The Last Fun Cars

Winter 2025

Great driver’s cars under six figures are going extinct. Get in while you still can.

By Lawrence Ulrich

DRIVE THROUGH any American parking lot and witness the automotive apocalypse: a beige sea of SUVs punctuated by oversize pickups. Performance cars have become unicorns in a world that’s forgotten how to have fun. The numbers tell a brutal story. Americans bought 420,000 enthusiast cars (coupes, convertibles, sports cars) at the millen...