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> Except new cars are universally better than old cars on virtually all fronts.

More like "expensive new cars are universally better than expensive old cars". When it comes to the cheapest of the cheap Chinese junk, I find them worse than old cheap cars produced by reputable manufacturers.

Oh yeah, and this is true if "all fronts" doesn't include design. Most modern cars are fugly.

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One quick way to get a feel for quality difference is to look at warranties, and how they've gone from "powertrain only" (if they were offered at all) to "bumper to bumper", and also how they've gotten longer over time (several companies offer 100k powertrain warranties and 60k bumper to bumper warranties, which would have been absurd in the old days).

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If most modern cars are fugly, then 90% of everything made by American manufacturers from 1973-2008 is eye bleach material.

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You're referring to cars, or in general?