Which isn't far off from the average household income. We are driving our salaries. In vehicles twice as large as anyone needs. This is not progress. Cars make people stupid.
Consumers stop thinking.
They let the engines and the flashy exteriors with optional trim do the thinking for them. And then they wonder where the money went. Nearing a macho-name deficit, manufacturers will produce the 2002 Gonad. In an era when people are leased to their keisters, cars tell you almost nothing about drivers' financial portfolios. But they tell you torques about what drivers want you to think about them.