Purchase of vehicles inflation: annual rate by year since 1989
1.5%
-1.3%
The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for purchase of vehicles (COICOP 07.1) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 1.5% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 7.9% in 2022; the lowest is -5.0% in 2000. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 8 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 16 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 124.8 in 2025.
Purchase of vehicles inflation by year
| Year | Annual rate | Index (2015 = 100) | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5% | 124.8 | 3.4% | -1.9 points |
| 2024 | -2.8% | 122.9 | 2.5% | -5.3 points |
| 2023 | 0.9% | 126.4 | 7.3% | -6.4 points |
| 2022 | 7.9% | 125.2 | 9.1% | -1.2 points |
| 2021 | 7.5% | 116.1 | 2.6% | +4.9 points |
| 2020 | 3.3% | 108.0 | 0.9% | +2.4 points |
| 2019 | 1.4% | 104.6 | 1.8% | -0.4 points |
| 2018 | 3.3% | 103.2 | 2.5% | +0.8 points |
| 2017 | 1.4% | 99.9 | 2.7% | -1.3 points |
| 2016 | -1.5% | 98.5 | 0.7% | -2.2 points |
| 2015 | -0.9% | 100.0 | 0.0% | -0.9 points |
| 2014 | 0.3% | 100.9 | 1.5% | -1.2 points |
| 2013 | -0.9% | 100.6 | 2.6% | -3.5 points |
| 2012 | -0.7% | 101.5 | 2.8% | -3.5 points |
| 2011 | 0.8% | 102.2 | 4.5% | -3.7 points |
| 2010 | 4.3% | 101.4 | 3.3% | +1.0 points |
| 2009 | 1.3% | 97.2 | 2.2% | -0.9 points |
| 2008 | -2.1% | 95.9 | 3.6% | -5.7 points |
| 2007 | -0.1% | 97.9 | 2.3% | -2.4 points |
| 2006 | -0.5% | 98.0 | 2.3% | -2.8 points |
| 2005 | -1.1% | 98.5 | 2.1% | -3.2 points |
| 2004 | 0.2% | 99.5 | 1.3% | -1.1 points |
| 2003 | -0.6% | 99.3 | 1.4% | -2.0 points |
| 2002 | -0.9% | 99.9 | 1.3% | -2.2 points |
| 2001 | -3.4% | 100.8 | 1.2% | -4.6 points |
| 2000 | -5.0% | 104.3 | 0.8% | -5.8 points |
| 1999 | -3.3% | 109.8 | 1.3% | -4.6 points |
| 1998 | -0.7% | 113.5 | 1.6% | -2.3 points |
| 1997 | 2.1% | 114.4 | 1.8% | +0.3 points |
| 1996 | 2.6% | 112.0 | 2.4% | +0.2 points |
| 1995 | 1.7% | 109.2 | 2.6% | -0.9 points |
| 1994 | 2.4% | 107.4 | 2.0% | +0.4 points |
| 1993 | -1.1% | 104.9 | 2.5% | -3.6 points |
| 1992 | 5.1% | 106.1 | 4.2% | +0.9 points |
| 1991 | 4.7% | 100.9 | 7.5% | -2.8 points |
| 1990 | 2.1% | 96.4 | 7.0% | -4.9 points |
| 1989 | 3.5% | 94.4 | 5.2% | -1.7 points |
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Latest monthly rates
| Month | 12-month rate |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | -1.3% |
| July 2026 | -0.9% |
| June 2026 | -0.3% |
| May 2026 | 0.0% |
| April 2026 | 0.2% |
| March 2026 | 0.8% |
| February 2026 | 1.2% |
| January 2026 | 1.2% |
| December 2025 | 1.5% |
| November 2025 | 1.3% |
| October 2025 | 1.8% |
| September 2025 | 1.7% |
| August 2025 | 1.9% |
| July 2025 | 1.7% |
| June 2025 | 1.8% |
| May 2025 | 1.9% |
| April 2025 | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | 1.5% |
| February 2025 | 0.9% |
| January 2025 | 0.6% |
| December 2024 | 1.3% |
| November 2024 | 0.1% |
| October 2024 | -1.1% |
| September 2024 | -2.8% |
| August 2024 | -3.1% |
Inside this group
- New cars inflation: 2.9% in 2025
- Second-hand cars inflation: 0.8% in 2025
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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