Along with that, each car manufacturer would have its own distinctive style. And that’s one reason why vintage cars are instantly recognizable today. Examples of this kind of unique personality in mass-produced goods seems to be in short supply in recent decades, as cookie-cooker designs are often cheaper and easier to mass produce. Vintage cars instead hail from an age where analog tools still played a key role in engineering. The vintage car may have more individual flair than a modern counterpart, even when compared to its contemporary competition. When you looked at a vintage car, you often knew exactly what car you were looking at.