The Class Worth Watching

Cars at least 25 years old, owned by enthusiasts 25 and younger. The stories are better than you'd expect.

Most of us had a car like it. The one we could actually afford. The one with high miles and a complicated history and a repair manual we consulted more than we'd like to admit. The one that started something.

For a lot of people in this hobby, that car is still out there somewhere, owned by someone else now, probably showing up in a search they do at midnight when they can't sleep. For a new generation of enthusiasts, that car is in their driveway right now. They saved up for it. They researched it the way the rest of us researched nothing else at that age. They drove it to an event because they wanted to be part of something larger than a solo garage project.

That's the 25 Under 25 class at Artomobilia. Cars at least 25 years old, owned by enthusiasts 25 and younger. Not the rarest cars on the field. Not the most valuable. The ones with the most honest stories.

A 1990s Japanese sports car with 140,000 miles. A domestic muscle car someone's grandfather pointed them toward. A European oddity nobody else wanted but them. These are entry-point cars, and entry points are where everything begins. The hobby doesn't survive without them. It doesn't survive without the 22-year-old who spent two weekends sorting out a cooling system issue on a car that cost less than a decent laptop.

Ask one of them about their car. Plan to stay a while. They know everything about it, and they are not shy about sharing.

If you're a young enthusiast with an eligible car, registration is open. If you know someone who should be there, send them our way.

Make plans to join us. Registrations are filling up.