Breaking Through the Myth: The Average Buyer Can No Longer Afford The Average Car

Most people don’t know that there is a unifying intersection in the metric system. Not by accident, one cubic centimeter of water weighs one gram. That’s probably mineral-free distilled water, but you get the point—there’s a connection between how we measure lines and how we measure mass.

Most people probably assume that other things we think about are similarly connected. Like that gram of water, the word average would seem to be a linking point. Reasonable assumptions using the word might include average students get average grades, and average restaurants serve average food.

 

vdiv - 5/15/2012 3:20:12 PM

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"The average transaction price on a new car so far this year is almost $31,000"

Maybe next time people opining on the cost of vehicles in this forum should keep this in mind.

CarCrazedinCali - 5/15/2012 8:19:29 PM

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Time for car makers to wake up and produce cheaper cars

Tritonx - 5/17/2012 2:43:21 AM

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The average *new* car is 31k, but not the average car. Include the used car market, and I think the average price drops, and more accurately represents the inventory an average american considers. I wonder if the used car market reflects this..

kpaxx - 5/17/2012 10:35:10 AM

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Cars are way too expensive!