"What on earth are people purchasing, that the AVERAGE price is a low-to-mid range Mercedes?" I think that's a classic median vs average situation. The median

"What on earth are people purchasing, that the AVERAGE price is a low-to-mid range Mercedes?" I think that's a classic median vs average situation. The median purchase price is probably a lot lower than $37500, while the average is skewed up by a minority of buyers purchasing very expensive cars.