Days of the ‘boy racer’ style car are numbered – with fluffy dice, bumper stickers shunned by Gen Z

THE days of the "boy racer" benignant car are numbered – with fluffy dice, bumper stickers, and headlight eyelashes each present shunned by Gen Z.

A canvass of 1,010 drivers recovered 83 per cent of the younger motorists wouldn’t beryllium caught dormant with neon lighting illuminating their car’s underside.

Just 9 per cent would instrumentality a massive spoiler oregon rear wing connected their motor.

While 80 per cent judge noisy exhausts that ‘pop’ astatine precocious revs are wholly unnecessary.

But 38 per cent said a dash-cam to support them erstwhile driving is the modification they’d astir apt opt for, with 28 per cent investing successful a sturdy telephone mount.

And 31 per cent of younger drivers judge a spare tyre oregon puncture repair kit is the astir indispensable point for immoderate car journey.

James Wilson, main operating serviceman astatine utilized car marketplace Motorway, which commissioned the research, said: “Our probe shows that Gen Z is possibly 1 of the much savvy generations of car owners, considering making astute upgrades to their car for applicable oregon information reasons, alternatively than wanting to crook heads connected the street.

“My proposal is to beryllium mindful of the aboriginal worth of your car erstwhile considering modifications.

"Additions similar turbochargers, lowered suspensions and customized exhausts, tin unluckily little the worth of your car.

“Before making immoderate costly changes to your vehicle, see whether the modification volition trim the excavation of apt buyers successful the future.

"If you are going to marque functional modifications oregon upgrades, ever marque definite they’re done to a precocious modular to trim the hazard of impacting your car’s resale value.”

The survey besides recovered 8 per cent of Gen Z program to upgrade their wheels with existent motor modifications.

But 35 per cent would inactive beryllium keen to get immoderate privateness going with tinted windows, portion 28 per cent would enactment connected immoderate alloy wheels.

Around a 3rd (32 per cent) of the Gen Z drivers polled reckon enhanced information measures similar biometric introduction are the ‘next large trend’ successful cars.

While 17 per cent deliberation it won’t beryllium excessively agelong until drivers commencement enjoying adjacent further benefits of AI-powered in-car assistants and dependable controls.

But conscionable 9 per cent of Gen X deliberation eco-friendly modifications volition beryllium the adjacent large car trend, compared to 26 per cent of Millennials

The emblematic Gen Z operator has spent arsenic overmuch arsenic £1,218 connected modifying their pridefulness and joyousness with antithetic accessories, whereas Boomers person spent conscionable £41.71.

In fact, 70 per cent of Boomers and 56 per cent of Gen X haven’t spent thing connected adding accessories oregon modifications to their cars

Compared to conscionable 22 per cent of Millennials and 11 per cent of Gen Z who person not parted with immoderate currency to bash up their motor.

The research, commissioned via OnePoll.com, besides recovered 51 per cent of young car drivers privation their conveyance to person ‘all the modern conveniences’.

However, lone 13 per cent of Boomers hold – with the bulk of older drivers blessed with their car is the mode it is.

It besides emerged 49 per cent of young drivers picture themselves arsenic ‘very proud’ of their car, though six per cent aren’t blessed with their wheels astatine all.

Of those who bash consciousness the pridefulness of ownership, the apical crushed is simply that it’s reliable and runs smoothly (30 per cent).

While 21 per cent spot it arsenic a reminder of thing they worked hard to bargain with their ain money.

James Wilson, from Motorway, added: “For radical who person been driving for a fig of decades, it’s amazingly casual to retrieve those archetypal mates of years of car ownership.

“These memories are indelible, and millions retired determination volition retrieve their archetypal car oregon 2 with large fondness, possibly adjacent down to its registration sheet and the modifications that made it memorable.

“However, tons of the car modifications that younger generations are present shunning are besides the trends that were fashionable erstwhile older drivers got their archetypal car.

"It’s absorbing to spot the improvement of these trends arsenic we determination towards much functional and eco-friendly choices.”