What is the average price of a car in 1980?

Answer 1

Depends on whether you were buying new or used, but I CAN tell you they were MUCH CHEAPER than TODAY'S junk! For instance, and I'm going back into the 70's with this one. In 1973, I bought a 1968 Ford Thunderbird that had a more rare engine. Instead of the regular Thunderbird engine of that year, a 427 c i., MINE had a 427 THUNDER-JET engine which was slightly MORE POWERFUL than even a COBRA-JET engine. The car had 50,000 miles on it and I only paid, OFF A DEALER'S LOT, $700 for it! It had EVERYTHING. Those wrap aound back seats, all power equipment, and it felt like a jet when it's going down the runway for take off whenever I stomped the gas and kicked in he passing gear! THOSE WERE THE DAYS! In the 80's, MANY of the popular, hi-powered cars were gone, or stripped of those powerful engines. I was GLAD to see Ford take BACK the power with the new mustangs starting in the later 90's.