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Yes, I think there is a difference between merely an "old" car and a "classic". The trouble is, I struggle to think of a car from, say, the 80s, that I can't imagine somebody describing as a classic - there being that irritating little niggly subjective element. Plus, different cars may be seen as being a classic for different reasons.
The VW Beetle is a classic for a number of reasons - it was a design innovation, it was deliberately made for the masses, it became an icon for people with a certain lifestyle, etc. But that makes it no more of a classic than a car that was only a design innovation. Or does it?
I just don't know!
At the end of the day, though, surely if a car is advertised for sale in "Practical Classics", it must be a classic? Otherwise the mag needs to call itself "Practical Classics including Old Car"
Mind you, I have to say that there's rarely anything practical about classics...
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