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Originally Posted by tcar
That just is NOT true.
Both the Model T and the Model A were priced so that Ford workers on the assembly line could (and did) afford the car.
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Well, even the T in the first year or so was not cheap.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T
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The moving assembly line system, which started on October 7, 1913, allowed Ford to sell his cars at a price lower than his competitors.[53] As he continued to fine-tune the system, Ford was able to keep reducing costs significantly.[54] As volume increased, he was able to also lower the prices due to fixed costs being spread over a larger number of vehicles. Other factors affected the price such as material costs and design changes.
In current equivalent dollars, the cost of the Runabout started at $22,471 in 1909 and bottomed out at $3,628 in 1925.
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On the A, the price started around $385, which was around the same as the later model T