Re: New Blood Members

Russell Maddock (rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au)
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 12:43:17 +1000


-----Original Message----- From: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> Date: Friday, 24 July 1998 1:54 Subject: New Blood Members

>>From my armchair analysis, if we are looking for future owners, the net
>seems to be the place to be. On the other hand, I truly wonder if someone
>who was not alive in the 60's, and possibly the 70's, will ever take an
>active interest in Alpines (a very depressing thought, when taken to its
>logical conclusion). I have read more than once lately that the buyers at
>the auctions lately have been older professionals looking for nostalgia. I
>have also read that the turn of the millennium is anticipated to bring more
>nostalgia. However, for the MTV and younger crowd, I do not see them
>identifying with Alpines. Their nostalgia may turn to Z's or CRX's or
>other Banzai bullets that can be fitted with the most powerful stereo.

I understand that owners of, what in "British" terminology we call veteran and vintage cars i.e. made before 1930, are already very worried about this. I'm the only under 30 I know who aspires to own a car more than 70 years old.

Russ