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> Because the title of the article is stated in pretax figures....

How do you know that? Neither the submission article (hubspot) or the article referenced by the parent comment (gmauthority) mentions anything about the figures being pretax or posttax, why would they default to talking a price no one else would use?

> You might as well add in the lifetime maintenance costs while you're at it

If that's something you have to pay up front to get the car, then yeah, add it to whatever figures you reference. But I don't think that's how it works normally, so how is that the same thing at all?



Because US post tax figures vary by state so you can’t list a single number.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/car-sales-t...


The submission says MSRP, which doesn't include tax, financing, title, or registration in the US.

Americans paid $25k for $18k sticker price vehicles a decade ago. Now they're paying $32k for $25k vehicles. People I talk to who have new cars say their payments are from $500-800/mo, often for longer than 60 months.

If my 20 year old Toyota ever quits, I'll probably build what amounts to a street legal go-kart and invest in another, larger cooler and freezer.


Americans have complex post tax rules. I think their normal is a pre-tax figure. Also, it helps if you are comparing across territories I guess.




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