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Originally Posted by m6-lt1
No one can objectively ever challenge what you are saying. For a lot of us when we say a car feels “special” we don’t 100% only mean it because it’s a limited production car. We are talking about it’s presence when we see one on the street. The way it feels when we drive it. I have turned the ignition on on a boss 302. Hearing it roar to life was a “special” event. You don’t hear them very often thus it feels very special to me. It also is a very nice driving vehicle. The roadrunner engine sounds different versus a coyote. Just an FYI I am someone who cross shopped a boss 302 versus a 16-18 SS. Obviously you can tell I went with the SS. Objectively it is better in every performance metric. However I do sometimes wish I had picked up the boss because of the feeling I get the 1 or 2 times I see them in the wild. I know my car is better but I respect the boss for what it was when it came out and for the fact that it’s still a pretty capable car. Not to mention it still feels like a muscle car which I do miss because 6th gens (aside from the push rod power) feel like sports cars (which is mostly a good thing) not muscle cars.
I’ll give you another example of a special car. The e46 and e92 m3’s have absolutely shot up in value. Objectively they are garbage compared to today’s performance. But right now a sub 60k mile e92 m3 is around 40 grand. Feature wise and performance wise it is way below any 6th gen SS but costs more than 16-18’s. People like the way they feel when they drive. It’s not necessarily that they are rare because they really aren’t.
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You make a good point. Sometimes it's the emotional response that a specific car can invoke that add to the driving experience. I think that's a legitimate pro to be considered. I just might choose another word to describe that rather than "special."
On the e46 and e92 m3’s, I've never owned one, but I've heard that the it's cherished because there's a pureness to the handling, especially on the track. It may not be as fast as current alternatives, but it's low weight and feedback provided through the steering wheel (perhaps similar to the idea of a Miata) are perhaps unmatched in today's cars. I guess that makes it "special," especially if you consider it was groundbreaking at the at the time. But I'd still choose to focus on the attributes as I've described them (pureness, lightweight, awesome handling and feedback) as it would help me decide between choosing it and something more modern that would offer other benefits that grew out of the move to digital age.