For all of you saying that this is not worth $30k in 2018, I agree. Let me tell you a little story of the early-mid 2000s
There was a huge muscle car boom in the early 2000s, Barrett Jackson was televised for the first time on a tv channel that at the time was called speedvision. Chevrolet had just cancelled the Camaro and Mopar had no cars of any interest besides the viper. Ford was the only game in town if you wanted a V8 car, which at the time was a Crown Vic or a Mustang. Modern engine swaps were just in their infancy, so if you wanted a modern V8 in your car you almost had to buy new.
The muscle car boom lead to cars like the Maurauder, which had similar performance to an Accord V6 even at the time. Chevrolet SSR, Mustang Bullit and Mach-1. Baby Boomers had disposable income and American manufacturers wanted a slice of that muscle car market. Muscle cars were so cool that they actually tried to dress up a Grand Marquis and call it a muscle car. The SSR was built on the same chassis as the trailblazer, they were just trying to turn current or older designs into something they could market at that moment. People still bought cars back then, trucks had not taken over completely yet but more and more people were buying SUVs and trucks were getting more luxurious.
I remember these times well, as I was 13 in 2001 and had all the car mags. 400 both ways in a 2003 Cobra was a huge deal, 200 hp out of FWD V6 car in the Chrysler 300M was seen as a large accomplishment. Due to better technology, the days of weak engines due to emissions and fuel efficiency regulations were drawing to a close.
Now, 10-15 years later you can see that American manufacturers actually produced muscle cars again, which absolutely everyone was screaming for during the time the Maurauder was produced. Of course it is lame, it is a grand marquis. But at the time, it was considered a legit modern production muscle car. If you had one of those back then you were pretty cool. I assume most of them were heavily upgraded by enthusiast owners, which proves that they are taken at least somewhat seriously as a performance car.
A true time capsule.
EDIT: I was a big time American car fan at the time, I loved and still love muscle cars. I know this was pretty much the nadir of the American car industry, and there were numerous foreign options that made these cars look stupid. It was an important time, as the Americans started to build cars that North Americans wanted and not try to complete with foreigners.
The V8 muscle cars we know and love today were built because the marauder did not flop, even though it was essentially a 32v Grand Marquis.