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Was there a large discrepancy in price with cars back then? It doesn't seem like there was enough difference between cars back in the day. The only thing I can think of is that the assembly line made them more affordable.
Not knowing much about it, I would guess that car culture has a lot to do with how the prices got set and how brands got elevated. It would have to develop over time
the ford model t had a 2.9 liter engine, the Rolls Royce silver ghost had a 7.5 liter engine
Absolutely correct. The price discrepancy in cars was primarily about the method of manufacture. The Model T was the Tata Nano of its day, clocking in at a miniscule $850 new in the US ($27,800 adjusted for inflation). This Rolls Royce would have been a shocking, exorbitant... $1200 in Europe ($39,000 adjusted).
Given the reliability difference especially in extreme weather conditions and the fact that the model T was built on an entirely different continent, this honestly isn't the own the Smithsonian is trying to make it out to be.