Best Used Cars and SUVs Under $15,000
These models performed well in our tests and have strong reliability ratings
Used cars are always a good value because a prior owner has taken the depreciation hit, making their loss your gain. Even though the average listing price of used cars through November 2025 was $25,730, there are plenty of reliable and safe vehicles on the market for half that amount.
To better focus your search, we dug through years of test data and hundreds of thousands of survey responses to find the best used cars between $10,000 and $15,000.
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