At a time when Americans increasingly want pricey SUVs and trucks rather than small cars, the Mirage remains the lone new vehicle whose average sale price is under 20 grand — a figure that once marked a kind of unofficial threshold of affordability. With prices — new and used — having soared since the pandemic, $20,000 is no longer much of a starting point for a new car.

This current version of the Mirage, which reached U.S. dealerships a decade ago, sold for an average of $19,205 last month, according to data from Cox Automotive. (Though a few other new models have starting prices under $20,000, their actual purchase prices, with options and shipping, exceed that figure.)

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    1 year ago

    2030 is more than 5 years from now.

    People who need cars can’t wait 7 years to buy one.

    Also, fuck Tesla. Fucking death traps.

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      1 year ago

      Not only that, the new technology will be pretty expensive initially. I say wait another 5 years for prices to come down.