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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by jacquesm on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:12PM (#14372098)
> A new GTI is much bigger and despite the name has no real relation to the 1984 model.

Agreed, it's safer, considerably faster and much more luxurious. It is also priced a lot higher.

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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by justin66 on Friday May 19, 2017 @10:59AM (#14376281)
> It is also priced a lot higher.

Taking into account inflation, it's only priced slightly higher. 8400 dollars from 1984 becomes something like $19500. Which would get you a Honda Fit, which is probably a lot more similar to that old GTI.

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