If you’re looking to buy a new car today, it will cost on average just under $50,000. That’s a 145 percent increase from $20,360, the average price in

If you’re looking to buy a new car today, it will cost on average just under $50,000. That’s a 145 percent increase from $20,360, the average price in 2000. But the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows an increase in the average new car price of just 25 percent over this period.

well it’s general musing on the cpi, still put it in cars