The era of the dirt cheap car is over in America too

Our now ongoing section ‘American cars we’d like to see in the Netherlands at American prices’ – AADWGINZTAP for short, if you find it easy – exists for a reason: the prices of both cars and petrol in the US are often lower. . But even there, times are changing fast. For example, you can no longer buy a car in the US for less than $20,000.

If we list Car and Driver Looking at the ten cheapest cars of 2018, there is a wide range of cars under $20,000. You have the Chevrolet Spark for $14,000 (down from $13,000) and the Mitsubishi Mirage (here Space Star) for $300 more. So there were dozens of small cars in America that were very affordable due to the lack of PBM.

Mitsubishi is on the verge of discontinuing the low-cost Mirage (and Space Star), which means there will be no more cars for sale under $20,000 in the US. Automotive News. It’s also the cheapest car in the Netherlands, but here we have the slightly more expensive €16,700 Dacia Sandero, which takes its place as the cheapest car.

Cars are cheaper than here

Cheap cars may have disappeared in America. For example, you can buy a brand new four-cylinder Ford Mustang in the US for less than 30,000 euros. Same price there for a Golf GTI. And those are all good models; Sensible cars are also reasonably priced.

A new Toyota Corolla costs $21,000, which is about 19,000 euros. That’s actually only about $3,000 more than the Mirage, so one wonders how bad the Mitsubishi’s disappearance is for budget-conscious Americans. For a little more, you’ll get more bang for your buck. A Corolla here costs at least 33,995 euros.

And gasoline?

Fuel prices vary widely by state, but according to AAA, you now pay an average of $3.8 per US gallon, which equates to 92 cents per liter. Americans will say their car and gas prices are going up, but they’re still a little better off on that front. Something to complain about at your free visit to the doctor.