I can still remember the date. May 4th 2003. Yes, that's right, it was my senior prom, and all I was excited about was our stretch hummer limo that was my magical carriage ride for the evening. It was a dream come true. So, it only makes sense that kids going to prom in 2008 would be excited about riding in a fly, almost Jetson-like hovercraft that can park itself right? But alas, in small towns like Marcellus, NY, it seems as if times have reversed by 50 years. My cousin, James, just attended his senior prom in a classic car, which is no surprise since his family works on them, but what about the number of other classmates whose parents chauffeured them around in their classic Chevy's and Ford's and Caminos. It was a site to be seen all right, but it also brings up a great question: Does the "look" of a car have an effect on who buys it? Take, for instance, the case of a teenage daughter and her father my sister saw in the Toyota dealership. Daddy's little girl first looked at the Corolla and decided it wasn't "pretty" enough so they moved on to the hybrid. And that was the winner, despite the elaborate price tag because of its stylish look. Now, let's jump a generation and talk about my uncle who is 65 years old. His brand new HHR is miles more attractive and leagues "prettier" than my poor little Corolla Sport. But wait, I thought I was the one who was supposed to look cool? I've come to the conclusion that cars are like high school clicks. Some like them green, some like them flashy, and some like them classic. So, it's up to you. Which click do you belong to?

When it comes to flashy cars, it seems like a lot of people are sold on the idea that "bigger is better" or at least, that's what it used to be. If you think back to all of the car commercials that came out not that long ago, advertisers were really trying to hit the younger crowd with the idea that it was "cool" to drive big SUVs. Take the example, for instance, of the Cadillac Escalade. There was a time when the Cadillac was considered an "old person's car". Today, however, you can see all sorts of people driving them, and a lot of them are young! Everything seems to be about appearance. In rap videos, you typically see three things flashed around: cash, jewelry and cars. Not to say that rap videos popularized the Cadillac, but it definitely had a significant impact on the sales. Regardless, vehicles have been and will always continue to appeal to certain types of people. And similar to trends in music as well as fashion, everything repeats itself. For example, there was a time in the late 1960s and 1970s when bell bottom jeans were popular and then they weren't. And then they came back into popularity in the 1990s. So, too, are older cars becoming more popular again. Now, it's not so much about what is new, but what is old!

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