Lewis Hamilton in Cobra...

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Originally Posted by Buzz

....this fellow is also intimately familiar with the most technologically advanced, sharpest-handling cars in this solar system - yet he gravitates to the iconic epitome of old-school brute force and bare bones muscle. Even outside of our circle of Cobra enthusiasts there evidently exists some sort of universal appeal to Cobras - something in the combination of looks, performance, reputation and overall execution that appeals to car folk at a base level regardless of age or background.

Spot-on Buzz.
As well as the "old school brute force", there's appeal in the fact that Cobras and other 'pre-technology' cars do what they do well without the aid of electronics and sensors and nanny devices. More likely to crash it because the gadgets aren't going to step in and put a boundary on your fun, but given the choice I'll take 'simple and mechanical and reliable' rather than 'complex and electronic and eventually unreliable' any time.
Driving my 39 year old Alfa is just so involving and so much fun (which is why I still have it after all these years).
Cheers,
Glen