>>28524208 (OP)manchildren
they are objectively good cars, but because of the low price and buyers often being young incels, they are inescapably associated with teenage boys
past a certain age, you are basically obligated to buy at least a Mustang GT or C8 or something. it's like if a 40 year old man was wearing zoomer baggy style clothes, it would look silly and cringe. even if he a cool DJ and not a golf-and-cigars middle age man, he still can't look like a teenager