[Leica] camera/car ratio

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Mathew,
That s because you do not believe in small cars in the USA. Here we get the
Tata Nano for under USD3000. I believe they plan to release it in the USA in
a couple of years. Remember, a Honda Civic is a big car by our standards!

http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Matthew B. Filippini <
filippiniaia at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Alas, no new cars are available in the US for under $10K:
> <http://cars.about.com/od/helpforcarbuyers/tp/Cheapest_09.htm>
>
> MattBill Pearce wrote:Larry,
> How much did a car cost in 1954? My guess is that the ratio of camera/car
> would hold good even today - you can get a small car for the cost of a M9,
> and a smaller one for the cost of a M7 (at least here in India), and a
> pretty good one for the cost of an S2.
> That's a good analysis. The price of cars has actuallly fallen when
> corrected for inflation, as you can get in the US a good car brand new for
> under $10,000 with features unheard of even ten years ago. I remember when
> my parent got a new car in the early fifties, a decent ford or chevrolet
> was
> under $1500, and didn't last as long and required more maintenance than a
> regular ford or chevrolet (or Honda or toyota) now, which is only slightly
> more than an M9. My wife's VW Eos, about $38,000 two years ago, compares to
> the S2 in both fun, quality and heritage.If you do not use these
> cameras, do not buy them!Good advice for cars and cameras both!Bill Pearce
>
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