New car prices to rise - Optimist
Carlos Ghosan of Nissan has said that the price of new cars will inevitably rise given the massive increases in the cost of raw materials and of energy. This despite the potential for falling sales also because of energy cost increases.

So if new car prices go up, won't those of used follow as people are priced out of the new market?
New car prices to rise - runboy
The price of the Hyundai i10 has already risen by a few quid this month, and it was only launched in the UK in April!