When does Plastic become Classic?

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I'm a big believer that everything is 'relative'.

Working on this principle, when does plastic become classic?

It's long held that we classify Australian cars as 'classic' if they have big metal chrome bumpers, i.e. pre 1979.

Time doesn't stop though. People that were young in the 80s are getting older. There has got to be a time when plastic becomes classic.

I guess when it comes to the forums, there is the 'Post Classic' section which takes care of cars in the plastic era. But at some stage, this criteria needs to shift as both the cars and we all get older. It's not as if we think of cars of the 30s and 40s as classic. We directly think of the cars of 60s and 70s.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that a 50 + year old's view of classic may be different to a 20 year old's view of what is classic.

What do you all think? What do the younger generation on here think? If you're 18, do you think that an XE ESP is classic?