Back in 2016 when my dad bought a brand new 2016 (10th gen) Civic LX (with steel wheels and hubcaps), I think we paid ~$26k OTD with everything included.
Again, when you factor inflation into account, that $26k OTD becomes $33k+. Our car didn't have any of the Honda Sensing stuff, and it only had the K20C2 instead of the L15. When you compare it like that, today's $35k OTD price isn't too far off.
Naturally, the problem for me is -- my wage increase is nowhere close to the actual rate of inflation over the past 9 - 10 years.
I just happened to be playing around with the Honda Civic build & price configurator earlier today, because as I was saying, I am expecting we'll need to replace le wifey's 16 yrs old 1G RDX in a few years. As it turns out, a zero options Civic hatch sport hybrid that I thought we could get into turned out to be $44k OTD...
FML...
