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Old 10-22-2021, 09:31 PM   #2078 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
The 2021 Spark in the USA is $14595 and has a $500 rebate so $14,000. Even at invoice there isn't more than $1000 in markup and holdback on a $15,000 car plus nobody is selling anything below MSRP right now. And that only get 33 mpg combined. Now they have sold almost a 1/2 million Sparks so my claim somebody could sell a million at 30% off that price can't be far off.

The Mirage is now $15,600 as the next cheapest, and the Versa is close to that. At least they get a little better MPG.
You have a point, but this was back in 2013 that the Elio price was rumored. What would be the price today?

I'd think these small outfits might not suffer chip shortages assuming they didn't rely on the same old technology the big brands use. They could be making hay right now as new vehicle inventory is low and prices are sky high.
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