Little hint: The car a person drives tells you very little about her finances.
Maybe she got the car while things were going well and is now stuck making payments she can't afford? Or maybe she was able to save a lot during the boom times, and is still reasonably comfortable?
On the flip side, the newest car in our household is 10 years old. Doesn't mean we're on the breadline. And just to add some more personal experience - my last car was a 30k Audi. Was I rich? Nope, it was my company car and the only reason I got it was that I offered to take a second hand car. It was collecting dust so I got dead lucky - probably an ex Senior Managers car, who was earning double what I was.
Damn I loved that car!
EDITED: 16 Sep 2012 10:51 by PILOTDAN