Owning a Car Is Less Important To Younger Generations.

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Uhm, I paid less than 25k for mine, and thousands of others did too. Sure, I had to pre-order because I knew they would never be in stock at that price and post covid backups. If you walked onto a lot to try to buy one, yeah, you were upcharged.
Now, if you were to buy one, yes, the base price is now essentially 25k vs 20k.

I've been watching for some time and there hasn't been one available in 200mi of me for less than 28k - absolute base model... And I doubt you can walk out with that. Most are well over $30k and even used 20-40k mi are over $25k. You got lucky.