We pay for new cars with money. But we pay for money with our time. A new study shows that new cars take more of our time than ever before.
The Cox Automotive/Moody’s Analytics Vehicle Affordability Index tracks the number of weeks of income the average earner needs to buy the average new vehicle. It’s been full of depressing news throughout 2021 and has hit a new high now that October’s data is available.Every factor the index tracks moved against car shoppers in October. The number of median weeks of income needed to purchase the average new vehicle increased to 42.4 weeks. That’s the longest figure since the index began in 2012.
Taken together, those factors pushed the average monthly car payment to an astonishing $680—nearly 20% higher than just one year before.
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