Our Love Endures For The Sports Cars
Why do so many of us find sports cars irresistible?
Few objects inspire the
emotional attachment that sports cars do among auto enthusiasts.
There are
always dedicated fans of almost every technology,
but sports car fans band
together in clubs, spend a significant percentage of their free time
preoccupied with their car,
and may even begin to create a self-definition that
seems to be centered upon their favorite auto.
There is something about sports cars that makes them uniquely attractive to
many drivers.
Of course, it would be impossible to isolate exactly what it is about a
well-designed sports car that engenders such attachment,
but there are some
factors that would logically contribute to the commonly seen love affair
between men and their sports cars.
Initially, it seems as if much of the attraction is grounded in symbolism.
Sports cars have long been portrayed as sources of freedom.
Drivers are left
unencumbered by the limitations of other automobiles,
are seen as having a
uniquely free and flexible life on the open road.
This notion of freedom is
intensified when one considers convertible sports car offerings.
In such
circumstances the driver is not boxed in like others.
He can tackle any road
while being completely open to the elements.
Additionally, the allure of sports cars lies in their innovative technology.
We live in a world that worships at the altar of technological advances.
The
sports car is a moving amalgamation of technical expertise.
Sports cars are a
bundling of technological miracles.
From aerodynamic styling to compact yet
powerful engines,
they represent the cutting edge of technological design.
In
a society entranced by technology and innovation,
the sports car has an iconic
appeal that is difficult to equal.
Sports cars also represent the flipside to our technological obsession.
Although we, as a society, crave more and better tech we also fear these
developments will diminish our humanity.
Some have even argued we have an
underlying fear of losing control over our own advances.
The sports car
simultaneously represents our technological prowess while reassuring us we
retain dominion over our creation.
Sports cars are built to respond to the
driver.
In fact, they are sold as being the most responsive cars available.
The driver is left in ultimate control.
Man creates the new technology and
harnesses it.
It is the perfect version of our technological dream in action.
Finally, the sports car appeals to man’s desire to reassert his strength in a
world that no longer requires physical prowess.
Humanity has grown softer and
the need for violent power
to function successfully has been reduced to near
zero.
The sports car provides an alternative means of expressing whatever
hard-wired
tendencies toward strength and prowess that may be lurking in the
deep recesses of the human mind.
The sports car is an embodiment, after all,
of the human physical traits once needed for survival in leaner times.
Speed
and power are combined and become a proxy body for the driver placed behind the
wheel.
The sports car, it would seem, is a perfect object of affection.
It allows us
to explore our concept of freedom.
It shows us our continual technological
advancement while
simultaneously reassuring us that we can keep our new
technologies under our control.
Meanwhile, the sports car acts a proxy body
for us to express a seemingly instinctive need for demonstrating physical
prowess.
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