Compare and Contrast

A car is supposed to be a device with the sole purpose of quickly delivering you to a destination. This may be the matter, however, in our culture cars have become something more. Take for example the Sun Fresh next door to DeVry. Why is it that no one seems to want to walk to the Sun Fresh even though it would be a lot faster than getting in their cars and driving? There must be something that compels a person to their car. If cars were just for driving from point a to point b, another question is, “Why does a person who can purchase a new car for roughly twelve thousand dollars, elect to pay fifty thousand or more for a car that is thirty plus years old.” To demonstrate my point that cars have become an extension of a person’s personality and maybe their soul I am going to compare and contrast a new 2003 Saturn Ion to a 1970 Plymouth Superbird.
The Plymouth Super Bird was created as a full on high-speed race machine for the NASCAR races. In 1970, NASCAR required a manuf...