Experts named the most liquid cars in Russia

The Lada Niva Legend SUV turned out to be the leader in the rating of models with the best residual value among three-year-old cars on the Russian market. This indicator reflects how much of the average price of a new car the model retains upon resale, and helps to estimate the "cost of ownership" even at the stage of choosing a car. The results of the expert study "Auto.<url> Business is owned by Izvestia.

The rating is based on its own database of ads for the sale of new cars and offers on the secondary market in 2025. It only included models with a sufficient number of ads. At the top of the list were mass-produced models with steady demand and a clear ownership economy.

Lada Niva Legend is estimated on average in the secondary market to be even higher than the average price of a new car: 103.2% (an average of 928 thousand rubles versus 899 thousand rubles). Lada Granta (98.3%) and Lada Niva Travel (96%) also entered the top. Among foreign cars, the best values were shown by Kia Sportage (87.6%) and Mazda CX‑4 (85%). The top ten was rounded out by Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sorento, UAZ Patriot, Lada Vesta and Lexus RX, all of which have a score above 80%.

Separately, analysts have compiled the top Chinese cars with the best value preservation among three-year-old cars. According to the results of last year, frame SUVs and popular crossovers of the mass segment became the leaders. These are the Tank 300 (77.4%), Haval H9 (76.8%), Changan Hunter Plus (76.4%), Haval M6 (76.3%) and Haval Jolion (75.1%).

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Earlier, on March 19, it was reported that by the end of February 2026, the Kia Rio model became the bestseller in the secondary car market of Russia, it holds the leadership for the second month in a row. At the end of winter, used Kia Rio sales totaled 8.5 thousand units. The second line of the rating is again occupied by the co-platform Hyundai Solaris (8,300 units). The Lada 2107 sedan, which used to be the leader of the Russian secondary market for a long time, became only the third (8.2 thousand units).

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