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Originally Posted by Hemlock140
I only remember buying cheap once, in 1980 when we had recently bought a house, and were expecting our first child. We bought a 1980 Datsun 210 4-door, about $6,000. Since then price has been less important than other features.
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Economy cars are a very small percentage of total sales. The Civic, Corolla, Jetta and Forte all have trim levels that are considerably more expensive than the base model.
% 2020 sales
5.4% Ford F-Series
4.0% Chevrolet Silverado
3.8% Ram Pickup
1.8% Honda Civic highest trim ~$30,000
1.6% Toyota Corolla highest trim ~$26,000
0.6% Volkswagen Jetta highest trim ~$28,000
0.58% Kia Forte highest trim ~$22,700
0.33% Nissan Versa highest trim ~$18,400
0.30% Subaru Impreza highest trim ~$26,400
0.23% Chevrolet Spark highest trim ~$17,000