly become too expensive to market anything remotely similar.

The idea that things 'get better' or that there 'is progress' is as far as I can tell a sort of delusion. There's really no evidence for it. One would think the very nature of human existence - mortality - would educate us that it is more reasonable to expect decline rather than improvement.

11th Nov 2012, 20:55

It's sad that a lot of Americans nowadays take no pride in the past, when times were so much better. Cars today aren't built to last; it's just not profitable that way. Cars from the 1970s are still around today; a testament to their superior engineering and simplistic, yet ingenious designs. This is the problem with the 21st Century, and is the sole reason why it sucks: greed. Corporations today only think in terms of profit and "progress", and have more power than in any previous time in history. Excessive commercialization of everything by corporations will render just about anything into a bland, soulless heap of junk.

The auto industry of today only thinks about increased profits and nothing else. They're not out to make good cars anymore, they only want more money. All the cars today look the same because it's easier and cheaper to make them like that. It doesn't matter if the car maker is foreign or domestic; money is king for all of them. They spend billions every year to spread good words about their new cars being top dog. That's where all this "newer is better" crap is coming from everybody nowadays.

The auto industry of today will do anything to increase sales of their "cars". You saw that with the stupid "Cash for Clunkers" program initiated by the Federal Government and initially thought up by automotive industry lobbyists. With every new generation of a model, the cars get cheaper and blander. The bottom line: cars today are made solely for profit, nothing else. Cars back then were largely made for the same purpose (it is a business after all), but it was more competitive. Today, I suspect all of the auto makers are buddy-buddy behind closed doors, like most big corporations today.