What is the average price of a new car in the United States?

Money easy Data from 2024

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The answer

$48,000

Roughly $48K.

The average new vehicle sells for about $48,000, up from roughly $33,000 a decade ago. Part of that is inflation and part is mix: automakers largely abandoned cheap sedans for higher-margin SUVs and trucks, so the affordable end of the market barely exists any more.

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Source Kelley Blue Book average transaction price
Figure refers to 2024
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