There was definitely a time when spotting a 308 on the road in SoCal was a common occurrence, but not these days. Now, they are a rare sight. I'm sure there are still plenty of them around here, sitting in a garage being well pampered and kept up for the occasional Sunday drive, but the high maintenance/low reliability factor along with the absurd cost and rarity of replacement parts has them relegated to such a fate.
There's an old man that lives nearby with a black 308 GTSi Quatrovalvel that takes it out pretty regularly for short trips to the grocery store and such. I love seeing it every time, and he always looks like a kid at Christmas behind the wheel.
These days, it's the 360 and newer Ferraris that are seen regularly roaming about. In the last two days while picking up kids from school I spotted a 355 Spyder (pretty unusual) and a 360 Spyder (dime a dozen) on back to back days.
430s and 458s are fairly common sights as are 550 and 575s for some odd reason.
I even had an Enzo pull out in front of me a few years ago that took all my strength and skill not to obliterate. If I had actually hit that thing, I wouldn't give two shits about my own car, but I'd have beaten the Enzo owners ass mercilessly for carelessly driving a piece of Automotive history and art to its doom.
I'll tell you what used to be incredibly rare, and is now such a regular occurrence that it's kind of sad. .. up until the introduction of the Murcielago and Gallardo, you NEVER saw a Lamborghini on the road. It just didn't happen. If you spent enough time cruising Newport Beach or the Super exclusive Hollywood establishments, you might get lucky and spot a Countach or Diablo, but you quite literally had to seek them out.
Since the Audi takeover, and the huge uptick in production, Lamborghinis are now a more common sight on the road than Ferraris. I shit you not. Gallardos are an almost daily sight. Even Murcielagos aren't in any way rare, and I've already seen more Aventadors than I thought I would see this early in their availability. As much as I adore them, the commonality has diminished their mystique.
Oh, and in terms of power differences between old and new, yeah. The 308 in particular was a lazy dog by today's standards. My new FIAT would obliterate a 308