New cars inflation: annual rate by year since 1997
2.9%
0.8%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for new cars (COICOP 07.1.1A) for every year from 1997 to 2025: 29 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 2.9% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 6.0% in 2022; the lowest is -4.5% in 2001. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 10 of the 29 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 5 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 139.5 in 2025.
New cars inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% | 139.5 | 3.4% | -0.5 points |
| 2024 | 2.3% | 135.6 | 2.5% | -0.2 points |
| 2023 | 4.8% | 132.6 | 7.3% | -2.5 points |
| 2022 | 6.0% | 126.5 | 9.1% | -3.1 points |
| 2021 | 3.5% | 119.4 | 2.6% | +0.9 points |
| 2020 | 2.9% | 115.4 | 0.9% | +2.0 points |
| 2019 | 3.8% | 112.2 | 1.8% | +2.0 points |
| 2018 | 4.3% | 108.1 | 2.5% | +1.8 points |
| 2017 | 3.0% | 103.6 | 2.7% | +0.3 points |
| 2016 | 0.6% | 100.6 | 0.7% | -0.1 points |
| 2015 | 2.0% | 100.0 | 0.0% | +2.0 points |
| 2014 | 0.9% | 98.0 | 1.5% | -0.6 points |
| 2013 | -0.5% | 97.1 | 2.6% | -3.1 points |
| 2012 | 0.8% | 97.6 | 2.8% | -2.0 points |
| 2011 | 3.3% | 96.8 | 4.5% | -1.2 points |
| 2010 | 3.4% | 93.7 | 3.3% | +0.1 points |
| 2009 | 1.3% | 90.6 | 2.2% | -0.9 points |
| 2008 | 1.2% | 89.5 | 3.6% | -2.4 points |
| 2007 | 1.5% | 88.4 | 2.3% | -0.8 points |
| 2006 | 0.9% | 87.1 | 2.3% | -1.4 points |
| 2005 | 1.7% | 86.3 | 2.1% | -0.4 points |
| 2004 | 2.3% | 84.8 | 1.3% | +1.0 points |
| 2003 | 0.8% | 82.9 | 1.4% | -0.6 points |
| 2002 | -0.4% | 82.3 | 1.3% | -1.7 points |
| 2001 | -4.5% | 82.6 | 1.2% | -5.7 points |
| 2000 | -2.9% | 86.5 | 0.8% | -3.7 points |
| 1999 | -1.1% | 89.1 | 1.3% | -2.4 points |
| 1998 | 1.7% | 90.0 | 1.6% | +0.1 points |
| 1997 | 2.1% | 88.5 | 1.8% | +0.3 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 0.8% |
| July 2026 | 0.6% |
| June 2026 | 1.4% |
| May 2026 | 0.9% |
| April 2026 | 0.8% |
| March 2026 | 1.4% |
| February 2026 | 1.9% |
| January 2026 | 1.8% |
| December 2025 | 2.4% |
| November 2025 | 2.4% |
| October 2025 | 3.1% |
| September 2025 | 2.7% |
| August 2025 | 3.1% |
| July 2025 | 3.0% |
| June 2025 | 3.1% |
| May 2025 | 3.5% |
| April 2025 | 3.0% |
| March 2025 | 3.1% |
| February 2025 | 2.3% |
| January 2025 | 2.7% |
| December 2024 | 2.3% |
| November 2024 | 2.2% |
| October 2024 | 1.6% |
| September 2024 | 1.9% |
| August 2024 | 1.7% |
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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