Ren runs up: the Manhattan old-car club averages forty years old, a thousand members, half of them Gen X. Granny Ume: one 1989 Pathfinder sold twice in three years, to someone who probably grew up in one, the seller says. Mio: why the same car? Granny: the youngest are about one in a hundred of the insurer's clients, for now; when the children earn, they buy their childhood. Poko remembers.
Classic-car collecting runs on a cycle of ageing in: the oldest Gen X are nearing retirement, a Manhattan car club of 1,000 members averages about 40 with half of them Gen X, one auction site sold the same 1989 Nissan Pathfinder twice in three years to buyers its founder thinks grew up in one, and Gen Z, at 1.1% of the main classic-car insurer's clients, is expected one day to want the cars of the 2010s.
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The Ford Escort, the Dodge Caravan and Other Classic Cars
The New York Times · Oct 4, 2026
