I, we, got one 32 yrs ago as a wedding gift from my mom, and it still does what I ask it to do.
Someone told me, like sewing machines, they've kind of 'economized' the new ones,and sometimes the older ones are worth more than the new ones!
I have a few things in this house that are to go to certain people when I die, and the Kitchenaid mixer is to go to my daughter (My oldest son gets his great grandmas' grandfather clock, and my youngest son gets the child sized rolltop desk and glasses that his grandpa used - after that they're on their own dividing things!)