Nostalgia is a wonderful thing.
You see a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 cruising down the street, and everyone gawks and thinks "Now, that's when muscle cars were real!" Yup, 13.8 seconds at 98.5 MPH in the 1/4 mile (stock.)
Then you see a modern import (2016 Subaru STi) and yawn. 13.39 seconds in the quarter mile at 101.65 MPH - stock.
My old racing bike, a Raleigh with Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing, gorgeous lugs, a beautiful pearl blue paint job with gold accents and Dura Ace group set with braze on downtube shifters was truly a good looking bike (and in a way, I wish I still had it.) However, I'm certain that if I had my current carbon fiber, Di2 equipped bike back then, I would have been a lot faster - even though some would think it's nowhere near as good looking as the Raleigh.
I guess it's all about what you enjoy - looks or performance.