There are other factors in the decline of sports cars from their 1960s and 1970s heyday too: growing income inequality, more crowded roads and changing tastes. Always aimed at younger buyers, many debt-laden Gen-Zers can’t afford to own an impractical sports car “just for fun,” and a large number of them would rather go off-roading. But there’s still a place for traditional sporting machines, and manufacturers know that these cars have a cultural impact beyond their sales numbers. For our list of the Best Sports Cars of 2022, we prioritized the cars that had the bestvalue-per-dollar ratio in terms of fun, style and features.We had a few requirements: these cars could only have two doors, and they had to be rear- or all-wheel drive.