United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class A, New cars and trucks (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2022, the United State not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): New cars and trucks for Size Class A was 115.036; it fell by 0.1% compared to February 2022.

The US Inflation Rate of New cars and trucks for Size Class A in March 2022 was 14.0%, not seasonally adjusted. The inflation rate represents the percent change of the CPI-U compared to a year ago.

The charts and table below shows the United States not seasonally adjusted historical Consumer Price Index and Inflation Rate for All Urban Consumers: New cars and trucks for Size Class A from January 2002 to March 2022.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.

U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for New cars and trucks for Size Class A (Not Seas Adj.)
U.S. Inflation Rate for New cars and trucks for Size Class A (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: New cars and trucks for Size Class A (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month CPI-U for New cars and trucks for Size Class A % change from YAGO (Inflation Rate)
January 2002 98.1 -1.0
February 2002 97.2 -1.4
March 2002 96.9 -1.4
April 2002 96.7 -1.5
May 2002 96.3 -1.7
June 2002 95.9 -1.5
July 2002 95.5 -1.7
August 2002 95 -1.9
September 2002 95.4 -1.3
October 2002 95.9 -1.4
November 2002 96.6 -1.5
December 2002 97 -1.7
January 2003 96.4 -1.7
February 2003 96 -1.2
March 2003 96.2 -0.7
April 2003 95.7 -1.0
May 2003 95.1 -1.2
June 2003 94.4 -1.6
July 2003 94.2 -1.4
August 2003 94.3 -0.7
September 2003 93.9 -1.6
October 2003 94.1 -1.9
November 2003 94.7 -2.0
December 2003 95 -2.1
January 2004 95 -1.4
February 2004 95.3 -0.7
March 2004 95.1 -1.1
April 2004 94.9 -0.8
May 2004 94.7 -0.4
June 2004 94.4 0.0
July 2004 93.5 -0.7
August 2004 92.9 -1.5
September 2004 92.9 -1.1
October 2004 93.7 -0.4
November 2004 95 0.3
December 2004 95.3 0.3
January 2005 96 1.1
February 2005 96.3 1.1
March 2005 95.6 0.5
April 2005 95.3 0.4
May 2005 95.2 0.5
June 2005 94.8 0.4
July 2005 93.4 -0.1
August 2005 92.3 -0.6
September 2005 93.1 0.2
October 2005 94.2 0.5
November 2005 94.7 -0.3
December 2005 94.9 -0.4
January 2006 95.6 -0.4
February 2006 95.6 -0.7
March 2006 95.1 -0.5
April 2006 94.6 -0.7
May 2006 94.4 -0.8
June 2006 94.1 -0.7
July 2006 93.7 0.3
August 2006 93.4 1.2
September 2006 93.5 0.4
October 2006 93.9 -0.3
November 2006 94 -0.7
December 2006 94.1 -0.8
January 2007 94.543 -1.1
February 2007 94.264 -1.4
March 2007 94.253 -0.9
April 2007 94.055 -0.6
May 2007 93.415 -1.0
June 2007 93.204 -0.9
July 2007 92.862 -0.9
August 2007 92.783 -0.7
September 2007 92.657 -0.9
October 2007 93.14 -0.8
November 2007 93.933 -0.1
December 2007 94.177 0.1
January 2008 94.209 -0.3
February 2008 93.692 -0.6
March 2008 93.415 -0.9
April 2008 92.78 -1.4
May 2008 92.447 -1.0
June 2008 92.329 -0.9
July 2008 92.207 -0.7
August 2008 91.64 -1.2
September 2008 90.695 -2.1
October 2008 90.729 -2.6
November 2008 91.193 -2.9
December 2008 90.909 -3.5
January 2009 91.829 -2.5
February 2009 91.919 -1.9
March 2009 92.152 -1.3
April 2009 92.5 -0.3
May 2009 92.716 0.3
June 2009 92.836 0.6
July 2009 92.909 0.8
August 2009 91.822 0.2
September 2009 92.57 2.1
October 2009 93.938 3.5
November 2009 95.089 4.3
December 2009 95.112 4.6
January 2010 94.84 3.3
February 2010 94.999 3.4
March 2010 94.917 3.0
