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The best used vehicles for under $20,000
When looking for a used car, you want one that is affordable and reliable. The lists below are reliable cars from the 2013 Annual Auto Survey. They are the specific models with above average reliability spanning the model years 2004 through 2013 and performed well in CR road tests when tested new. Also, see our complete list of reliable used vehicles and those used cars to avoid (available to subscribers)
Our best advice is to buy the newest car that fits your budget, in order to benefit from the most up-to-date safety advances. To help, we show the first year each model offered electronic stability control (ESC), a crucial lifesaving feature, as optional or standard.
Price ranges are what you'd pay for a typically equipped car with average mileage.
Models are listed alphabetically within car type.
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ESC ('04-13) |
| Make & model |
Under $10,000 |
$10,000-$15,000 |
$15,000-$20,000 |
opt. from |
std. from |
| CARS: SUBCOMPACT AND COMPACT |
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| Ford Focus Sedan |
'05-06, '08-09 |
'10-11 |
- |
'09 |
'10 |
| Honda Civic Sedan |
'04-07 |
'08-11 |
'12-13 |
'09 |
'12 |
| Honda Fit |
'07-08 |
'09-13 |
- |
'09 |
'11 |
| Hyundai Accent |
'09 |
'13 |
- |
- |
'12 |
| Hyundai Elantra Sedan |
'07-09 |
- |
'12-13 |
'08 |
'11 |
| Kia Forte |
- |
'12-13 |
- |
- |
all |
| Kia Soul |
- |
'10-11 |
'13 |
- |
all |
| Mazda3 |
'08 |
'09-12 |
- |
'07 |
'11 |
| Mazda3 (Skyactiv 2.0-liter) |
- |
'12 |
'13 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Leaf |
- |
- |
'11-12 |
- |
all |
| Pontiac Vibe |
'04-08 |
'09-10 |
- |
'05 |
'09 |
| Scion tC |
'05-06 |
- |
- |
- |
'11 |
| Scion xB |
'04-06 |
'09-11 |
'12 |
- |
all |
| Scion xD |
- |
'08-10 |
- |
'08 |
'10 |
| Subaru Impreza (sedan, non-turbo) |
- |
'10 |
11-13 |
'08 |
'09 |
| Subaru Impreza (wagon, non-turbo) |
'05 |
'08, '10 |
'11-13 |
'08 |
'09 |
| Suzuki SX4 |
'08 |
- |
- |
'07 |
'12 |
| Toyota Corolla |
'04-08 |
'10-12 |
'13 |
'05 |
'10 |
| Toyota Matrix |
'04-07 |
'08, '10 |
- |
'05 |
'10 |
| Toyota Prius |
'04-07 |
'08-10 |
'11-12 |
'04 |
'10 |
| Toyota Yaris Hatchback |
'07-10 |
- |
- |
- |
'10 |
| Volkswagen Golf |
- |
- |
'11-12 |
'04 |
'10 |
| Volkswagen Jetta Sedan (5-cyl.) |
'08 |
'09-10 |
- |
'04 |
'09 |
| Volkswagen Rabbit |
'07 |
'09 |
- |
'07 |
'09 |
| CARS: MIDSIZED AND LARGE |
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| Acura RL |
'04 |
'05-06 |
'07-08 |
- |
all |
| Acura TL |
'04 |
'05-07 |
'08 |
- |
all |
| Acura TSX (4-cyl.) |
'04-05 |
'06-08 |
'10 |
- |
all |
| Audi A6 (V6) |
- |
'06 |
'08 |
- |
all |
| BMW 328i Sedan |
- |
- |
'09 |
- |
all |
| Cadillac CTS (RWD) |
- |
- |
'09 |
'04 |
'08 |
| Ford Fusion (4-cyl.) |
'08 |
'09 |
'12 |
'09 |
'10 |
| Ford Fusion (V6, FWD) |
'06-08 |
'09 |
'12 |
'09 |
'10 |
| Ford Fusion Hybrid |
- |
- |
'10-11 |
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all |
| Honda Accord (4-cyl.) |
'04-05 |
'06-09 |
'10-12 |
- |
'08 |
| Honda Accord Sedan (V6) |
'04 |
'05-07 |
- |
- |
'06 |
| Hyundai Azera |
'06 |
'07 |
- |
- |
all |
| Hyundai Sonata (4-cyl.) |
'07-08 |
'09 |
- |
- |
'06 |
| Hyundai Sonata (V6) |
04, '07 |
'09 |
- |
- |
'06 |
| Infiniti G Sedan |
'04 |
'06-07 |
'08 |
- |
all |
| Infiniti M (V6) |
- |
- |
'06-08 |
- |
all |
| Lexus ES |
- |
'04-06 |
'07-08 |
'04 |
'07 |
| Lexus GS |
- |
'04 |
'06-07 |
- |
all |
| Lexus IS Sedan |
- |
'04-05 |
'06, '08 |
'04 |
'06 |
| Lexus LS |
- |
- |
'04-05 |
- |
all |
| Lincoln MKZ (V6) |
- |
'08 |
'09-10 |
- |
'09 |
| Mazda6 |
'08 |
'09 |
'11-12 |
'05 |
'09 |
| Mercedes-Benz C-Class (V6) |
'04 |
'07 |
'08 |
- |
all |
| Mercedes-Benz E-Class (V6, RWD) |
