100 years? Really?

How many 100 year old cars so we see on the roads today? A handful - most are in museums or only rolled out for vintage car festivals.

You could argue that there were less cars back then. Fair enough, but how many even fifty year old cars are on the roads? Even pre-2000 cars are rare, and easily identifiable due to the older format registration plate.

I think in 100 years nobody (or very few people - less than ten) is going to be regularly driving a Ford Zetec to the shops. They’ll be in museums or driven on special occasions or to vintage car rallies.

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    10 months ago

    I don’t even understand what study they’re citing or what they mean by ‘cars going extinct’. Nobody cares if someone keeps their 50 year old car running and takes it to car meets occasionally. As long as the bulk of tranport runs on electricity (whether that’s cars or PT), we’re doing fine.

    This reeks of propaganda that’s makes it sound like government intervention is pointless.