And tires are still round but there is no comparison between 1970 tires and 2012 tires. Tires today are superior in everyway, just like todays suspensions are superior in every way.

Back in the day, you either had a 1/4 mile suspension or a handling suspension.. not both on the same car (for the most part.. few exceptions naturally). Today we have both, on the same car.

I for one am glad WE have a much larger choise for suspensions.