My Dad Had One of These

UPDATED: Can you believe only $5,995.00? Now the Nissan base model truck starts at $16,250.00. That's a $10,255.00 increase in 25 years. I believe that's right in there with normal inflation. If I did my math right roughly 4% a year. Now, on the mpg...31 city/43 hwy in 1982. Now only 19/23. How did we lose so much in 25 years? Shouldn't there be a huge gain? Where's the technology?