• XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Probably because it’s just a nice round tens of thousands that’s the current benchmark. It wasn’t long ago that similar articles mourned the scarcity of the sub-$20k car. I don’t want to say it was a Scion, but I don’t think the gap could be that big between the death of scion and the general loss of the $19, 999 car.

    Tried to look up what I saw years ago and instead found there were still sub-$20k cars as of 2024. Hyundai Venue and Mitsubishi Mirage. And the venue just surpassed the mark.

    Anyway, see you again in 2029-2035 when someone else writes about the loss of the $40,000 economy car