Things that have changed

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 08/22/2019 at 18:34 • Filed to: Toyota, Prices

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Stolen shamelessly from social media, Toyota prices from 1987. Note how few cars were available with the two pedal option.

Oppenheimer - not missing my shitboxes anymore > Cé hé sin 08/22/2019 at 18:42

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Turb o diesel camry!

Cé hé sin > Oppenheimer - not missing my shitboxes anymore 08/22/2019 at 18:46

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Yes, Toyota's first TD.

HammerheadFistpunch > Cé hé sin 08/22/2019 at 18:48

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Land Cruiser stripes. 100% worth the 169 pounds.

Cé hé sin > HammerheadFistpunch 08/22/2019 at 18:50

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It would have been the swb in van spec though . The lwb was much too posh and expensive.

promoted by the color red > Cé hé sin 08/22/2019 at 19:15

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£22,510 in 1987 works out to about £62,199.27 today or over $76,000 USD in 2019. Amazing how much more car you can get for the money today. This is why I like progress. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Cé hé sin 08/22/2019 at 19:34

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In today's money, that Corolla 5 door hatch would be around £30,000....so at least cars are cheaper these days!

someassemblyrequired > Cé hé sin 08/22/2019 at 20:28

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Zoidberg is anxiously searching his couch for 9720  Irish Punts

Cé hé sin > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/23/2019 at 05:16

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I don’t think inflatio n was quite that much...if I take the price of the three door hatch, convert to € at 0.787564 and use this calculator it gives me €23,796 which isn’t far off the actua l price now.

Cé hé sin > promoted by the color red 08/23/2019 at 05:21

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Not quite that much though.

IR£22,510 conv erts to €28,581 which per this calculator increases by 91.2% to €54,659. But yes, you get more things now. More safety and emissions gear in the case of the C elica. Not that you can actually buy one any more of course....

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Cé hé sin 08/23/2019 at 19:21

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The issue might well be in the Euro conversion...I assumed too we were talking English rather than Irish pounds.

Funnily enough though...the same inflation disparity happens here in Oz. After all, I paid 14,000 dollars for a new Diahatsu Charade back in 1992 (in today’s money that’s equivalent to $26,500! )   . My mother bought a new Kia Picanto last year for 15,000 dollars.