United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D, New vehicles (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in January 2018, the US Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): New vehicles for Size Class D was 157.999 (not seasonally adjusted); it rose by 1.1% compared to December 2017.

The US Inflation Rate of New vehicles for Size Class D in January 2018 was -2.9%, not seasonally adjusted. The inflation rate represents the percent change of the CPI-U compared to a year ago.

The first chart below shows the trend of the CPI, and the second chart shows the inflation rate from March 2001 to January 2018. This information can also be found in a table below.

You can also see similar information for other items and US geographic areas.

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.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for New vehicles for Size Class D (Not Seas Adj.)

US Inflation Rate for New vehicles for Size Class D (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: New vehicles for Size Class D (Not Seas Adj.)

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Month	CPI-U	% change from YAGO (Inflation Rate)
March 2001	146.1	1.0
April 2001	145.6	0.7
May 2001	145.1	-0.3
June 2001	144.4	-0.8
July 2001	144.3	-0.7
August 2001	142.7	-1.9
September 2001	141.6	-2.3
October 2001	141.2	-2.4
November 2001	141.9	-1.7
December 2001	143.3	-1.2
January 2002	143	-1.6
February 2002	141.8	-2.6
March 2002	140.9	-3.6
April 2002	140.5	-3.5
May 2002	140.9	-2.9
June 2002	141	-2.3
July 2002	140.8	-2.4
August 2002	140.4	-1.6
September 2002	141	-0.4
October 2002	141.3	0.1
November 2002	141.3	-0.4
December 2002	143.1	-0.1
January 2003	143	0.0
February 2003	143	0.9
March 2003	142.3	1.0
April 2003	142	1.1
May 2003	141.8	0.6
June 2003	142.1	0.8
July 2003	142.1	0.9
August 2003	140.3	-0.1
September 2003	142.1	0.8
October 2003	142.4	0.8
November 2003	142	0.5
December 2003	143.4	0.2
January 2004	145.4	1.7
February 2004	145	1.4
March 2004	144.7	1.7
April 2004	143.4	1.0
May 2004	142.8	0.7
June 2004	144	1.3
July 2004	144.9	2.0
August 2004	144.1	2.7
September 2004	142.8	0.5
October 2004	143	0.4
November 2004	146.7	3.3
December 2004	148.8	3.8
January 2005	148.8	2.3
February 2005	151	4.1
March 2005	150.3	3.9
April 2005	149.5	4.3
May 2005	149.1	4.4
June 2005	148.9	3.4
July 2005	148.5	2.5
August 2005	144.7	0.4
September 2005	142.7	-0.1
October 2005	142.8	-0.1
November 2005	145.7	-0.7
December 2005	146.7	-1.4
January 2006	146.3	-1.7
February 2006	145.6	-3.6
March 2006	146.2	-2.7
April 2006	145.6	-2.6
May 2006	144.7	-2.9
June 2006	144.5	-3.0
July 2006	143.5	-3.4
August 2006	143	-1.2
September 2006	142.5	-0.1
October 2006	142.2	-0.4
November 2006	142.6	-2.1
December 2006	141.3	-3.7
January 2007	141.7	-3.1
February 2007	142.85	-1.9
March 2007	142.185	-2.7
April 2007	142.175	-2.3
May 2007	141.958	-1.9
June 2007	141.796	-1.9
July 2007	140.622	-2.0
August 2007	140.719	-1.6
September 2007	141.828	-0.5
October 2007	141.471	-0.5
November 2007	138.735	-2.7
December 2007	139.19	-1.5
January 2008	139.846	-1.3
February 2008	138.896	-2.8
March 2008	139.265	-2.0
April 2008	139.113	-2.1
May 2008	139.14	-2.0
June 2008	138.52	-2.3
July 2008	138.355	-1.6
August 2008	138.746	-1.4
September 2008	137.392	-3.1
October 2008	136.697	-3.4
November 2008	135.192	-2.5
December 2008	135.756	-2.5
January 2009	137.874	-1.4
February 2009	137.547	-1.0
March 2009	137.669	-1.1
April 2009	138.781	-0.2
May 2009	140.655	1.1
June 2009	140.201	1.2
July 2009	142.21	2.8
August 2009	142.579	2.8
September 2009	140.419	2.2
October 2009	140.083	2.5
November 2009	143.594	6.2
December 2009	144.55	6.5
January 2010	142.965	3.7
February 2010	143.531	4.4
March 2010	144.343	4.9
April 2010	145.15	4.6
May 2010	144.233	2.5
June 2010	143.656	2.5
July 2010	143.968	1.2
August 2010	142.936	0.3
September 2010	142.042	1.2
October 2010	142.061	1.4
November 2010	142.268	-0.9
December 2010	142.985	-1.1
January 2011	143.887	0.6
February 2011	143.626	0.1
March 2011	145.672	0.9
April 2011	147.839	1.9
May 2011	148.669	3.1
June 2011	149.102	3.8
July 2011	149.363	3.8
August 2011	149.349	4.5
September 2011	149.212	5.1
October 2011	149.005	4.9
November 2011	149.989	5.4
December 2011	151.278	5.8
January 2012	151.268	5.1
February 2012	151.679	5.6
March 2012	153.855	5.6
April 2012	153.871	4.1
May 2012	153.193	3.0
June 2012	153.251	2.8
July 2012	153.023	2.5
August 2012	151.758	1.6
September 2012	152.117	2.0
October 2012	152.149	2.1
November 2012	152.109	1.4
December 2012	152.535	0.8
January 2013	152.546	0.8
February 2013	152.737	0.7
March 2013	153.622	-0.1
April 2013	154.349	0.3
May 2013	154.427	0.8
June 2013	154.182	0.6
July 2013	159.3	4.1
August 2013	158.958	4.7
September 2013	155.418	2.2
October 2013	155.764	2.4
November 2013	156.881	3.1
December 2013	156.673	2.7
January 2014	156.749	2.8
February 2014	155.991	2.1
March 2014	157.04	2.2
April 2014	156.373	1.3
May 2014	155.89	1.0
June 2014	157.172	1.9
July 2014	154.625	-2.9
August 2014	154.575	-2.8
September 2014	159.472	2.6
October 2014	160.905	3.3
November 2014	162.189	3.4
December 2014	161.539	3.1
January 2015	159.42	1.7
February 2015	157.781	1.2
March 2015	159.259	1.4
April 2015	160.296	2.5
May 2015	163.72	5.0
June 2015	163.561	4.1
July 2015	163.972	6.0
August 2015	163.384	5.7
September 2015	162.358	1.8
October 2015	162.657	1.1
November 2015	162.805	0.4
December 2015	163.001	0.9
January 2016	162.188	1.7
February 2016	162.831	3.2
March 2016	163.85	2.9
April 2016	163.602	2.1
May 2016	163.627	-0.1
June 2016	163.274	-0.2
July 2016	162.229	-1.1
August 2016	161.098	-1.4
September 2016	159.636	-1.7
October 2016	159.377	-2.0
November 2016	163.216	0.3
December 2016	162.693	-0.2
January 2017	162.665	0.3
February 2017	163.029	0.1
March 2017	163.957	0.1
April 2017	160.936	-1.6
May 2017	162.206	-0.9
June 2017	163.489	0.1
July 2017	160.542	-1.0
August 2017	160.036	-0.7
September 2017	160.215	0.4
October 2017	158.249	-0.7
November 2017	158.084	-3.1
December 2017	156.352	-3.9
January 2018	157.999	-2.9