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Exactly! There aren't any cars from the 60s-70s on the road... Oh wait
You can fabricate basically any part for a 70s era car with a pretty basic machine shop, 2000s become a bit more tricky with the electronics and how much more packed in everything is in there.
Question: If displacements got so much smaller over the the last 50 years, why are engines so much bigger? Used to be able to reach in and access anything, now every inch is full of engine.
ABS, air conditioning, power steering, all the computers and electrics, and don't get me started on intercooled turbo engines.
There's a lot more extra stuff besides the engine now.
and more compact engine compartments in favor of bigger cabins.
there are a few in my country. none of them are practical to daily in 2025 except maybe for the vw beetle, and even then its gonna be quite annoying and expensive to run.
60s-70s cars are vintage toys. 2000s cars will eventually be impractical too seeing as entropy exists and we are phasing out petrol too.
we have to take control and address how they make new cars else we are just pushing the problem further instead of solving it.