The actual price of the car would have been around 20000$ back in 2015/16, insane! For example, a Toyota Corolla of 2015/16 model with 1 lakh miles (160k Kms) was selling for 17-18000$. I started to look at used cars, but the prices of pre-owned vehicles had gone crazy by then. Due to the chip shortage, new cars that were supposed to arrive at the dealership in Oct got pushed to the March 2022 time frame.
In Aug 2021, just before moving to the US, VW announced a refreshed Jetta for the North American market with an upgraded engine and other features. VW cars are my favorites, and I wished to buy a new VW Jetta SE variant which would fit my budget of less than 25000$. People advised me to go with pre-owned vehicles as they are more affordable, but I realized most of them were driven crazily beyond 100k miles (>156k km). Moving to the US helped me as the prices of vehicles are a lot cheaper with few maintenance costs. Hence, I planned to buy a car as soon as I moved, but the market scenario worsened so severely that I had to wait nearly five months to get a car. I have a fair idea of public transport problems in the west, particularly last-mile connectivity. We also own a VW Vento TSI+DSG in our family.
I owned a Ford Figo Aspire DCT in Bengaluru, which was sufficient for my needs. In this long thread, I discuss my US car purchasing experience and ownership experience with VW Passat Limited Edition. Rewinding to Sep 2021, I just moved to the US for my post-doctoral research with my family.
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