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14. Is a Republican decade 15 years? 2010 to now is a decade? Is a 29% increase more than a doubling?

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 07:24 PM

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The average cost of a new car has more than doubled in the past decade, according to committee documents. It now exceeds $50,000, up from $24,296 in 2010.

. . . Republican Senator Ted Cruz said in a news release: "The average price of a car has more than doubled in the past decade. ... "

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New vehicles in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SETA01
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUSR0000SETA01
Jan 2010: 138.321,
Sept 2025: 178.510
+29%

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
Jan 2010: 217.488,
Sept 2025: 324.368
+49%

So according to this, over the last Republican "decade" (15 years), the average new car price has gone up less than consumer prices overall. IOW, the inflation-adjusted average price of a new car has fallen.

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