No, Blue book reports the average price is $35,200: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/average-new-car-prices-jump-2-percent-for-march-2018-on-suv-sales-strength-according-to-kelley-blue-book-300623110.html
And that tracks well with it being $34,000 in 2015, etc and $33k in 2013, etc bob On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > According to this website, the average total price paid for a new car is > $31500. > https://www.concannonbc.com/how-much-does-a-typical-american > -actually-pay-for-a-car/ > > That average includes luxury models so I suspect the median price is > somewhat lower. Either way, I would consider 46K substantially higher, > meaning high priced for the average buyer of a new car. > > Peri > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Willie via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: "Willie" <wmckem...@gmail.com> > Sent: 14-Oct-18 6:19:40 PM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Why I Won't Buy a Tesla, Edison-Tesla Deja Vu > > >> >> On 10/14/2018 04:33 PM, paul dove via EV wrote: >> >>> I don’t know where you get this kind of thinking. They are not high >>> priced cars. Mine was $46,000. A Toyota Highlander is $42,000 and a Subaru >>> Ascent is $46,000. If you get a comparable car you will pay about the same. >>> >> >> Interest piqued by your seemingly low price for a low end Model 3, I just >> checked the Tesla website. The lowest priced available Model 3 to order >> is $49,000. Delivery, etc is another $1,200. State sales tax will likely >> be about $3,000. So, $54,200. Order by 10/15/18 to be assured of delivery >> in 2018 and you should get a $7,500 federal tax credit though the $54,200 >> will be due before delivery time. Final amount: $46,700. Close enough to >> your quote. OTOH, that does not include AutoPilot. A Tesla should not be >> bought without AutoPilot, IMHO. >> >> There has been some recent scuttlebutt about some Model 3s being >> available as "inventory" cars at a discount of a $1,000 or more. The >> inventory cars are not likely to be without options. That is, they may not >> get below $46,000. >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group >> /NEDRA) >> >> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group > /NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181014/24b42a70/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
