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I'm in my mid-40s. When my dad was a kid, he always had a car lust for a Cadillac. When I was a kid, I had a car lust for a Porsche 911. I wonder what kids these days think would be the ultimate car? I presume a Tesla but I could be wrong.

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I'm all about the Acura NSX, the 20-year old car that still seems to be from the future.

But I'm a weirdo, most folks my age really like the Audi R8, and yes, the Tesla.

I'm 30 and i'd say Audi R8 and Aston Martin (doesnt matter which one ;) ).

I never got why people liked the Porsche cars, though. In my oppinion very uninspiring, even boring designs... But that's a matter of taste :)

R8 is a piece of art. Too bad, the waiting lists are over a year for that car. It would otherwise be sweeping the segment.

The Porsche is an experience that you just have to feel to "get". It's a similar aesthetic to Apple computers. A Porsche might not be the fastest, most expensive, or prettiest, but it is the /Porscheist/ :)

Very similar: Lotus. Try an Elise or and Exige some time. I'd love to have one set up for where I can really use it: on the track. IMO, any "street car" that does better than about 6sec 0-60 is wasteful on the street, and sadly most of these 911s are driven by lawyers and housewives of hedge fund managers who will never use them where they really shine.

It's interesting. I can see that the Audi R8 is a technical masterpiece and I find it visually attractive. However, I find it hard to get over the fact that it's an Audi and it shares design elements and some components with cars that I would consider to be quite mundane (e.g. standard A3). Marques like Aston Martin and Porsche seem more special to me because they only make 'special' cars - there are no mundane cars with these components or visual design.

Actually it hasn't changed that much. My cousins and other kids I know (age group 12-20) still like the newer Corvette's and 911's. Whenever they're putting up a supercar poster, its almost always a Lamborghini, one model or another going back right upto the Countach. Something about their design still holds the car-of-the-future attention in kids, even in 2012.

Don't forget those Lotus Elises and Exiges.

For the hairdressers.

More like right back to the Muira - the first, and to me the most beautiful, of the mid-engined supercars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Miura

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSj7GFLDhew

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