On a slightly side note, relevant to the conversation of options and upgrades. I was curious to see what the 2015 challenger hellcat costs (around $60k). I mean, 700 and change is insane for a stock horsepower rating. Now, I wanted to see the options. Turns out, unlike these cars, there more or less are none (online). The base price includes pretty much everything except a few non-interesting cosmetic things, and an automatic transmission. (Automatic tranny on a 700 hp muscle car? Get the fuck out.)
That's how you sell a car, from my consumer point of view. "Here's the car. Here's the price. Here's a list of 10 things at most you can change."
I am also somewhat impressed by the 20 combined mpg of a 700 hp supercharged V8.
I also learned that SUVs and pickup trucks don't have to pay a gas guzzler tax. Can you imagine? A normal car does, if it doesn't meet certain EPA standards, and the less efficient the more you pay in tax ($1700 for the challenger, up to $7500 I think for some ferraris or lambos or whatever.) But the law was written back when SUVs and pickup trucks were used commercially, so they were exempt. Now, and especially for the past 15 years, every asshole buying a hummer or a pickup truck escalade has not had to pay the tax. I don't entirely agree that the tax should be there (you can tax gas itself), but since it's there, it's a ridiculous loophole that probably at least half the cars sold squeeze through (more like a looparch than a loophole, at this point. It's pretty big.)