United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: US city average, New cars and trucks (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in April 2022, the US Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): New cars and trucks in the US was 116.523 (not seasonally adjusted); no change from March 2022.

The US Inflation Rate of New cars and trucks in the US in April 2022 was 12.6%, 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 April 2022. 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.

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US CPI-U: US city average, New cars and trucks (Seas Adj.)

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

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for New cars and trucks in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

US Inflation Rate for New cars and trucks in the US (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: New cars and trucks in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

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Month	CPI-U	% change from YAGO (Inflation Rate)
March 2001	99.4	0.2
April 2001	99.1	-0.3
May 2001	99.1	-0.5
June 2001	98.8	-0.6
July 2001	98.3	-0.8
August 2001	98	-0.9
September 2001	97.4	-1.0
October 2001	97.3	-0.8
November 2001	97.8	-0.4
December 2001	98.9	-0.1
January 2002	99.6	0.0
February 2002	99	-0.7
March 2002	98	-1.4
April 2002	97.6	-1.5
May 2002	97.4	-1.7
June 2002	97	-1.8
July 2002	96.6	-1.7
August 2002	96.3	-1.7
September 2002	95.8	-1.6
October 2002	96.2	-1.1
November 2002	96.8	-1.0
December 2002	97.4	-1.5
January 2003	97.6	-2.0
February 2003	97	-2.0
March 2003	96.6	-1.4
April 2003	96.7	-0.9
May 2003	96.2	-1.2
June 2003	95.8	-1.2
July 2003	95.2	-1.4
August 2003	94.8	-1.6
September 2003	94.9	-0.9
October 2003	94.6	-1.7
November 2003	94.7	-2.2
December 2003	95.4	-2.0
January 2004	95.7	-1.9
February 2004	95.7	-1.3
March 2004	95.9	-0.7
April 2004	95.6	-1.1
May 2004	95.5	-0.7
June 2004	95.3	-0.5
July 2004	95.1	-0.1
August 2004	94.3	-0.5
September 2004	93.6	-1.4
October 2004	93.5	-1.2
November 2004	94.2	-0.5
December 2004	95.6	0.2
January 2005	96.3	0.6
February 2005	96.9	1.3
March 2005	97	1.2
April 2005	96.4	0.8
May 2005	96.2	0.7
June 2005	96.1	0.8
July 2005	95.7	0.6
August 2005	94.4	0.1
September 2005	93.5	-0.1
October 2005	94.1	0.6
November 2005	95	0.9
December 2005	95.6	0.0
January 2006	95.9	-0.4
February 2006	96.6	-0.3
March 2006	96.5	-0.5
April 2006	96.2	-0.2
May 2006	95.9	-0.3
June 2006	95.5	-0.6
July 2006	95.1	-0.6
August 2006	94.9	0.5
September 2006	94.5	1.1
October 2006	94.5	0.4
November 2006	94.8	-0.2
December 2006	94.8	-0.8
January 2007	95	-0.9
February 2007	95.374	-1.3
March 2007	95.191	-1.4
April 2007	95.098	-1.1
May 2007	94.911	-1.0
June 2007	94.463	-1.1
July 2007	94.113	-1.0
August 2007	93.821	-1.1
September 2007	93.681	-0.9
October 2007	93.511	-1.0
November 2007	93.804	-1.0
December 2007	94.435	-0.4
January 2008	94.727	-0.3
February 2008	94.817	-0.6
March 2008	94.501	-0.7
April 2008	94.117	-1.0
May 2008	93.707	-1.3
June 2008	93.369	-1.2
July 2008	93.238	-0.9
August 2008	93.141	-0.7
September 2008	92.448	-1.3
October 2008	91.748	-1.9
November 2008	91.66	-2.3
December 2008	91.724	-2.9
January 2009	91.677	-3.2
February 2009	92.354	-2.6
March 2009	93.017	-1.6
April 2009	93.312	-0.9
May 2009	93.464	-0.3
June 2009	93.682	0.3
July 2009	94.047	0.9
August 2009	94.283	1.2
September 2009	92.909	0.5
October 2009	93.215	1.6
November 2009	95.113	3.8
December 2009	96.188	4.9
January 2010	96.214	5.0
