> Considering how much more safety and driver assist features are in these cars compared to the same models from even only 10 years ago, the price being nearly

> Considering how much more safety and driver assist features are in these cars compared to the same models from even only 10 years ago, the price being nearly the same in constant dollars is actually great remarkable. There is more technology in modern cars, but the cost of tech always trends down in constant dollars. (See cost per megabyte/megahertz/whatever for example) And while there is more size in modern cars, the build quality is worse. So those are two downward forces combining on car prices.