Used car rankings

Cheapest used cars to own

A cheap used car to buy is not a cheap used car to own. The true annual cost score combines fuel at current US average prices, insurance averaged across two age and gender profiles, maintenance, tires, and oil changes into one number. These vehicles cost the least to keep on the road.

How we picked these

  • True annual cost score 8.5 or higher (lowest cost to keep on the road)
  • Sorted by true annual cost score

The 15 picks

  1. 1Toyota Yaris (XP90)82
  2. 2Toyota Prius (4th Gen)89
  3. 3Toyota Prius (3rd Gen)94
  4. 4Toyota Yaris (XP130)83
  5. 5Honda Civic 8th Gen90
  6. 6Honda Civic (7th Gen)84
  7. 7Toyota Yaris (XP210)80
  8. 8Hyundai Elantra (6th Gen)88
  9. 9Hyundai Elantra (5th Gen)88
  10. 10Honda Civic (9th Gen)89
  11. 11Toyota Corolla (11th Gen)91
  12. 12Honda Element81
  13. 13Toyota Corolla (10th Gen)91
  14. 14Nissan Frontier 2nd Gen89
  15. 15Mazda3 (4th Gen)85

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