Ford Model T - 100 Years Later - Safeshare.TV

[Rob Seastrom]

"John Westerlage" <john at n5dwi.com> writes:

> Interestingly, you can buy a new Ford Taurus (base price), 
>
> for $27,000 or 23 ounces of gold at today's price.
>
> Twenty-three ounces of gold, at $20 per ounce in 1914 would be $460.
>
> The Taurus is arguably a much better car than the Model T, and cheaper too.

By what standard?  If you compare both to contemporary competing
technologies (say, a Model T : horse and buggy vs. Taurus : Toyota
Avalon), I'm not sure that "much better" applies anymore.  Sure, the
Taurus gets better fuel mileage and has details like air bags, safety
glass, seat belts, and a pretty darned nice factory sound system (talk
about things that have come a long way in the past 20 years!), but in
context rather than in absolutes I'm not sure.

-r