My 2008 toyota yaris was 10 500 base new.
At the time was cheapest US car.
Yep. I remember those. We were blessed by buying our brand new 2020 Chevrolet Spark on December 31st from folks that were trying to make end of year quotas. Cost $9,400 brand new. (Well, before sales taxes anyway.) I think that the cheapest new car now may be a Nissan Versa at around $19,000.