Base price of the Barracuda in 1964 was $2,512. According to
Wikipedia, that is equivalent to $26,000 in today's money. According to the
Pergelator (me), that $2500 is equivalent to $250,000 in today's money, which means cars cost only about one-fifth of what they cost 60 years ago. This is what modern manufacturing has brought us - material goods that are vastly cheaper in terms of real value than they used to be. What this also means is there is a whole lot more profit to be made from making and selling things, which might explain the proliferation of very wealthy people.
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