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A brand new 1952 Oldsmobile Super 88 2 door sedan with the Hydramatic transmission sold for $2395.00.

A brand new 1952 Ford Customline 2 door sedan with the automatic transmission sold for $1796.00.

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The average car sold for around $1,500 which is equal to around $16,000 in 2014 money.

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10y ago

A VW beetle base price was $1,280

A Chevy bel air base price was $1,741

A Cadillac 75 base price was $5000

A rolls Royce Silver Dawn was $7,200

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15y ago

I saw in an old newspaper where you could buy a new car in 1940 for around 1000.00 or less but for sure in 1965 a big nice ford NEW was $2000.00 and a new 1965 Ford Mustang was $1995.00

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In the USA there were no new cars produced for the general publicin 1944.

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The average cost of a new car in 1948 was $1250.00

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9y ago

A 1954 Buick Special 2 door sedan sold for $2207.00 brand new.

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