I found this discussion on the net about how new cars have become cheap and dull compared to older cars... I agree that new cars have moved a step ahead from older ones but still have lost alot of what older cars had.. They were more genuine..
Another thing about here is many peoples' understanding or concept to cars is very naive or restricted which is 1 reason why automatics sell most here compared many parts in the world that still prefer a manual even in a luxury car...
Its worth checking:
http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/Top_ten_art ... id=7476483
http://boards.msn.com/UKCarsboards/thre ... did=556325
http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_ar ... id=6704251