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Base Model Y starts at $43k USD. Then there's probably some electric incentives to bring the even lower depending on where you live, so presumably you can get o
by fkyoureadthedoc 3y ago
Base Model Y starts at $43k USD. Then there's probably some electric incentives to bring the even lower depending on where you live, so presumably you can get one in the mid to upper $30's.
That's not bad for a new car, especially when the general buyer I think mostly considers it a luxury brand.
Also the floor for car prices has gone up. The days of the near $10k new car are over.
> Have millionaires outnumbered regular folks by that much worldwide?
I'm far from a millionaire and a $40-50k car is not unreasonable, my wife's car is in the low $50s. But I have a Kia Forte that was like $25k. A small Kia for $25k! But it was the cheapest car I could find on shortish notice that had lance centering and whatnot.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoUSA and Canadian pricing is clearly different, fascinating! We just got a Kia Rio 5 for $20K CAD (starting price is $17K CAD). Which is less than 25% the price of Tesla Y starting at $68-70k (see my sibling comment a bit up for breakdown details). Absolutely different cars in size, features, capabilities, etc, yes! But for me, in Canada, Tesla Y is very much in the luxury category :-/
- red-iron-pine 3y agoa 2024 base model civic in the burbs 2 hours out of NYC goes for $23,950, and will almost certainly have better QA than the tesla. the media salary in the US is like 55k is a lot, esp. given the prices of everything going up, and given the alternatives.
- fkyoureadthedoc 3y agoYeah I wouldn't buy one, was just trying to make the point that it wasn't so expensive that it didn't have potential to sell well just based on price, given the parent millionaire remark.