Vehicles I have never owned
03-02-2023, 08:30 AM
#51
If “Vacation” was a new film in 2023, Clark Griswald would be rolling to the dealership in the beginning of the movie and leaving with a CUV.
03-02-2023, 09:57 AM
#52
Classic National Lampoon.
I feel like wagons today are like manual transmissions, lusted after by enthusiasts who won't buy them new, and then complain why OEMs are killing them off. Frankly, these days I think it also has something to do with rarity and therefore exclusivity.
03-02-2023, 10:23 AM
#53
Vehicles I have never owned: American cars. I was actually a little surprised to realize this. Everything I've owned over the years has been either Japanese or German.
03-02-2023, 10:31 AM
#54
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Classic National Lampoon.
I feel like wagons today are like manual transmissions, lusted after by enthusiasts who won't buy them new, and then complain why OEMs are killing them off. Frankly, these days I think it also has something to do with rarity and therefore exclusivity.
I feel like wagons today are like manual transmissions, lusted after by enthusiasts who won't buy them new, and then complain why OEMs are killing them off. Frankly, these days I think it also has something to do with rarity and therefore exclusivity.
My mom has only had wagons since moving to the US in 1980, she still has a bmw 525 wagon now. We'd love a wagon, but the stars never seem to align, I have tried though.
03-02-2023, 10:33 AM
#55
Classic National Lampoon.
I feel like wagons today are like manual transmissions, lusted after by enthusiasts who won't buy them new, and then complain why OEMs are killing them off. Frankly, these days I think it also has something to do with rarity and therefore exclusivity.
I feel like wagons today are like manual transmissions, lusted after by enthusiasts who won't buy them new, and then complain why OEMs are killing them off. Frankly, these days I think it also has something to do with rarity and therefore exclusivity.
03-02-2023, 10:35 AM
#56
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03-02-2023, 11:15 AM
#57
I don’t think an Outback has qualified as a wagon for quite some time. Even Subaru calls it an SUV.
The Jetta Sportwagon and golf Alltrack were also discontinued.
The 67k median household income doesn’t buy much in the way of a new car…and 50% of people make less than that.
03-02-2023, 11:19 AM
#58
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Regal may be discontinued, but it was definitely affordable when it was available.
03-02-2023, 11:25 AM
#59
Regal started at 30k.
A $30,000 car is pretty hard to pull off for a household with 2.6 people (per census bureau) grossing 67k/year. I do fine and I would have to make pretty dramatic changes to my spending to pull off payments on a $30,000 car while still saving a healthy amount. I say that without having any kids either.
All I’m saying is, people may want these cars are just be unable to afford them because they are being brought in largely in premium models and trims or they aren’t being marketed strongly to people who can afford them but don’t know they exist. Many of the non-car dorks I know love our alltrack and comment that they didn’t know they existed when they last went car shopping.
Last edited by TsukubaCody; 03-02-2023 at 11:27 AM.
03-02-2023, 11:36 AM
#60
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It is a huge, tall vehicle. But sure.
Regal started at 30k.
A $30,000 car is pretty hard to pull off for a household with 2.6 people (per census bureau) grossing 67k/year. I do fine and I would have to make pretty dramatic changes to my spending to pull off payments on a $30,000 car while still saving a healthy amount. I say that without having any kids either.
All I’m saying is, people may want these cars are just be unable to afford them because they are being brought in largely in premium models and trims or they aren’t being marketed strongly to people who can afford them but don’t know they exist. Many of the non-car dorks I know love our alltrack and comment that they didn’t know they existed when they last went car shopping.
Regal started at 30k.
A $30,000 car is pretty hard to pull off for a household with 2.6 people (per census bureau) grossing 67k/year. I do fine and I would have to make pretty dramatic changes to my spending to pull off payments on a $30,000 car while still saving a healthy amount. I say that without having any kids either.
All I’m saying is, people may want these cars are just be unable to afford them because they are being brought in largely in premium models and trims or they aren’t being marketed strongly to people who can afford them but don’t know they exist. Many of the non-car dorks I know love our alltrack and comment that they didn’t know they existed when they last went car shopping.
$30k for a new car falls in the affordable category whether you agree or not. Average new car price is $49k.