[0:00] If you're watching this, more than
[0:02] likely you cannot afford a new car.
[0:04] Check this out. Only 22% Americans can
[0:08] comfortably afford a new car. Average
[0:10] prices per month to afford your new car
[0:13] is over $1,000.
[0:15] Income requirements is at least
[0:18] $100,000.
[0:20] So, most of us have the privilege of
[0:22] buying a gently used car, maybe 5 to 10
[0:25] years old. And IC cars just came out
[0:27] with a new study. What are the most
[0:30] reliable cars you can buy for the money
[0:33] this year? So, we're going to look at
[0:35] cars that are 5 years old. What are the
[0:37] best cars or how much longevity they
[0:40] have left for the money as well as
[0:43] 10year-old cars as well. Guys, if you
[0:46] are excited, hit the like button. If
[0:48] you're new to the channel, my name is
[0:49] Kirk. I cover car news just about every
[0:51] single day. I also do car reviews. I got
[0:53] Toyota's EV driving impressions from the
[0:55] Bezy Woodland and the CHR coming very
[0:57] soon. But also outside my garage here, I
[1:01] have the LC500 I need to review today.
[1:04] And that review will be up in the coming
[1:06] days. So stay tuned for that. It's one
[1:08] of my favorite vehicles ever made. All
[1:11] right, so if you want to see me get a
[1:12] little emotional, a little fired up,
[1:14] stay tuned for the Lexus LC500. Last
[1:16] time I'll get a chance to review that
[1:18] car. Here's some fun facts. The average
[1:20] 5-year-old used car cost about $25,000.
[1:24] That's a lot of money. still has an
[1:26] average remaining lifespan of just 7
[1:28] years, right? Well, you got to think
[1:30] about it. The average lifespan of a car
[1:32] right now is about 12 years and it keeps
[1:36] growing because people are like, "Okay,
[1:38] well, I'll just I'll just fix my car
[1:40] because I can afford to do that compared
[1:42] to buying a new car." All right. And
[1:44] when you buy a new car, insurance rates
[1:46] go way up. The average 10-year-old used
[1:49] car costs about $14,000
[1:52] and has an average remaining lifespan of
[1:54] six years. Well, that sounds better to
[1:57] me. 10 grand less and has about a year
[2:01] and a half less of of lifespan. So,
[2:05] that's interesting. IC cars analyzes the
[2:08] prices over of about a million vehicles
[2:10] just short of for 5 to 10 year old used
[2:12] cars in July through December of 2025
[2:15] and the odometer readings of almost 400
[2:17] million used cars from its last or from
[2:20] from its previous study the longest
[2:22] lasting cars. Man, this is a gut punch.
[2:24] The average one to fiveyear-old used
[2:28] cars still cost more than $30,000 or
[2:31] more than 50% than they did 5 years ago.
[2:34] Gosh, the car market's grim. So, we're
[2:37] going to start with the most affordable
[2:40] and longest lasting cars uh for for 5
[2:44] years old or so. Okay, there are
[2:47] exceptions here and I'll explain that in
[2:48] a little bit, but Honda CRV, what we're
[2:51] looking at here is the average cost per
[2:54] year that's expected to cost you for the
[2:57] remaining lifespan. Okay? and you have
[3:00] about 10 years left on a 5-year-old CRV.
[3:04] All right, so they cost about 24K
[3:08] and this is what's going to cost you per
[3:09] year. Crazy enough, the Lexus IS- 350,
[3:12] if you were to keep it for the next 13
[3:14] years, the IS is expected to live 18
[3:17] years total. That's one of the longest
[3:20] lasting cars in America, the Lexus IS-
[3:23] 350, and it is still being sold. You can
[3:27] buy the new refreshed one, which is
[3:29] pretty much the same car as the
[3:31] 5-year-old one, just looks a little bit
[3:32] different. So, the the Lexus is ancient,
[3:37] but it lasts forever. It's not a bad
[3:40] investment, even if you buy one new. All
[3:42] right? Cuz they last 20 years if you
[3:44] want to keep it that long. Most people
[3:45] don't keep their cars that long,
[3:46] especially if they're buying new. Most
[3:48] people buy new cars, get rid of them
[3:49] quickly because, well, they have the
[3:50] money to do so. Honda Civic Coupe, it's
[3:53] got about almost 9 years left. That's on
[3:56] number two. Jeep Compass, Ford Fusion
[3:59] Hybrid. Okay, it's our first hybrid on
[4:01] the list. Mini hardtop four-door. That's
[4:04] a surprise. Let's keep moving. Nissan
[4:06] Rogue and Nissan Versa as well. Now,
[4:09] look, this these are actually somewhat
[4:11] affordable cars. The Versa here, 12
[4:12] grand, 5 years old. That's hasn't
[4:15] depreciated as much as you would like it
[4:17] to. Um, you know, these things new 5
[4:21] years ago were probably 1617,000.
