Approximately how many cars were registered in the 1950s in the U.S., and what was the average cost?

According to the source
from the Federal Highway Administration (below), there were about 40 million registered
automobiles (commercial and private) in 1950. This number grew to over 51 million by 1955 and to
over 61 million by 1960. The number of cars in the U.S. exploded in the post-WWII years, as more
and more Americans moved to the suburbs and relied on cars to get to work. In 1950 (see the
source from Fifties Web, below), a Ford cost $1,339-$2,262 (when the average income was
$3,216).

According to the source from CNBC, driving today costs the same as
it did in the 1950s. Though the price of gas has gone up, our cars are more efficient.
Therefore, the cost to drive one mile is in the same range as it was in the
1950s.

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