Fountain-of-Youth Mobiles
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Even if you never saw Robert Downey Jr. ripping around in this in <i jquery1276874589583="605">Iron Man 2</i> (with Scarlett Johansson riding shotgun no less) you could understand the fantasy appeal of this topless Teutonic supercar. Just tell everyone you thought it was the new A4, and then peel out of your kids' elementary school parking lot cackling like a madman. <a href="http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/cars/201006/mid-life-crisis-cars?mbid=synd_foxnews">Click here for more from GQ</a> (Audi)
The world has changed a lot since you last rode on two wheels. Don't think you can just cruise up to your favorite fair-trade, slow-drip coffee joint on your old Rockhopper! Lose the gears and those dorky sausage casing shorts, but do keep the brakes. You're too old to get doored. <a href="http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/cars/201006/mid-life-crisis-cars?mbid=synd_foxnews">Click here for more from GQ</a><br> (Kona)
After years of fossil-fuel guzzling SUVs, the new you has finally seen the light. Who knew your clumsy quest for rebirth would take the form of evangelical environmentalism? With it's all-electric motor Nissan's LEAF (that Prius is so played) is the perfect car for leisurely drives along federally protected coastlines with your niece's college roommate's older sister. (She's an Ecology major!) <a href="http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/cars/201006/mid-life-crisis-cars?mbid=synd_foxnews">Click here for more from GQ</a> (Nissan)
This revamped roadster is based on the Guzzi V7 Sport, a bike that was invented shortly after psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques coined the term "mid-life crisis". Coincidence? Probably. But while this 756cc stallion is no desperate stab at youth, the lifestyle you can build around it—the Belfast jacket you've been sweating, the week-long lone wolf rides you'll be taking—will make you feel like Steve McQueen. Or as much like Steve McQueen as you ever have, or will, again. <a href="http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/cars/201006/mid-life-crisis-cars?mbid=synd_foxnews">Click here for the rest of the list from GQ</a> (Moto Guzzi)