[4:24] So, they haven't appreciated that much.
[4:26] It's only got five years left. Mini.
[4:28] Another Mini here. Chevy Sonic. My gosh,
[4:31] I never see that car. Good luck even
[4:32] finding one of those. Um, I'd rather
[4:35] have a Versa than a Sonic. Camry, our
[4:37] second hybrid on the list, Camry Hybrid.
[4:40] Now, keep in mind the the new Camry has
[4:42] a new hybrid system altogether. Now, so,
[4:46] uh, it's still going to be super
[4:47] reliable, I would imagine. So, even to
[4:50] buying a new Cam, Here's a crazy thing.
[4:51] Here's a crazy thing, guys. This is not
[4:53] a good buy. And the reason is is I can
[4:55] go buy a new Camry in my area, new
[4:58] Camryle,
[4:59] uh for like 26K. Uh not a good buy for
[5:03] the Camry. Okay. So, I would just buy a
[5:05] new one personally. Toyota Prius. Toyota
[5:09] Prius. I wonder what uh current car
[5:11] prices on our Prius are. There the the
[5:14] new Prius sales have fallen off of a
[5:16] cliff. Okay. And they're not as
[5:19] desirable as they used to be because
[5:20] Toyota has so many other hybrids in
[5:22] their lineup. Let's look at the lowest
[5:23] price on the LE models. Yeah, here's the
[5:26] thing. For the same price, you can get a
[5:28] Camry. And the Camry isn't as sexy
[5:31] looking. Obviously, the new Prius, and
[5:34] and this is subjective. Some people hate
[5:35] the looks of the new Prius. I think it
[5:37] looks awesome. But the Camry is just
[5:40] bigger. It's more car. It's It's more
[5:42] power. All right. And it's just as
[5:45] efficient as the Prius when you're
[5:47] looking at base trim to base trim. But
[5:49] look, this is a 4 grand price drop. That
[5:51] is awesome to see that happening on the
[5:53] Prius. Oh, get it in the blue here. Uh,
[5:55] awesome, awesome, awesome. Anyways,
[5:57] let's get back to the list. Okay, Prius
[5:59] is is a good buy. I have a 2012 Prius.
[6:03] Doesn't have that many miles on it. I
[6:04] want to say it's got maybe 70,000 miles
[6:08] on it now, something like that. And
[6:10] yeah, it's not going to like I could
[6:12] keep that for another 10 years until my
[6:14] kids start driving. Um, Mitsubishi
[6:17] Outlander. These things are dirt cheap
[6:20] on the market. About six, well, not dirt
[6:22] cheap. We like it to be cheaper, but 16
[6:24] grand. Kia Soul. Okay. Very fuel effic
[6:27] Well, not as fuel efficient as I like it
[6:28] to be, I remember. But it is still fun
[6:30] to drive. It's cute. It's practical.
[6:32] Toyota Corolla. All right. On the list,
[6:35] breaking the top 10, the Jetta. Again,
[6:38] the is why is the IS back? Well, this is
[6:40] the 300 model, but it doesn't
[6:42] differentiate here between the 350 or
[6:44] sorry, the 300 turbo rear wheel drive
[6:46] and the 300 V6 all-wheel drive models.
