Were buying cars back then harder than now? (90's)

Hi everyone. This is aimed at those folk that bought cars in the 90's, I stumbled upon an old ad on proton wiras. I was shocked to see the top spec was rm73k in 1996 (adjusted for inflation through a calculator it's rm136k in today's money 💀).

And if i recall correctly wasn't minimum wage back then rm300? How would the average Malaysian afford wiras back then?