E567 - Cars Cost $50K Now; Not Luxury, Just... Cars

The average price of a new car is over $50,000 now — yeah, fifty grand, not just the fancy stuff. Full-size pickups are sitting near $67,500 and the average monthly payment is about $776, so this ain’t your grandpa’s car loan. Folks have been trading down to smaller SUVs and cheaper trims, but the baseline cost still won’t budge — wild. Dealers are getting desperate and weird: a local Lincoln Mercury ad actually touted a “Firstborn Sales Event,” offering discounts for “well-qualified babies” and straight-up telling you to “surrender your firstborn.” We crack up about it on the show because $2,000 off feels like pocket chan...