new 1g dsm costs?

[Gimix]

Hi guys, 1st real post!!!!(not an intro thread admins!!!!)

1st I wanted to complement on how well build this community and forum is. It's probably the best I have come across and I have been apart of the LS1tech/F-body, VWs, and 67-72chevytrucks (best fabricators) forums. I get on here and read every day and have been scene march but I have yet to even bother asking a question because I don't ever have to, they've been already answered at one point(this forum owns).

But my question that I haven't been able to find is, how much did 1g's and their options run on the lot back in the early 90's? Does anybody happen to have a link to any ads?

 

[98GSXtreme07]

Here ya go found ya something!

Supercars.net - 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

Scroll down a little bit.

$17,200 (as tested)

 

[AWD_DSM08]

wow 17 grand not bad a high school kid with a cosigner could of gotten one.

 

[Gimix]

Thanks Mike!!!! Just what I was looking for.

 

[98GSXtreme07]

No problem at all Travis!

 

[Defiant]

wow 17 grand not bad a high school kid with a cosigner could of gotten one.

That was in '91. In today's dollars, figure about twice that. They were expensive. That's why we have NTs.

 

[jking29]

They were still cheaper than other turbo cars of the same era. I played with turbo coupe T-birds before I got into dsm's. The 87 I had I bought from the original owner and they still had the original window sticker. It was over 25k back in 87!

 

[TunaTalon]

Defiant has it pretty close.
In 1991 the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 136 and today it is 216. (ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt)

So that $17.2K then would be $27.3K today.

When I bought my new 1966 V8 powered Mustang fastback for $2.75K the CPI was 32.4. That makes it about $20.6K in today's dollars.

Hmmm interesting, in 1959 when a dollars worth of gas put five gallons in the tank the CPI was 29.1 or about a buck and a half a gallon now. Whaddayaknow gas is expensive today.

 

[4g63Powered]

I have the window sticker for my 91 TSi AWD, all options minus leather and sunroof; ~$19k.

 

[Gimix]

I have the window sticker for my 91 TSi AWD, all options minus leather and sunroof; ~$19k.

Sounds dumb but I've always wanted to get a binder and collect window sticks, but you really don't come across very good ones on eBay.

 

[JrCRXHF]

$27,357.35

Consumer price index says

17,200 in 1991 is now 27357.35

 

[SpiralOut]

Almost like an EVO .

 

[4g63Powered]

I'd say they're closer to loaded WRX prices than EVO prices. Which makes sense.

 

[Novice]

So in about 15+ years we can rock 2008 Subaru turbo's for 3 grand Or the equivalent of 3 grand in 15 years which will be who knows how much LoL

 

[SpiralOut]

I cant wate!