[6:49] So, anyways, it looks like uh I I
[6:52] personally would just get the V6. I
[6:53] wouldn't get the turbo models if I
[6:55] wanted to buy it used, but the turbo
[6:58] models are going to be much cheaper, I
[7:00] would say. And obviously here, 28K
[7:02] versus 32K. Ah, I would spend extra
[7:05] money and get the V6. That's just me.
[7:07] Hyundai Elantre, number seven on the
[7:10] list of used cars. Um, five-year-old
[7:13] used cars. Outlander Sport, another
[7:15] Mitsubishi here with seven years left on
[7:18] the lifespan. Mazda 3 hatchback has
[7:21] another 10 years left on the clock here.
[7:23] Mazda 3, uh, super reliable. Buick
[7:26] Encore, about seven to eight years left.
[7:29] These things are cheap on the market,
[7:31] though. Honda Civic, isn't that
[7:33] interesting? Honda Civic cost a hair
[7:35] less than a Mazda 3 hatchback. They both
[7:37] have the same amount of reliability in
[7:40] them with the about the same amount of
[7:42] years left. Okay. Kia Rio. No one
[7:44] expected Kia Rio to be on this list.
[7:46] Now, it's got one of the lowest
[7:48] remaining lifespans, but it also doesn't
[7:50] have that high of a sticker price. Okay.
[7:53] But love the hatchback here. And Honda
[7:55] Fit. Honda Fit 18 grand. That's still a
[7:58] lot of money for a really small car.
[8:00] Think the Honda Fit isn't that much
[8:02] different from a Versa, okay? But the
[8:05] Honda Fit has 11 years left of expected
[8:08] reliability. Now, personally, I would
[8:10] not buy the automatic transmission Honda
[8:12] Fit. I've heard that there can be issues
[8:15] with that auto. I'd be getting a
[8:17] six-speed manual Honda Fit. Now, I'm
[8:20] curious what, you know, if Now, also,
[8:23] here's an asterisk. Honda Fit stopped in
[8:25] 2020. All right, so we're about six
[8:28] years away. Keep that in mind. We're six
[8:31] years away from the Honda Fit being
[8:32] available. And it sucks because well,
[8:35] Honda's cars are very expensive right
[8:37] now. They're new ones. Um there's only
[8:40] 150 in my area. How many of those are
[8:43] manual? It's probably Oh man, they're
[8:46] all automatic. Son of a gun. They're all
[8:49] automatic. I wouldn't buy any of them.
[8:52] Okay, that's just me. All right.
[8:55] Unfortunately, they for well,
[8:57] unfortunately for us, but fortunately
[8:58] for other people in the world, they get
[9:00] the new Honda Fit. All right, so all
[9:03] right, let's get into the 10-year-old
[9:05] car list because this is pretty
[9:08] exciting. 10-year-old cars, how much
[9:10] life do they have? Well, the Prius has a
[9:11] lot of life left. I also owned an Avalon
[9:14] at one point in time. Super reliable.
[9:16] Most of them have the V6 in there. Some
[9:18] of them are the hybrid. Hybrid's also
[9:19] reliable for Toyota. Buick Encore on the
[9:22] list again. Big Ultima Energy. A mini
[9:25] mini hardtop Fiat 500L. I do not buy
[9:29] this car. Do not. It's one of the worst
[9:31] cars ever made. Okay. MercedesBenz CLA.
[9:35] Gosh, no. Like, I can't imagine the
[9:39] maintenance cost on these cars, guys,
[9:40] though. Just because like you can you
[9:42] can keep this going on a Mini or
[9:45] Mercedes. Oil changes are going to be
[9:47] expensive. Everything to maintain that
[9:50] car is going to be more expensive
[9:51] compared to like a Prius, for example.
[9:54] All right, Volvo XC60. That car is going
[9:56] to be probably fairly expensive to
[9:58] maintain. All right, Chevy Sonic again,
[10:00] Kia Soul again on the 10-year list.
[10:02] Outlander Sport again, Kia Rio again,
[10:06] Mini Hardtop again for 10 year. Ford
[10:09] Fusion Hybrid. Ford Fusion Hybrid is
[10:12] aging like a fine wine. Remember, it was
[10:13] much lower on the 5-year list. It was
[10:16] number 20 on the 5-year list, but now
[10:18] it's almost top 10 on the 10-year list.
