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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SETA01

New vehicles

Prices for new vehicles rose 0.6% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months+0.6%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+1.2%seasonally adjusted
Index179.71982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1501601701802017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026179.7+0.3%+0.6%
July 2026179.5+0.1%+0.5%
June 2026179.3−0.0%+0.5%
May 2026179.2−0.3%+0.2%
April 2026179.2−0.2%+0.2%
March 2026179.0+0.1%+0.5%
February 2026178.8+0.0%+0.5%
January 2026178.7+0.1%+0.4%
December 2025178.0+0.0%+0.3%
November 2025178.6+0.2%+0.6%
October 2025178.7+0.0%+0.9%
September 2025178.8+0.2%+0.8%
August 2025178.7+0.2%+0.7%
July 2025178.6+0.0%+0.4%
June 2025178.4−0.3%+0.2%
May 2025178.7−0.3%+0.4%
April 2025178.8+0.1%+0.3%
March 2025178.2+0.1%−0.0%
February 2025178.0−0.0%−0.3%
January 2025178.0+0.0%−0.3%
December 2024177.6+0.4%−0.4%
November 2024177.5+0.4%−0.7%
October 2024177.2−0.1%−1.3%
September 2024177.4+0.1%−1.3%
August 2024177.5+0.0%−1.2%

What it is made of

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETA01 and CUSR0000SETA01). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.