Future of the hobby

#1. The global push into EV, hybrid movement and general emission's reduction (goal is zero)
#2. The Right to Repair fight (we are loosing)
#3. EPA/Gov moving against the aftermarket tuning parts & providers (we are really loosing)
#4. The new state & local regs on at-home workshop & repair that are popping up nationwide.
...they want all of us out of gas burning vehicles that we can fix ourselves, just asap.

Modern muscle car, tuner & sport segments are filling the immediate need for speed, but even those are burning low on the wax (swan song) for a variety of reasons.
Most under 30 crowd see non-modern cars as out dated dinosaurs...lacking the creature comforts most cant live without. Cars are seen as required transportation, not a hobby which most 'kids' cant (or dont care to) afford.

I am directly in the modern muscle car industry. My customers are 95% older, more affluent, grew up in the muscle car era but have long ago abandoned early muscle in favor of newer stuff thats plug n play, heads & tails above perf wise, carries a warranty they can void at will and can be traded in tomorrow for the next gen when so desired.
10-12yrs tops at current rate of decline and this will most likely all be but forgotten or that we have been forced to evict, save the big $$ collections, museum pieces and rusting hulks in a corn field or wrecking yard...