[10:20] Hyundai Accent, rest in peace. The small
[10:23] like Nissan Versa fighter. Jeep Compass
[10:26] I think again is one Tesla Model S. It's
[10:30] still got 10 years left of expected
[10:32] reliability. How can you say that?
[10:34] Because the Model S has not been around
[10:36] that long. Ah, that one's a tough one
[10:38] for me to get my head around. It's
[10:40] possible because but here's the thing.
[10:42] If the battery goes out on a Model S,
[10:45] you are toast. Okay, but you know, I
[10:49] don't know. I don't know. No, Model S is
[10:50] that much. 16 grand is a lot on a
[10:53] 10-year-old electric car. I don't know.
[10:56] That's that's that's definitely a
[10:58] gamble. You do you, though. Honda Civic.
[11:01] Okay. Getting some to some more
[11:02] mainstream models. Hyundai Elantre,
[11:04] Nissan Versa. We're in the top 10.
[11:06] Volkswagen Jetta. Honda Fit again.
[11:09] Lincoln MKZ. You got to remember. Gosh,
[11:11] what does MKZ even look like? I think
[11:13] it's like the Ford uh Yeah, it's like
[11:15] the Ford Fusion. Okay, so that makes
[11:17] sense. Uh, Honda Fit number two. And can
[11:20] we get a drum roll? What's going to be
[11:22] number one? Is it going to be a Japanese
[11:24] car? It's going to be my guess. Oh, it's
[11:27] a Nissan Leaf. It is a Japanese car. Oh,
[11:29] you guys can't see it on the screen. I
[11:30] apologize. Whoops. It is the Nissan
[11:33] Leaf. You can You can get these for only
[11:36] $5,000. They have five years left. It
[11:38] only cost about a,000 year or $1,000 per
[11:41] year. But But Oh, you're leaving. Okay.
[11:44] Okay. We need to wrap this up. Abee's
[11:46] hanging out with us here, bud. Oh,
[11:48] Nissan Leaf is the champ for 10-year-old
[11:51] used cars. And what do we say, Abe?
[11:53] Honda Fit is the five-year used car, but
[11:57] again, I wouldn't touch it. Honestly, it
[11:58] would be like a Civic uh or a Mazda 3.
[12:02] Those would be my recommendations. Um
[12:04] Lexus is would be in there. Toyota
[12:07] Corolla, Kia Soul, I would recommend.
[12:09] Prius, Camry, and the 5-year. Okay. Uh I
[12:13] don't know. I versus not not for me.
[12:16] Rogue's not for me. Mini is definitely
[12:17] not for me. Ford Fusion hybrid. I see
[12:20] more of these than than it always
[12:22] surprised me how many of those I see. Uh
[12:24] Civic again and CRV. Okay. No RAV 4 in
[12:27] there. Think about that. No RAV 4. And
[12:30] then the 10ear list. What would be my
[12:32] recommendations?
[12:33] Prius. Avalon. Avalon. My gosh. Avalon.
[12:36] This is like asleep. Like no one
[12:39] everyone forgets about the Avalon. I
[12:41] don't know. Maybe Kia Soul. Uh man,
[12:44] there's a lot of cars that I wouldn't
[12:45] buy here. Even 10 years old. Even
[12:47] regardless of how much miles and how
[12:48] cheap they are, I still wouldn't buy
[12:50] them.
[12:52] Uh let's see here.
[12:54] Civic again. Elantre probably. Are you
[12:58] okay Abe?
[12:59] >> Yeah.
[12:59] >> Okay. Honda Fit again. Manual only.
[13:02] Definitely. I would not buy a Nissan
[13:04] Leaf. Would not buy it if the battery
[13:06] goes. I mean, it's dirt cheap, though,
[13:08] so you're not risking that much, but
[13:10] it's still like it's 10 years old, man.
