It is even harder to win when you don't play
I only pay attention to the hobby car market as an economic indicator for how healthy the economy is. I know a lot of the "Economic talking heads" like to look at house and new car sales, but I find those tend to be a more of a necessity, and are more easily to justify the purchase, whereas a toy just to run around the mountains, or cruise around in on the weekend aren't. When people are buying those types of items it means they are comfortable in their finances, and have money to waste having fun.
