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Old 04-26-2018, 12:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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It's all about Diesel
 
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Higher fuel costs + elegibility for "collection car" status due to its age + fewer of this model on the road = skyrocketing prices. Seems quite predictable. IIRC the same phenomenon happened to the Ford Festiva in 2003 when the military operations in Iraq started.
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