NEWS: Report: GM builds 100,000th Chevrolet Camaro
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The U.S. inflation calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 at $27,697.15 in 2010 dollars. ($3247.85 less than a 2010 1SS)
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I think the 2010 is a decent value, but it's still more expensive. The Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 as $26,854.01 in 2010 dollars. ($4090.99 less than a 2010 1SS)
The U.S. inflation calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 at $27,697.15 in 2010 dollars. ($3247.85 less than a 2010 1SS)
The U.S. inflation calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 at $27,697.15 in 2010 dollars. ($3247.85 less than a 2010 1SS)
Unfortunately, there isn't any particularly good way to compare prices of cars over time, so I used the generally-accepted standard of 4% per year.
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Both of those calculators are using data from the Consumer Price Index, which isn't a very good measure when we're talking explicitly about cars. That's more useful when talking about the price inflation of day-to-day expenses like food and clothing.
Unfortunately, there isn't any particularly good way to compare prices of cars over time, so I used the generally-accepted standard of 4% per year.
Unfortunately, there isn't any particularly good way to compare prices of cars over time, so I used the generally-accepted standard of 4% per year.
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I'm not going to argue as I'm not an economist and it's sounds like you know more about it than I, but aren't automobiles figured into the CPI? Do they represent a small enough part of the whole that while they are in the calculation they actually don't follow the rules of the calculation?
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As if the 400 million pounds of material didn't exist anywhere on the planet and just materialized out of thin air. 
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I think the 2010 is a decent value, but it's still more expensive. The Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 as $26,854.01 in 2010 dollars. ($4090.99 less than a 2010 1SS)
The U.S. inflation calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 at $27,697.15 in 2010 dollars. ($3247.85 less than a 2010 1SS)
The U.S. inflation calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) puts $22,295.00 in 2002 at $27,697.15 in 2010 dollars. ($3247.85 less than a 2010 1SS)
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I'm just tired of people making cracks about the Camaro's weight without any relevance or perspective. Yes, we know its a heavy coupe. Get over it!
If you don't want an almost two-ton sports coupe, buy a Corvette and shut the hell up!
If you don't want an almost two-ton sports coupe, buy a Corvette and shut the hell up!
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this is AWESOME news! it's only been about 1 calendar year since it went on sale too so the 1.5 model year thing really doesn't come into play yet. I hope it can maintain a good level until a 6th gen comes out :-)
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