The two legged curve
I hasten to disagree...
I saw some curves like that walking away from me just the other day!
That kind of curve can cost you over 50% of what you have so some may say that they are more expensive. (Puts flack jacket and helmet on) And they can often be more trouble than a classic car.
Unless you are lucky to have the right model biped that is.
WRT the manufacturing ability Bernice I totally agree, their will to take risks has all but evaporated and the market flavour has passed me by. I said they don't not that they can't. Your summation of the fate of many of these classics is sadly correct, they will rarely turn a wheel in anger - what a waste. I wish they would just go and hang paintings on the wall and leave cars alone.
My point is that the entry to all these previously mentioned events needs a car such as this. If I had those spondoolies then I would treat entry to an event such as the Mille Migilia as my holiday reward for being so dam lucky to be filthy rich.
Given the choice of a Zonder et al or a E Type Jag I'll take the dark lord Lucas. It is still my #1 favourite.
I guess the difference between the old classic and the new supercars are the 'richard' factor. Pull up in an Aventador and women wave their pinkie at you to indicate the size of your 'tackle' and in general your are despised as a big twat. ' Now pull up in an old classic supercar and the opinion is vastly different, folks are generally in awe of classic exotics ( perhaps they are astounded they still exist). Modern supercars are a product of the digital age. Just like the iPhone 4s everyone is waiting for the new one. the Lambo LP400 may not be easy to handle but it weighs 1,000 LBS less than the newest of he breed.
The Aventador is from all accounts heavy and scrubs like a front wheel drive, thank goodness it has 700HP to sling it out of a corner.
I don't really think a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti or a 456 looks anywhere near as buxom as a 250GTO. The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe or the AC is a good example of a shape so loved that they still make replicas.
A bit like Betty Page and that marvelous curvy shape which has given way to clothes horses in most fashion magazines. Skinny bland things that have bodies that look like young boys. No thanks, curves with a bit of substance please.
To me there isn't the adventure that saw the doors on one of the most beautiful cars ever built created so that when opened it's looks like the horns of a bull
The Miura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVijD_xX0Bo
Jay Leno has a chat but I guess most of you have seen this, we don't get that program Downunder. He feels the same way about it as I do, "aint she beautiful".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSPnL7m0kII
It was built in 2006 and they never had the courage to build it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hWtoib7YYk