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Originally Posted by mondeomatureguy
Hi Guys,
iam one of these guys that have old car mags still after all these years and going thru one of them which i still love to read it tested two cars in 1978.
The first was a HZ GTS Holden 5 litre v8.
The second was a GXL Fairmont with a 5.8 lire V8.
Prices were for the GXL Fairmont was $10,135 and for the GTS Holden was $9,267. both hand manual gearboxs
The standing 0- 400m: Holden 16.8 falcon 16.3.
Top speed: Holden 187km/h and Ford 189km/h.
Then you go to 1979.
The falcon XD 5.8 and the Commodore SL/E 5. Litre.
Prices: Falcon XD 5.8 was $8,798 and the Commdore SL/E was $11,194.
they both had manual gearboxs.
Standing 0-400m: Falcon 15.8 and Holden 16.4.
Top Speed: The falcon was 4800 rpm and doing 195km/h. The falcon could have done faster as it was seen doing 5300rpm on the tacho coming back from a trip from the Flinders range.
The Holden was 5500 rpm and 202km/h was flat at that speed.
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How do those prices compare to the median house price of those years in the capital cities?
Would be interesting to see, as a percentage of the median house price and then comparing it to the median house price today as a percentage and it puts into perspective what cars that would put on the table for you in 2024 if you did the equivalent.
Median house price in Melbourne in 1979 was $38,000
So that Commodore SL/E was around 30% of the median house price when it was new,
If you look at what 30% of the Melbourne median house price buys you car wise these days in 2024, gives you a $278,000 budget to spend on your car which buys something a bit nicer than a VFII SS Commodore
Get you into this - with a decent amount of change left over:
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...23120743/?Cr=7
https://www.lotuscars.com/en-AU/emira
Or very close to a new Corvette Stingray:
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...-AD-22552950/?
If you work on Sydney prices, well then you pretty much double the car budget and now we start getting close to Lamborghini and Ferrari coin for our 30%