July 31, 2016
Automotive Inequality: The Dems’ Next Issue?
By Loren Smith
The top 1% of automobiles sold in America have maximum speeds and performance levels that are significantly above the bottom 99% of automobiles sold. It’s high time to restore automotive justice to our nation. Progressives must take up this overlooked cause and set legislative wheels in motion to ensure that no driver is left behind. Just as with income inequality, this trend has been getting worse over the last 50 years. In the late 60’s, the average car buyer could afford a GTO, Charger, Mustang or similar muscle car at prices that were only slightly above tamer transportation choices of the day. In 1966 a new GTO carried a window sticker of between $2,780 and $3,080. Yet in that golden era of automotive fairness, a Bel Air 4-door station wagon was $2,940 – virtually the same price!
Now the discriminatory gap separating performance based on ability to pay has mushroomed malignantly and dramatically. These days, to burn rubber into the high performance zone, it’s necessary to spend far more on a Tesla, Ferrari, Maybach, Porsche or other exotic name plates that lie well outside the common customer’s ability to pay. Lower net worth buyers are relegated to Ford Focuses, Nissan Versas, Toyota Tercells and similar models with puny four cylinder engines featuring measly torque and weak acceleration.
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