[13:14] How much battery life does that thing
[13:15] have left? Okay. Does it have like 50
[13:18] miles of range left on the battery? I
[13:21] would not spend any money on that. I
[13:24] take one for like a couple grand, but
[13:26] not five grand. Okay. If you want
[13:27] trucks, here's a list of trucks.
[13:30] Surprisingly, Ford Ranger in Colorado
[13:33] beat out the Frontier and Tacoma. I
[13:35] don't know. I mean, obviously the Tacoma
[13:37] has the most life left, but it's it's so
[13:39] much more expensive than the than the
[13:41] competition. Okay, Honda Ridgeline in
[13:44] there. Titan. Isn't this funny? Nissan
[13:46] Titan, rest in peace. But if you can get
[13:48] a used Nissan Titan, if you want a fulls
[13:50] size truck, it is so affordable. Okay,
[13:54] so affordable. It is a It's less than a
[13:57] Tacoma and it's a full-size truck and it
[14:00] still has great reliability. All right,
[14:02] so Nissan Titan, that's pretty promising
[14:06] there. That's kind of a surprise for me.
[14:08] Uh 10-year-old used trucks. Frontier
[14:11] rises to the list, which is my favorite
[14:13] truck actually in general. Midsize truck
[14:15] especially. Um and then, you know, look
[14:18] at look how much it depreciates and it
[14:20] still has a decent amount of life left.
[14:23] Okay. Um let's see here. Most reliable
[14:25] 5-year-old SUVs. Uh man, RAV 4 sneaks
[14:29] into the top 10 here. I would not. Isn't
[14:32] this crazy? We like to bash on QX60 or
[14:35] at least older ones.
[14:37] >> Yeah.
[14:38] >> I don't know where sissies are. They're
[14:40] inside the house. If you're wondering if
[14:41] a Abe has dangerous pills, it's
[14:44] probiotics. Okay. It says probiotics.
[14:46] It's fine. It's safe. There's nothing
[14:48] there. He can't open it. Surprisingly,
[14:49] he can open too many things for his age.
[14:52] Hybrids are pretty common on the new
[14:54] market because natural demand is high
[14:56] for them and they keep expanding. and
[14:58] they keep getting better and more more
[15:00] manufacturers keep offering hybrids. But
[15:02] if you want to buy a used hybrid uh for
[15:05] the 5-year, what are the best used
[15:06] hybrids to buy? Well, and this hasn't
[15:08] included EVs. Okay, I'm not going to
[15:10] talk Ford Fusion hybrid. Again, Ford I
[15:13] don't mind their hybrids whatsoever. I
[15:15] like their hybrids. It's pretty much the
[15:16] same thing as Toyota's hybrids. In fact,
[15:18] I think they still use they use the same
[15:21] supplier uh which is Ace for their two
[15:24] motor hybrid. I could be wrong on that,
[15:26] but Toyota uses Aishan for their two
[15:28] motor hybrid 2. The only difference is
[15:29] Ford uses their engines and their own
[15:32] battery and then Toyota uses their own
[15:35] engines and their own battery, but is
[15:37] they're very much the same sort of
[15:38] hybrid. Ford Fusion hybrid, Camry
[15:40] hybrid, and Prius hybrid. All fantastic
[15:43] buys on the 5-year used market. What
[15:46] about 10-year-old hybrids? Are there any
[15:48] out there? Well, really, yeah, the the
[15:50] Fusion and the Prius. Okay, Fusion and
[15:53] the Prius are the best ones to buy
[15:55] there. Now, again, this is playing this
[15:58] is playing this is gam playing with fire
[16:01] gambling. Buying a used electric
[16:03] vehicle, you don't always know how much
[16:05] range is left on the battery. You don't
[16:07] know how fast the battery will degrade.
[16:09] Model S seems to be like
[16:12] expected crazy reliability. Supposed to
[16:15] last 20 plus years on the market. Um,
[16:19] we'll see. So, I'll see you guys in the
[16:21] comments. Do you own any of these
[16:22] vehicles that we talked about today?
