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Originally Posted by gtengr
You claimed that crash safety standards force bloat and that increases the price for matching older car size/weights. The M2 meets crash standards, is a similar size and weight as a comparable car from 17 years ago, and costs less. It disproves what you've claimed is fact.
You having trouble understanding the last sentence in the post you quoted? Read it again for your answer.
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You continue to compare a newly developed coup to an M3 which has ballooned to the dimensions of every other car. So what that it was the same size then?
An M3 now costs Around $70K. If you reverse the inflation that means that the M2 (had it existed it would have been cheaper than the M3) should have cost around $32K in 2001.
This is why comparing different models across almost 20 years is a meaningless exercise.
Even if I were too concede your point (which I don't) all you have managed to do is support my statement that they can build anything for a price. I doubt there would be much of a market for a $50,000 86 even if it was 200 pounds lighter.