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Originally Posted by JSH
What replaces a Geo Metro? The Mitsubishi Mirage. More powerful, slightly larger, much safer, same MPG. (The only 1995 Metro that is rated higher than a 2024 Mirage is the manual 3 cylinder that made 55 hp and it only bests the Mirage automatic by 1 mpg.
A 1995 Geo Metro started at $9,500 MSRP. That is $19,536 in 2024 dollars. So not only is the Mirage better than a 1995 Metro - it is cheaper too at $16,695.
However, the Mirage is going away next year. Why? Not enough people buy them to make it worth while for Mitsubishi to make. 13,000 sold in the USA last year. Mitsubishi only managed to sell 27K in the best sales year every and that is a combination of sedans and hatchbacks.
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True, true.
But you did miss the Geo Metro XFI that gets 43 city and 52 highway and 47mpg combined under the new EPA numbers (original was 58mpg highway).
Also, the Metro apparently went up in price in 1995. In 1994 a base model was $7,295, or $15,275 today.
However, the XFI that got 52 mpg highway cost $8,395 in 1994, or $17,579 today.
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Originally Posted by JSH
Maybe you want something like a Mirage but people that actually buy new cars do not.
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If only I could convince new car buyers to buy the kinds of cars I would like to buy used later on.
How do I get RedPoint5 to stop vouching against Apteras?