$53,000 is whole car. You can get a decent Lotus Evora, a 2017 Maserati GranTurismo Sport or a 2019 Porsche Cayman for that price. Granted, these are not on the same level, but they are still decent, stylish cars for the price.
The issue is that once people pay these prices, the resale market for such cars is screwed too because existing owners start looking at the price of these new models and think they can also jack up the price of their used units.