[steve86]

“so the new cars have less power.”

That’s hardly true. Still a HP/torque race. Many of the turbocharged fours have more of both than the NA V8s they replaced. But longevity might well be an issue.

[deport]

Longevity remains to be seen about these cars being on the
market today. Time will tell. Many of them are much smaller
than cars of 15 or so years ago. Better mileage but safety with
accidents it's to be seen about the human physical damage and
survival ratio.