February 2010	96.137	4.1
March 2010	96.226	3.5
April 2010	96.05	2.9
May 2010	95.761	2.5
June 2010	95.473	1.9
July 2010	95.303	1.3
August 2010	95.18	1.0
September 2010	95.055	2.3
October 2010	95.235	2.2
November 2010	95.537	0.5
December 2010	95.8	-0.4
January 2011	96.051	-0.2
February 2011	96.298	0.2
March 2011	97.186	1.0
April 2011	97.662	1.7
May 2011	98.071	2.4
June 2011	98.788	3.5
July 2011	99.164	4.1
August 2011	98.975	4.0
September 2011	98.673	3.8
October 2011	98.666	3.6
November 2011	98.798	3.4
December 2011	98.944	3.3
January 2012	99.085	3.2
February 2012	99.435	3.3
March 2012	100.036	2.9
April 2012	100.056	2.5
May 2012	100.181	2.2
June 2012	100.091	1.3
July 2012	100.058	0.9
August 2012	99.764	0.8
September 2012	99.632	1.0
October 2012	99.616	1.0
November 2012	99.808	1.0
December 2012	100.331	1.4
January 2013	100.627	1.6
February 2013	101.107	1.7
March 2013	101.164	1.1
April 2013	101.197	1.1
May 2013	101.339	1.2
June 2013	101.178	1.1
July 2013	101.259	1.2
August 2013	101.015	1.3
September 2013	100.753	1.1
October 2013	100.835	1.2
November 2013	100.813	1.0
December 2013	100.926	0.6
January 2014	101.022	0.4
February 2014	101.097	0.0
March 2014	101.471	0.3
April 2014	101.42	0.2
May 2014	101.684	0.3
June 2014	101.671	0.5
July 2014	101.242	0.0
August 2014	101.257	0.2
September 2014	101.11	0.4
October 2014	101.112	0.3
November 2014	101.413	0.6
December 2014	101.541	0.6
January 2015	101.58	0.6
February 2015	101.61	0.5
March 2015	102.151	0.7
April 2015	102.318	0.9
May 2015	102.496	0.8
June 2015	102.523	0.8
July 2015	102.5	1.2
August 2015	102.036	0.8
September 2015	101.713	0.6
October 2015	101.617	0.5
November 2015	101.573	0.2
December 2015	101.753	0.2
January 2016	101.767	0.2
February 2016	102.208	0.6
March 2016	102.79	0.6
April 2016	102.739	0.4
May 2016	102.499	0.0
June 2016	102.332	-0.2
July 2016	102.026	-0.5
August 2016	101.922	-0.1
September 2016	101.653	-0.1
October 2016	101.508	-0.1
November 2016	101.806	0.2
December 2016	101.914	0.2
January 2017	102.108	0.3
February 2017	103.164	0.9
March 2017	103.258	0.5
April 2017	102.951	0.2
May 2017	102.881	0.4
June 2017	102.581	0.2
July 2017	102.044	0.0
August 2017	101.297	-0.6
September 2017	100.97	-0.7
October 2017	100.498	-1.0
November 2017	100.379	-1.4
December 2017	100.763	-1.1
January 2018	101.514	-0.6
February 2018	101.857	-1.3
March 2018	101.72	-1.5
April 2018	101.663	-1.2
May 2018	101.211	-1.6
June 2018	101.42	-1.1
July 2018	101.566	-0.5
August 2018	101.541	0.2
September 2018	101.277	0.3
October 2018	100.981	0.5
November 2018	100.897	0.5
December 2018	101.06	0.3
January 2019	101.269	-0.2
February 2019	101.918	0.1
March 2019	102.034	0.3
April 2019	102.412	0.7
May 2019	102.448	1.2
June 2019	102.328	0.9
July 2019	102.156	0.6
August 2019	101.885	0.3
September 2019	101.482	0.2
October 2019	101.069	0.1
November 2019	100.982	0.1
December 2019	100.983	-0.1
January 2020	101.328	0.1
February 2020	102.046	0.1
March 2020	102.43	0.4
April 2020	101.956	-0.4
May 2020	101.877	-0.6
June 2020	102.019	-0.3
July 2020	101.939	-0.2
August 2020	102.425	0.5
September 2020	102.152	0.7
October 2020	102.119	1.0
November 2020	102.535	1.5
December 2020	102.597	1.6
January 2021	103.313	2.0
February 2021	103.526	1.5
March 2021	103.62	1.2
April 2021	103.493	1.5
May 2021	103.888	2.0
June 2021	105.447	3.4
July 2021	107.327	5.3
August 2021	108.955	6.4
September 2021	109.967	7.7
October 2021	111.078	8.8
November 2021	112.672	9.9
December 2021	114.035	11.2
January 2022	115.534	11.8
February 2022	116.185	12.2
March 2022	116.496	12.4
April 2022	116.523	12.6