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Originally Posted by GoldenBear
The average U.S. household income of the middle quintile in 1969 was $8,335. The average U.S. household income of the middle quintile in 2010 was $49,309. That's an average household income ratio of 5.915 of between 2010 and 1969. The 9560 COPO sold for $7,200 in 1969, which would be equivalent to $42,594 in 2010 to have the same average household affordability as in 1969. Therefore, the 2012 ZL1 will surely be less affordable for the average household today than the 9560 COPO was in 1969. The average household today would have to have a 29 percent higher income than it does for the ZL1 (assuming that its MSRP will be $55,000 to pick a number) to have equivalent affordability to that of the 9560 COPO in 1969. Of course, the 2012 ZL1 certainly has more features and technology than the 1969 9560 COPO had.
There's no real surprise that the top performance cars of today are less affordable than the top performance cars of 1969, as they are more advanced and safer. It's just an unfortunate reality of today that performance cars aren't as affordable as they once were.
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Bear, you'd be a hard negotiator with a company relocation department trying to get you to move to another city! They wouldnt pull one over on you! (worn that T-shirt!!)