- |
'05 |
'07-08 |
- |
all |
| Mercury Milan (4-cyl.) |
'08-09 |
- |
- |
'09 |
'10 |
| Mercury Milan (V6, FWD) |
'06-08 |
'09 |
- |
'09 |
'10 |
| Mercury Milan Hybrid |
- |
- |
'10-11 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Altima Hybrid |
- |
'08-09 |
- |
- |
all |
| Nissan Altima Sedan (4-cyl.) |
'06 |
'09, '11-12 |
- |
- |
'10 |
| Nissan Altima Sedan (V6) |
- |
'07 |
'11 |
'07 |
'10 |
| Nissan Maxima |
- |
'08 |
- |
'04 |
'09 |
| Subaru Legacy (4-cyl.) |
- |
'09-10 |
'11-13 |
'07 |
'09 |
| Toyota Avalon (V6) |
'04 |
'05-08 |
'09-10 |
'04 |
'09 |
| Toyota Camry (4-cyl.) |
'04-06 |
'07, '10 |
'11-13 |
'05 |
'10 |
| Toyota Camry (V6) |
'04-05 |
'06-10 |
'11 |
'04 |
'10 |
| Toyota Camry Hybrid |
- |
'07-09 |
'10-11 |
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all |
| Volvo S60 |
'04-05 |
'07-08 |
- |
'04 |
'07 |
| SPORTS AND SPORTY CARS/CONVERTIBLES |
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| BMW Z4 |
- |
'05 |
'06-07 |
- |
all |
| Ford Mustang (V8) |
- |
'05-06 |
'07-08 |
- |
'10 |
| Honda Civic Si |
- |
'06-08 |
- |
- |
'07 |
| Honda S2000 |
- |
'04 |
'05-07 |
- |
'06 |
| Lexus SC |
- |
- |
'04 |
- |
all |
| Mazda MX-5 Miata |
'04 |
'06-08 |
'09-10 |
'06 |
'12 |
| Nissan 350Z |
- |
'04 |
'06 |
'04 |
'10 |
| WAGONS AND MINIVANS |
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| Honda Crosstour |
- |
- |
'10-11 |
- |
all |
| Honda Odyssey |
'04 |
'06 |
- |
- |
'05 |
| Mazda5 |
- |
- |
'12-13 |
- |
'10 |
| Subaru Outback (4-cyl.) |
- |
- |
'09-10 |
'07 |
'09 |
| Toyota Prius V |
- |
- |
- |
- |
all |
| Toyota Sienna (FWD) |
'04 |
'05-06, '08 |
'09 |
'04 |
'08 |
| Toyota Venza (V6) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
all |
| Volvo XC70 (Cross Country) |
'04 |
- |
'08 |
'04 |
'07 |
| SUVs: SMALL |
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| Acura RDX |
- |
- |
'07-08 |
- |
all |
| Ford Escape Hybrid |
'05 |
'09 |
'10 |
- |
'09 |
| Honda CR-V |
'04 |
'05-08 |
'09-11 |
- |
'05 |
| Hyundai Tucson |
'06-07 |
- |
- |
- |
all |
| Kia Sportage |
- |
'07 |
- |
- |
'05 |
| Mazda CX-5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
all |
| Mercury Mariner Hybrid |
- |
'09 |
'10 |
- |
'09 |
| Mitsubishi Outlander |
'07 |
'08, '10 |
'11-12 |
- |
'07 |
| Mitsubishi Outlander Sport |
- |
'11 |
'12 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Juke |
- |
- |
'12 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Rogue |
- |
'10 |
'11-13 |
- |
all |
| Subaru Forester (non-turbo) |
- |
'08 |
'09-10 |
'07 |
'09 |
| Toyota RAV4 (4-cyl.) |
'04-05 |
'06, '08 |
'09-12 |
- |
all |
| Toyota RAV4 (V6) |
- |
'06, '08 |
'09-11 |
- |
all |
| SUVs: MIDSIZED AND LARGE |
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| Acura MDX |
- |
'04-06 |
- |
- |
all |
| Ford Edge |
- |
'07 |
'09 |
- |
all |
| Honda Pilot |
'04-05 |
'06-07 |
'08 |
'05 |
'06 |
| Infiniti FX (V6) |
- |
'04-05 |
'06 |
- |
all |
| Lexus GX |
- |
- |
'04-05 |
- |
all |
| Lexus RX |
- |
'04-05 |
'06-07 |
- |
all |
| Lexus RX Hybrid |
- |
- |
'06-07 |
- |
all |
| Lincoln MKX |
- |
- |
'07-08 |
- |
all |
| Mazda CX-9 |
- |
- |
'10 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Murano |
- |
- |
- |
'04 |
'09 |
| Toyota 4Runner (V6) |
- |
'04-06 |
'07-08 |
- |
all |
| Toyota Highlander (V6) |
'04 |
'05-08 |
'09 |
- |
all |
| Toyota Highlander Hybrid |
- |
'06 |
'07 |
- |
all |
| Toyota Sequoia |
- |
'06 |
'07 |
- |
all |
| PICKUP TRUCKS |
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| Honda Ridgeline |
- |
'06 |
'07-09 |
- |
all |
| Nissan Frontier |
- |
- |
'08 |
'04 |
'12 |
| Toyota Tacoma (V6, 4WD) |
- |
'04-05 |
'06-07 |
'04 |
'09 |
| Toyota Tundra (V8, 4WD) |
- |
'04-05 |
'06 |
'04 |
'09 |
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