The True Cost of Car Ownership in 2025: How Inflation, Tariffs, and Tech Are Driving up Expenses

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Since 2020, drivers have to accept some drastic price increases. Especially for car insurance, the costs have almost exploded. The comparison of the previous year shows that much is again significantly more expensive.

tz.de

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Many car owners use the autumn to change their insurance or to visit a workshop. Prices for this have risen significantly. Where it becomes particularly expensive.

EU-Schwerbehinderung

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In September 2025, consumers had to pay 10.9% higher prices than in the same month of the previous year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). {/mprestriction} Car repair increased by 5.5% compared to September 2024. Further car care was also more expensive: car inspection prices increased by 4.8% and car washing prices by 3.6%. By comparison, overall consumer prices rose by 2.4% in the same period.

berliner-sonntagsblatt.de

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Prices for switching car insurance or for a visit to the repair shop have recently risen above average in Germany. Consumers had to pay 10.9 percent more for car insurance in September 2025 than in the same month of the previous year, as the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Tuesday. Car repairs became 5.5 percent more expensive compared to September 2024. Other car care services also became more expensive: prices for car inspec…