A Manhattan classic-car club of 1,000 members averages about 40 years old, and they drive 1980s and 90s cars: lighter, with better steering and brakes than the muscle cars their parents bought. The insurer's chief on a '67 Mustang GT500: fast, not fast-stopping.
Younger collectors prefer 1980s and 90s cars partly because they drive better than the muscle cars boomers collect: smaller, lighter, with better steering and brakes; a club founder says muscle cars 'can be a handful' and a 1950s Corvette 'is not a sports car', the classic-car insurer's chief calls a 1967 Mustang GT500 'a fast car, not a fast-stopping car', and the 1,000-member Classic Car Club Manhattan averages about 40 years old.
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The Ford Escort, the Dodge Caravan and Other Classic Cars
The New York Times · Oct 4, 2026
