Heard the same thing a thousand times in 1976 but to the best of my knowledge there is still gas around.

Welp, so far, it appears to me, that the "looks" of my 2013 FRS are holding their own, when compared to this 2017 Ferrari ......;)


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Honestly a rear lip spoiler is all that this car needed along with the HID and DRL LEDs.

Have you seen the street/race version of the Aston Martin GT8? It looks like a Twin dressed in a Rocket Bunny outfit..

Same goes for manual transmissions disappearing and how we'll be driving flying cars.Neither has happened.

Yes, the oil crisis. Weren't supposed to get wiped out by Glaciers too? :eyebulge:

But at least we got power laces.

I'm surprised I still get random compliments on how the car looks 4 years into ownership. My guess is the low-slung design and FR proportions will stand the test of time.

I believe totally stock examples will be rare and sought after in 10 years.
The remaining cars will be riced over by enthusiasts due to it's cheap price.

"10-15 years" might have been an exaggeration but its much different now than in 1976. Not only electric cars are in a very different position now, but the main reason for the switch is, as I said above, very different.

They will be stripped and made into rally cars to replace Ford Escorts and like that currently pound the local rally meets.

I agree. Gasoline powered cars will be novelties in 20 years.
"Dude, drive your Rascal™ over here and we'll listen to some vinyl and then take out the FR-S!"

I stand to differ. I think that a significant number of new vehicles offered will be electric or plug-in hybrid by that time, like maybe 1/3.

This will take a big chunk out of carbon emissions and hopefully allow the planet to recover somewhat from the C02 greenhouse effect.

There is no reason for the petroleum industry to whither down to nothing so soon, though I have no doubt that within a century combustion will be a rare source of energy in the developed world. Certain vehicles, like aircraft for example, will always need chemical energy to run. Nobody could imagine a large size electric aircraft unless there is a huge technological breakthrough that allows a much much bigger form of safe electrical energy storage.

Batteries are just a stop gap solution anyway unless new tech comes along. The world's lithium resources are somewhat finite and could be quickly depleted otherwise.

I'm not sure I agree.

I agree that self driving electric cars are going to be mainstream. But there will still be a niche of people who are true auto enthusiasts. There's more to enthusiast cars than power. Electric cars (read: Tesla) are fast, but talk about a bland experience. Other cars (991 Turbo S, GTR, Aventador, Huracan, ZO6, McLarens, Ferraris, R8 V10plus, Audi RS7 etc. etc. are faster and much more exciting.

Excitement for me is the roar of a NA, turbo or supercharged motor. Sound is everything.

Maybe the current and/or next generation is more interested in wireless connectivity in their cars. Not me. :thumbsup: