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AAH #710 – What Makes a Car a Classic Car?
AAH #710 – What Makes a Car a Classic Car?
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About this episode
Exploring what defines a classic car, the discussion delves into personal connections, nostalgia, and the evolving definition of classic vehicles. Guests include Gion Cadiz from Haggerty, who highlights the growing interest in 80s and 90s cars, and the upcoming Radwood event celebrating this era. The hosts debate the emotional ties people have to cars, the aesthetics of classic vehicles, and the differences between restoration and preservation. The episode also touches on the automotive industry's future, including the impact of electric vehicles and changing consumer preferences.
Topics:
classic car definition
80s and 90s cars
emotional connections
restoration vs preservation
Haggerty insurance
Radwood event
car culture
electric vehicles
automotive industry trends
Cars:
Audi e-tron
Buick GNX
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Impala
Chrysler Pacifica
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Charger
Ferrari Testarossa
Ford Bronco
Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang GTD
Ford Probe
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Wrangler
Lamborghini Countach
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Pontiac Catalina
Toyota FJ Cruiser
Toyota Land Cruiser
Volkswagen Golf
TOPICS: Classic Cars PANEL: Jiyan Cadiz, Hagerty; Doron Levin, SeekingAlpha; Gary Vasilash, shinymetalboxes.net; John McElroy, Autoline.tv
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Ford Mustang
"...t it's your fun cars. And so if it's a Miana to a Mustang to a Ferrari, you name it, that's what our member..."
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Buick Gnx
"Speaker 2: So give us some example. So the only thing I can think of is there was some good Fox Platform, Mustang's right, Buick, GNX, things like that. Speaker 6: What else, I mean, love's love for the three series, the nine forty fours. And then we've got folks that"
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Lamborghini Kuntash
"...xotics of the time. You can't miss a Testarosa or Kuntash, you know, and maybe there's something else in th..."
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Testarossa Testarosa
"...well as the exotics of the time. You can't miss a Testarosa or Kuntash, you know, and maybe there's something..."
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Ford Probe
"...e in Detroit. Again, if you're proud of your Ford Probe or your Ferrari, great bring it. Because we we wa..."
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Chevrolet Impala
"...4: But I remember the sixty two. Speaker 5: Chevy Impala that that he brought home. And every time I see o..."
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Pontiac Catalina
"...because I mean, I grew up in the backseat to of a Catalina or a Bonneville, and I just I just don't, you kno..."
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Chevrolet Corvette
"...w, a whole bunch of Mustangs here, Chargers here, corvettes like that. That's not bringing together necessari..."
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Dodge Challenger
"...comes to cars like like Mustangs and Chargers and Challengers and so on. Speaker 6: One I think it's there's so..."
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Dodge Charger
"... it comes to i'd say the Dodge product. You know, Charger and Challenger for sure residing extremely strong..."
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Chevrolet Camaro
"...ou know, Charger Challenger versus Mustang versus Camaro. It demands a certain amount of time from the des..."
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Ford Mustang GTD
"...ord's done an absolutely great job with you know, Mustang GTD, even right on the most extreme side, taking the ..."
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Chrysler Pacifica
"...ook at Chrysler right now, okay, so you can buy a PACIFICA, Okay, that's it. What is the value that that bra..."
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Jeep Grand Cherokee
"...g that the factories making the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee had halted output. And so then Bloomberg News wen..."
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Jeep Wrangler
"...Journal saying that the factories making the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee had halted output. And so then..."
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Ford Bronco
"... the other side of the coin of the success of the Bronco brand at Ford. I think you work done right. We ha..."
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Toyota FJ Cruiser
"... soft of what the Wrangler was. It couldn't be an FJ cruiser. Speaker 6: It needed to absolutely be head to he..."
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Toyota Land Cruiser
"... Speaker 2: A rugged tire. I actually liked a new land Cruiser. Speaker 4: No, I'm not. I'm not criticizing. I t..."
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G-Class G Wagons
"...right, and then you've had others, right like the G Wagons and the Defenders. Speaker 5: Internationally, Wa..."
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Volkswagen Golf
"...ing their vehicles such that whatever they do for Golf, they're doing for their other versions of Scota ..."
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Audi Etron
"... them. Neither the I D four, nor the nor the Audi Etron has done well for them, and that's a big hit give..."
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