April 2010 94.468 2.1
May 2010 94.165 1.6
June 2010 94.048 1.3
July 2010 94.138 1.3
August 2010 94.037 2.4
September 2010 94.177 1.7
October 2010 94.481 0.6
November 2010 94.782 -0.3
December 2010 94.894 -0.2
January 2011 95.214 0.4
February 2011 96.15 1.2
March 2011 96.323 1.5
April 2011 96.79 2.5
May 2011 97.639 3.7
June 2011 98.168 4.4
July 2011 98.176 4.3
August 2011 97.868 4.1
September 2011 97.835 3.9
October 2011 98.026 3.8
November 2011 98.129 3.5
December 2011 98.288 3.6
January 2012 98.555 3.5
February 2012 98.897 2.9
March 2012 98.839 2.6
April 2012 99.046 2.3
May 2012 98.836 1.2
June 2012 98.791 0.6
July 2012 98.591 0.4
August 2012 98.357 0.5
September 2012 98.277 0.5
October 2012 98.636 0.6
November 2012 99.126 1.0
December 2012 99.365 1.1
January 2013 100.066 1.5
February 2013 100.1 1.2
March 2013 100.096 1.3
April 2013 100.17 1.1
May 2013 99.934 1.1
June 2013 99.736 1.0
July 2013 99.539 1.0
August 2013 99.373 1.0
September 2013 99.375 1.1
October 2013 99.511 0.9
November 2013 99.706 0.6
December 2013 99.856 0.5
January 2014 100.229 0.2
February 2014 100.542 0.4
March 2014 100.579 0.5
April 2014 100.826 0.7
May 2014 100.789 0.9
June 2014 100.388 0.7
July 2014 100.249 0.7
August 2014 99.755 0.4
September 2014 99.81 0.4
October 2014 100.201 0.7
November 2014 100.292 0.6
December 2014 100.366 0.5
January 2015 100.452 0.2
February 2015 101.085 0.5
March 2015 101.07 0.5
April 2015 100.844 0.0
May 2015 100.736 0.0
June 2015 100.739 0.4
July 2015 100.248 0.0
August 2015 99.678 -0.1
September 2015 99.612 -0.2
October 2015 99.894 -0.3
November 2015 99.977 -0.3
December 2015 99.874 -0.5
January 2016 100.296 -0.2
February 2016 100.69 -0.4
March 2016 100.639 -0.4
April 2016 100.363 -0.5
May 2016 100.113 -0.6
June 2016 99.966 -0.8
July 2016 100.078 -0.2
August 2016 99.805 0.1
September 2016 99.681 0.1
October 2016 99.514 -0.4
November 2016 99.639 -0.3
December 2016 99.847 0.0
January 2017 100.691 0.4
February 2017 100.908 0.2
March 2017 100.751 0.1
April 2017 100.275 -0.1
May 2017 99.872 -0.2
June 2017 99.557 -0.4
July 2017 98.756 -1.3
August 2017 98.324 -1.5
September 2017 98.217 -1.5
October 2017 98.152 -1.4
November 2017 98.626 -1.0
December 2017 99.565 -0.3
January 2018 99.899 -0.8
February 2018 99.73 -1.2
March 2018 99.324 -1.4
April 2018 98.739 -1.5
May 2018 99.046 -0.8
June 2018 99.419 -0.1
July 2018 99.409 0.7
August 2018 98.967 0.7
September 2018 98.587 0.4
October 2018 98.727 0.6
November 2018 99.16 0.5
December 2018 99.513 0.0
January 2019 99.751 -0.1
February 2019 99.729 0.0
March 2019 100.606 1.3
April 2019 100.294 1.6
May 2019 99.973 0.9
June 2019 99.66 0.2
July 2019 99.144 -0.3
August 2019 98.873 -0.1
September 2019 98.699 0.1
October 2019 98.69 0.0
November 2019 98.642 -0.5
December 2019 99.118 -0.4
January 2020 99.732 0.0
February 2020 100.135 0.4
March 2020 99.107 -1.5
April 2020 99.127 -1.2
May 2020 99.961 0.0
June 2020 99.623 0.0
July 2020 99.626 0.5
August 2020 99.261 0.4
September 2020 98.771 0.1
October 2020 98.469 -0.2
November 2020 98.66 0.0
December 2020 99.819 0.7
January 2021 100.519 0.8
February 2021 100.83 0.7
March 2021 100.878 1.8
April 2021 101.559 2.5
May 2021 102.752 2.8
June 2021 104.816 5.2
July 2021 106.209 6.6
August 2021 107.395 8.2
September 2021 108.307 9.7
October 2021 110.261 12.0
November 2021 111.623 13.1
December 2021 114.192 14.4
January 2022 114.683 14.1
February 2022 115.159 14.2
March 2022 115.036 14.0