Inspired by the Top Ten Most Ridiculous MSRPs available to American buyers, as seen on Jalopnik.com and mentioned here at GoodCarBadCar, here’s a comparison of those vehicles with equivalently priced cars and trucks. Â The results are, most assuredly, shocking.
$97K for a Chevy Silverardo? Â Surely, it was HD in more ways than one. Â For $97,000 you could have 53 MacBook Air’s or a Chevrolet Corvette & two basic 2500HD Silverados.
Almost $60,000 for a Lincoln Town Car? Â No. Â Take an iPod touch x 187 or two V8 Ford Mustangs, a coupe and convertible.
$30,000 is too much to pay for a vehicle with less than 100 horsepower and only two seats, no matter how light its eco-footprint. Â Rather, take a smart fortwo pure & a smart fortwo passion cabriolet.
Honda’s latest Accord coupe is quite cool, but not at $39K. Â That’s 495 iPod Shuffles or a new Honda S2000 & a ‘99 Accord sedan.
Good car though the Volvo C30 may be, $46,792 is too much. Â 117 iPhone’s puts that C30 in perspective. Â More perspective involves two C30’s and leftover cash for fuel.
$57K Benz’s are nothing unusual. Â Basic C-class sedans at that price are painful to behold. Â Mercedes would upsize your C to an E while also adding a terrific diesel engine with, once again, cash leftover for fuel.
Optioning BMW’s baby coupe above and beyond $50,000 is not news. Â It remains alarming. Â BMW’s M3 of 2003 was less expensive. Â The same engine found under the hood of the 135i is under the hood of the 535xi sportswagon, with a slight amount of extra dough required. Â
$55,535 is a lot to pay for a car. Â Especially if that car has 120 horsepower and is somewhat lacking in interior capacity, both for humans and cargo. Â Two extra doors, two extra cylinders, 110 extra horsepower, a BMW badge and $17,000 worth of options would net you a very nice 328xi wagon. Result.
Porsche’s Boxster netted itself a place on GoodCarBadCar’s Good 12Â in part because of its place as the best-value Porsche. Â But it didn’t do that at a price that would buy 59 MacBook Pro’s. Â At a price point that forces the Boxster into competition with an Aston Martin V8 Vantage? Â Hmmm.
Understanding the success of the Cayenne, Porsche’s very marked-up SUV, while also admitting that the typical auto enthusiast (The Good Car Guy, for instance) isn’t a fan of the Cayenne. Â When its a V6 Cayenne priced higher than the base MSRP of any other Porsche bar the 911 GT2, no fan remains standing. Â For $163K, buyers could walk into Porsche dealers and buy a basic 911. Â Add a turbocharged Subaru Forester and a Cadillac Escalade. Â You’ve got your bases covered.