Classic Cars Quotes

I remember that, one day, I was visiting one training center in the 1990s that was teaching people how to fix Volkswagen engines from the 1960s, which were no longer sold. So you were training people on a skill that had zero value. The reason is that they hadn't received any new equipment in 20 years.

I think the old classic Porsches are fantastic, with those lovely curved lines, but I don't like the modern ones at all.

I have a whole new appreciation for Carroll Shelby, the Ford program of the 1960s, and it's awesome that Superformance is keeping the dream alive with their incredible cars.

When I go to small races in Denmark, it's what I imagined what F1 would have been like back in the 60s and 70s. After the 70s it became a bit different. But 50s and 60s at least, people were only there because they love it.

L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

I remember that my dad worked on cars from the '70s and '80s, and that's where my love came from: appreciating - even if it was a piece of crap - how much he loved American muscle.

In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of functionality.

If Lady Gaga is like an orange Bugatti Veyron, then I am like a black 1970 Chevelle.

For me, muscle cars are a tribute to American ingenuity.

I agree cars become classic with age and you never know which ones are going to be in vogue.

Some people are drawn to a van Gogh or a Rembrandt. Some are attracted to exotic guns. Coins. Stamps. I am attracted to cars.

I love American muscle cars. It's my thing.

The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427.

I just like cars, period. I can find something to like about pretty much any car. I've had as much fun whipping around Italy in a little Mini Cooper as I've had whipping through Miami in a Bentley GT.

I'd say the late 70s were probably pretty cool. Obviously the cars weren't safe and the tracks weren't safe and all that stuff, but I think back then it was more about the driver.

Man, have I become a car guy!

I love vintage cars because you can do so much more to them.

I've always been a car guy.

My hobby is old 4x4's, you know, old Blazers and Broncos and stuff.

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.

After the Dirk Pitt books became best-sellers, I could afford to buy the more exotic examples of classic autos.

I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.