{"id":2114599,"date":"2026-08-27T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114599"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:25:00","slug":"which-car-should-have-been-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2114599","title":{"rendered":"Which Car Should Have Been More Expensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns-holder\">\n<div class=\"add-on-google-widget\">\n<div class=\"add-on-google-heading\">Add Jalopnik on Google:<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-on-google-buttons-row\">\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"add-on-google-btn\" id=\"preferred-source\">Preferred Source<\/button><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXBneTRxX2Zw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"add-on-google-btn\" id=\"google-discover\">Google Discover<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>I think we can all agree that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/2193114\/average-new-car-price-dropped-in-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">cars are too damn expensive these days<\/a>. Sure, it&#8217;s also a problem that they have too many screens, don&#8217;t offer enough manuals, and aren&#8217;t all Miatas, but mainly it&#8217;s the money. I&#8217;d be willing to forgive a lot if cars were all 50% less expensive. I also wouldn&#8217;t turn down a raise that made it possible for me to spend six figures on a car, but we both know cars magically getting less expensive is much more likely here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allegedly there&#8217;s an exception to every rule, which got me thinking about cars that would have been better or more desirable if they&#8217;d been more expensive. It may sound wrong, but I actually think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/the-alfa-romeo-4c-shames-every-other-sports-car-on-the-1701901653\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Alfa Romeo 4C<\/a> is a perfect candidate. It&#8217;s a gorgeous car, but the engine didn&#8217;t really sound or feel that great, the transmission was jerky, the interior felt cheap, and it&#8217;s still the least comfortable car I&#8217;ve ever driven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Alfa Romeo wanted the 4C\u00a0to be more Lotus Elise than Mercedes-Benz SL, so it was probably never going to be plush and luxurious, but I can&#8217;t help wondering how much more desirable the 4C\u00a0would be if Alfa had targeted an MSRP of $70,000 or so, instead of the mid-$50s. If they&#8217;d made it a little less unpleasant at lower speeds, spent some more time refining the powertrain, really dialed in the steering, and offered a few more optional comfort features, that stuff would have probably driven up the MSRP, but I think it would have made the 4C more desirable.<\/p>\n<p>That can&#8217;t be the only car that should have been more expensive, though. Or if we want to put a more positive spin on it, which cars felt like they were held back by attempts to keep their prices lower? Maybe a few more features would have made them much more competitive. Maybe some pricier parts would have improved a few shortcomings. Whatever it is, let us know down in the comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover I think we can all agree that cars are too damn expensive these days. Sure, it&#8217;s also a problem that they have too many screens, don&#8217;t offer enough manuals, and aren&#8217;t all Miatas, but mainly it&#8217;s the money. I&#8217;d be willing to forgive a lot if cars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,247],"class_list":["post-2114599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-jalopnik-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2114599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2114599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2114599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2114599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}