Some local high school car enthusiasts approached me at a car show to do a video.
4 minutes long...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK9WRa3oAU&feature=youtu.be
4 minutes long...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjK9WRa3oAU&feature=youtu.be
The next generation of enthusiasts...
- Thread starter Tomcat
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Awsum GT
GT Owner '18
Vince H
GT Owner
Cobrar
GT Owner
NO, this can't be!! I have been told (by reliable Marketing and CEO leader types) that kids are NOT interested in cars anymore... :wink
Well done!! :thumbsup
FENZO
GT Owner
spartan
GT Owner
pe2unia
GT
They were respectful in their initial approach to me in public and then did their research before they came to the garage. I was very impressed with then doing their homework.
THamonGT
GT
Very well done! I would hope more young people would do quality time on the New GT as this one was done. Very interesting project indeed.
maxemus
GT Owner
PL510*Jeff
Well-known member
These gals and guys have been GT fans for 11-12 years. I found in my travels, years ago, that 8 to 10 year olds, now teenagers, knew more about the GT than any other age group. Mom's and Dad's told me about their GT posters, GT models, lunch boxes, screen savers, tee shirts etc. These young people are now in High School or College. The parents were extremely pleased when I asked their young ones to get in my GT and have their pictures taken. A day the kids and their parents will always remember. The first time they saw a GT in the wild and they have the pictures to show their friends and family. It was not unusual to see Mom email those photo's to Dad at work or grandma or grandpa. Right from the gas station drive. Lots of smiles and fond memories..for them and for me!
GT "fan ship" starts very early. Much like the Farah Fawcett poster craze of earlier times.
GT "fan ship" starts very early. Much like the Farah Fawcett poster craze of earlier times.
fjpikul
GT Owner
PeteK
GT Owner
I find likewise. I suspect that has a lot to do with video games. You may be familiar with the video games like "Guitar Hero." I have a now-16 year-old son, and he started with Guitar Hero and then started actually playing electric guitar, and of course his favorite style is the 60's to 80's rock. That's because he learned Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Metallica, et al, on the video game. I therefore wasn't surprised that the old rock albums and catalogs made a comeback with the new generation, because that's what the video game producers licensed for their games, because it was popular and well known, and probably not too expensive to license. Fast-forward, and now it has had a renaissance (it also helps that the original music was really excellent music, not the computer-generated frequency-corrected plastic singer "pop" of today).
So, I also know from my son that the old Ford GTs and the new ones are featured on the car race video games. And that's one big reason the kids know so much about them. It also helps that they are damn good-looking cars!