[16:24] Obviously, I've talked about how I own
[16:25] the Avalon at one point in time. Swear
[16:27] by that vehicle. I see when I was just
[16:29] in California, I saw a ton of Avalons. I
[16:32] still see Avalons here a lot. Uh lots of
[16:34] used Priuses uh or old Priuses on the
[16:38] market, too. Um that are still running
[16:40] in good condition. In fact, so this this
[16:43] place is just up the road from me a
[16:44] couple hours in Tampa, and this is kind
[16:47] of like a a hybrid mecca. Um, the Prius
[16:52] pre-owned headquarters is what they call
[16:54] it. And this guy specializes in used,
[16:57] affordable, clean, reliable pre-owned
[16:59] Prius hybrids. And EVs currently stock
[17:01] second generation and third generation
[17:04] and fourth generation Prius hybrids. So,
[17:08] pretty cool. I think they've had really
[17:10] good Let's look at the inventory. I'm
[17:12] just curious. Okay, you can get pretty
[17:14] good deals here. They refurbished them.
[17:17] They address all the potential failure
[17:19] points on a used Prius. Once you do
[17:22] that, they will run for a very, very,
[17:24] very long time. So, you can see Prius
[17:26] here for uh 100K. This one's actually
[17:29] priced really low. So, I wonder if there
[17:30] was like an accident on it, but $6,000.
[17:34] Okay. Honda Fit. We just talked about a
[17:35] Honda Fit. Does it have a manual? I
[17:37] don't know. Okay. I know. We know that
[17:40] it's not a hybrid, but in other markets,
[17:42] the Fit is has a hybrid option.
[17:44] Unfortunately for us, which is just it's
[17:46] it's frustrating because we all most of
[17:48] us really enjoyed the Honda Fit when it
[17:50] did exist here. 252,000 miles. It's
[17:53] priced at 7K. You know, they also
[17:55] refurbished the batteries on these
[17:57] things. Uh make sure that you they
[18:00] replace they replace like the weak cells
[18:02] in them, which I think is pretty cool.
[18:04] Oh my gosh, this is this is speaking to
[18:06] me here. I know it's high mileage, but
[18:08] like I love the Prius V. And this is the
[18:11] five, which might have like the pano
[18:13] roof on it. Oh, it doesn't. It does not
[18:15] have the pano roof. That is unfortunate.
[18:17] I love that that option. And the the
[18:19] PriusV has such a like cult following to
[18:23] it. So, I'm not paid by them obviously.
[18:26] Like, they're just a small mom and pop
[18:27] shop essentially, but I just think it's
[18:30] cool. I think it's really cool. I I
[18:32] admire their niche that they are
[18:34] operating in and providing affordable,
[18:36] fuel efficient, reliable Prius out
[18:39] there. Look at this thing. Look at this
[18:41] thing. Prius V. Like it's it's got like
[18:43] the lift on it because people like
[18:45] lifting these um and putting all-terrain
[18:48] tires on them. It's so ridiculous. This
[18:50] has got a lot of miles on it. It's but
[18:52] it's a 2020 RAV 4 hybrid XSSE
[18:56] and I think this is a fair price for it.
[18:58] 19 grand. Prius Prime. We got a Prius
[19:01] Prime in here representing less than
[19:04] 100K. I'll I'll put the the the link in
[19:06] here, but you guys just Google Tampa
[19:08] Hybrids if you live in this area. They
[19:10] even have some EVs like the EV6, for
[19:12] example. They have a new Prius. Wow.
[19:16] 25K. How many? Oh, it's got a lot of
[19:18] miles. That's a ton of miles. I wouldn't
[19:20] I wouldn't buy it. I would not buy it.
[19:22] Anyways, thank you guys for watching.
[19:25] Uh, I'll see you in the comments with
[19:26] how or or what vehicles you would trust
[19:29] that are five to 10 years old. I mean,
[19:31] like a 4Runner should be in there, too,
[19:33] for example. But you got to keep in mind
[19:35] 4Runners hold their value really well.
[19:37] That's why they didn't make the list.
[19:39] And you could say a bunch also other
[19:41] large body onframe SUVs like a Tahoe or
[19:44] something like that, they last a long
[19:46] time. But again, um, they they just cost
[19:50] a lot more than what we s saw on the
[19:52] list today. So anyways, I'll see you
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