And probably the greatest shame is that the technology used in the C172 has not progressed, in line with technological advancements in many other fields, and the C172 will go out of production within a decade or two, because of that inability to offer major, cost-saving, efficiency gains with each new model.
If the C172 was a motor vehicle, it would be on offer in the dealerships as a 1934 Ford with mag wheels. After all, downdraught carburettors, rubber mountings and mechanical controls were all readily available in 1934.