I've been in a ton of newer muscle/pony cars, and it's hard to deny that the performance and driving dynamics are on-point. Not so much with the Mopar stuff unless you're going in a straight line, but all the current offerings are superior on paper to what we grew up with.
The thing that's missisng is the visceral experience of driving a purely analog machine. The first time I really got my head around the difference was late 2000's, I almost bought a Z06. At the time my daily was an autocross-prepped '95 Formula, just shy of 400hp. The Corvette was faster, easier to drive, rode better, and cornered/stopped almost as hard, but it was just boring compared to the modded Firebird. By extention, the '95 Formula felt boring compared to my 2nd-gen car.
The new stuff is very capable, but it's hard to feel cool when the doorsill comes up to your chin, the dash is ugly as sin, and computers are keeping the pointy end facing the right direction.
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