Technical means of transportation were an important driver for our species, which has spread across the planet. Our passion for movement has become an archaic impulse, which explains our highly emotional affinity for cars. Anything that enhanced and simplified movement in a technical way went down in the annals of history. Children understand that instantly. Especially since they lack important motor skills at the beginning of their lives.
Whatever inspires these skills -- even if it's "only" in our imagination -- is strongly associated with intense emotions. What started as a mythological fantasy of mobility with the chariot of Gods or the dream of flying in the ancient world, becomes a libidinous fascination with any means of transport today, throughout all stages in life: from the balance bike to the scooter to actual cars.
And that's another reason why we may well get excited at the sight of a car.
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