I am going to have to politely disagree with the conclusion. It may pain you to accept this, but modern cars are superior in pretty much every way - including durability. Back in ye olden days, those seventies and eighties cars, you'd be lucky to get 80,000 miles on an engine before it had to be rebuilt or scrapped. Today, you can plan on at least three times that before you need to rebuild the motor. The bodies last longer and survive accidents better, too. You know those stupid fucking little SMART cars with seating for like two people and a midget? Yeah, put one of those up against a 1980 Ford LTD - and the damned SMART car is gonna win every time. Those 80s cars would also rust out in fairly short order. What has happened is that we view the past with rose-colored glasses. We see the cars that survived and remember those. However, they built MILLIONS of those damned things and they were pretty shitty cars. So, I can't agree with your conclusions with those specific regards. Modern cars are fucking awesome. I own old cars and they're loads of fun - but a modern vehicle is superior in just about every way. Oh, before you say that you can't repair modern cars - you can. In fact, people do it all the time. Upgrade your tools and understanding, and they're very repairable, though they require fewer repairs. I love modern cars, 'cause I 'member having to drive older cars. They kinda sucked in all sorts of ways, at least compared to today.