{"id":201,"date":"2022-09-19T16:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=201"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:24:30","slug":"consumer-cost-on-new-vehicles-skyrocket-hit-record-average-of-743-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/consumer-cost-on-new-vehicles-skyrocket-hit-record-average-of-743-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Cost on New Vehicles Skyrocket, Hit Record Average of $743 Per Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As of August, the latest month on record, the average payment for a new vehicle reached a wallet- walloping $743 a month, with that number representing a 1.4 percent increase from July, when that amount was $733. File photo: Cast Of Thousands, Shutter Stock, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK, NY – A new Vehicle Affordability Index report released last Thursday by Cox Automotive and Moody’s Analytics indicates that the average monthly payments for new vehicles\u00a0continue to skyrocket<\/a>\u00a0as COVID-19-driven supply chain issues \u2013 especially when it comes to semiconductor shortages \u2013 continue to make picking slim and demand climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of August, the latest month on record, the average payment for a new vehicle reached a wallet- walloping $743 a month, with that number representing a 1.4 percent increase from July, when that amount was $733.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That increase goes hand-in-hand with the current demand for the limited inventory of new vehicles, which according to Kelly Blue Book has driven up prices for the past five months in a row, with August seeing a new record-high being set with an average price of $48,301, which is a huge 10.8 year-over-year increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10.8 percent average increase from August 2021 to August 2022 can be broken down to a 10.1 percent price jump in new cars and a 9.8 percent price jump in new trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put the current automotive marketplace into perspective, in August of 2021 \u2013 out of the 52 weeks that comprise a year \u2013 a median of 37.7 weeks of income was needed to buy a new vehicle; fast-forward to August 2022, when that amount has effectively risen to 42.6 weeks of income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the 40-year high inflation plaguing the U.S. for the past several months \u2013 coupled with increased interest rates by way of the Federal Reserve in an attempt to curb inflation \u2013 have created a perfect storm that has resulted in new vehicles simply becoming unaffordable for many Americans already struggling with higher food and gas prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price increases of new vehicles have, in turn, driven similar increases in the used car market, with prices in August 2022 increasing 7.8 percent from the same period of time one year prior; however, prices decreased 0.4 percent from July to August of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK, NY – A new Vehicle Affordability Index report released last Thursday by Cox Automotive and Moody’s Analytics indicates that the average monthly payments for new vehicles\u00a0continue to skyrocket\u00a0as COVID-19-driven supply chain issues \u2013 especially when it comes to semiconductor shortages \u2013 continue to make picking slim and demand climb. As of August, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-market-updates","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n