Hammer Time: Is MSRP A Mathematical Study In BS?

In the olden days known as the late 20th century, an ancient artifact called a “newspaper” would be dropped by your front door.

Inside this mostly unrecycled piece of pulp was an automotive “Classified” section. In better times, this magical list of thousands of vehicles would have offered car buyers an incurably acute case of acronymitis. “1994 Camry, ps, pw, a/c, auto, abs, 1 ownr! $5500 Ph#…”. A short three line list of minimalist communicado would have cost the seller about $50.00 and given them a secondary presence in a newspaper section that made millions for major publishers.

There was only one saving grace if you wanted to find cars for sale that offered big print, big pictures and big discounts. The new car advertising section… and there were two reasons for that.

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  • Cprescott Jeep has become fool's gold - thinking they can move this brand upmarket and charge outrageous prices without regard to keeping track of market conditions.
  • Chiefmonkey Did these have the same security/theft problem that other Kias have? lol
  • Tane94 Not New Jersey, that's for sure!!
  • Syke Hopefully they do consider the American market, as I'll be looking at trading in my current Bolt sometime in '25 or '26, and we've had a long good experience with Kia products. Given what GM is currently promising, I'll be looking at Kia well before any upcoming GM product.
  • Jkross22 Full self drive - lol, Tesla isn't immune from naming things that are the opposite of what they are and what they do.