25-03-2020, 01:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-03-2020, 01:45 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
In the picture below, it's September 1928 and the family man earns £300 a year or - in today's money, £19,000. As the average annual wage in January 2020 was £26,624, could a man today (with a wife at home and children) afford a similar new car?
At £125, in 1928, the cost of a Seven was equal to a price today of £7904. Remarkably a basic Dacia Sandero "Access", at just £6995, is £1000 less. However, if you want the “Essential" model, that comes with air-con, radio and electric windows, it's £7,995. Interesting!
(Inflation charts and buying power vary a little depending upon which sites you look at).
As ever, click the image for a sharper picture and click again for larger still. Download and send to Instantprint (or similar) for a wall-sized reproduction.
At £125, in 1928, the cost of a Seven was equal to a price today of £7904. Remarkably a basic Dacia Sandero "Access", at just £6995, is £1000 less. However, if you want the “Essential" model, that comes with air-con, radio and electric windows, it's £7,995. Interesting!
(Inflation charts and buying power vary a little depending upon which sites you look at).
As ever, click the image for a sharper picture and click again for larger still. Download and send to Instantprint (or similar) for a wall-sized reproduction.