KQ12: Why are cars so expensive?

Cars are one of the things that got more expensive during the last few years--and stayed that way. Why did car prices rise so much? Take the quiz and find out. Eleven questions. Go!

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Car price info comes from Cox Automotive, parent of Kelley Blue Book, one of the go-to-sources for automotive data.

Price-change data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which anybody can use (unless Trump shuts it down).

I've analyzed the components of car inflation in several Yahoo Finance stories, including this recent one. I grudgingly admit I'm biased against expensive cars. My Yahoo Finance pal Pras Subramanian might have a different perspective. We argue all the time about the virtues of fancy stitching and knurled shifter knobs.