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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
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.
the ford model t had a 2.9 liter engine, the Rolls Royce silver ghost had a 7.5 liter engine