re: 8% of New Vehicles on the Market Cost Less than $30K

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And, the Feds have mandated strict environmental regulations on emissions.

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This is a huge part of the cost.

The R&D budget of car manufacturers trying to find some extremely over-engineered way to capture 1-2 mpg in fuel economy is HUGE, and that cost is being spread across all models in the inventory.