Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] leicas, chevies, and inflation (was M camera parts)
From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspainewebber.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:41:54 -0400 (EDT)

there's an inflation calculator at

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateGDP.html

according to this, the $288 in 1954 is $1,586.42 in 2001 dollars.

but if you must measure by chevies, the 1954 chevy corvette convertible
was $3,498 and the 2002 chevy corvette convertible is $47,530.  if the leica
were to remain at 8.233% of the price of the vette, it would now cost
$3,913.14.

- -rei


> From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
> 
> In 1954, a new Chevy, if you could have found one, would have been around
> $1,000.  A Leica M3 body had a list price of $288 -- and that list price
> was far more rigidly policed then than now.  So, a Leica body cost you
> around 30% the price of a new car.  The Leica has fallen substantially in
> relative cost, unless there are some $7,500 new cars around I've missed
> hearing about.
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
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