How much does the Chevrolet Traverse cost in today's market?

Used Chevrolet Traverse prices span a wide range depending on model year. Here's what the market looks like right now:

The Chevrolet Traverse's current nationwide average price is $26,693, and its year-round low is $25,340.01. That puts you in a useful shopping window if you're comparing recent model years or older budget-friendly options. Recently, prices have come down for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 models, making now a good time to shop recent model years.

Is the Chevrolet Traverse a good car?

Yes — the Chevrolet Traverse is a strong pick if you want a spacious three-row SUV with broad owner appeal. The all-generations owner rating is 4.72/5 across every model year in the data.

Owners consistently praise the Traverse for its roomy cabin, comfortable ride, and family-friendly practicality. Reviewers also repeatedly highlight its generous cargo space and smooth driving experience, along with the safety features that add confidence on the road.

Expert reviews rate the 2018 and 2024 models among the highest across all years.

The main trade-offs that show up in recent expert coverage are the engine's coarse sound, the vehicle's large footprint, and the modest power delivery relative to its size.

32.3% of listings are priced as good or great deals.

Are Chevrolet Traverse models reliable?

Owners and experts consistently point to the Traverse's spacious interior, comfortable ride, and strong family usefulness. Across the model years in the data, it earns solid owner approval, and the newer expert coverage reinforces its practical, easy-to-live-with character.

• Owners rate the Chevrolet Traverse between 3.8 and 5.0 out of 5 stars across all model years in the data.

For used buyers, long-term ownership risk is lowest when you focus on newer examples and verify maintenance history carefully, especially on older model years.

What should I look for when buying a used Chevrolet Traverse?

Across all model years, accident-free inventory is solid at 78.7% — always verify the vehicle history report.

Older model years carry meaningfully higher accident rates, so always verify the vehicle history report on pre-2022 models.

Key things to evaluate:

• Safety package: Chevy Safety Assist
• Infotainment: 11-inch digital instrument cluster and a 17.7-inch infotainment touchscreen with Google built-in and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Fuel efficiency: FWD models have the economy advantage, as they’re rated at 20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway, and 23 mpg combined, while AWD reduces them to 20/24/21 mpg.

Which Chevrolet Traverse trim should I buy?

The 2026 Chevrolet Traverse offers...

• LT: This is the most affordable model and comes with cloth upholstery, an eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, tri-zone automatic climate control, and a hands-free power liftgate. It’s the best-value trim if you want the Traverse’s core space, tech, and safety features.
• Z71: This off-road-oriented trim adds standard AWD, red front tow hooks, and knobby all-terrain tires, making it the right choice if you want the Traverse with more rugged hardware.
• High Country: This trim adds a six-way power-adjustable front passenger seat, a power tilt/telescoping steering column, driver’s seat memory, leather upholstery, and heated rear seats.
• RS: This trim adds black exterior trim and sits at the top of the lineup for buyers who want a darker appearance package.

What Chevrolet Traverse do most buyers choose?

The Chevrolet Traverse years with the most listings are 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Those higher-volume years tend to be popular because they give you a strong mix of availability, pricing, and deal opportunities. When more listings are on the market, you usually have more room to compare trims, colors, and equipment before you buy.

What is the Chevrolet Traverse's resale value?

Most model years in the table are down year over year, which is good news if you're shopping used. The steepest drops are concentrated in several older and mid-cycle years, while the newest model year shows a much smaller decline. That pattern gives you more leverage on many used examples, especially if you're open to a slightly older Traverse.

The 2025, 2018, and 2023 model years have held their value best, with the smallest year-over-year price changes.

Is the Chevrolet Traverse safe?

• 2026: 9/10
• 2025: 9/10
• 2024: 8/10
• 2022: 8/10
• 2021: 6/10
• 2018: 7/10
• 2014: 9/10

The 2026 Chevrolet Traverse includes a healthy set of standard safety features, including forward-collision warning with pedestrian and cyclist detection and intersection assist, front and rear automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors with steering assist, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assist, rear cross-traffic alert, and rear parking sensors.

For the safest used buy, the 2014, 2025 and 2026 models all post the highest confirmed score of 9/10.

Should I buy a used Chevrolet Traverse now or wait for the next model?

Buy now if:

• Price trend: The 2025 model is at −2.44% versus a year ago, and the 2024 model is at −14.98%.
• Deal availability: The 2025 model has 33.8% good and great deals, and the 2024 model has 33.5%.
• Sweet-spot year: The 2024 model has the most listings at a current average price of $39,457. The Chevrolet Traverse offers a spacious cabin with three rows of seating, generous cargo room, and a family-friendly layout that makes it easy to live with.

Consider waiting if:

• Powertrain/efficiency: Every Traverse is fitted with a 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 328 horsepower and 326 pound-feet of torque, and FWD models are rated at 20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway, and 23 mpg combined while AWD reduces them to 20/24/21 mpg.
• Tech: The latest model comes standard with an 11-inch digital instrument cluster and a 17.7-inch infotainment touchscreen with Google built-in and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
• Safety: The latest model adds Super Cruise hands-free driver-assistance technology, automatic parking, a driver-attention monitor, a surround-view camera system, rear pedestrian alert, traffic-sign recognition, and a rear-camera mirror.
• Starting price: Our AWD LT trim started at $44,975.

If you're buying used today, the 2024 model year offers the best mix of value and availability. If you want the latest tech and features, it may be worth waiting for 2028 inventory to mature.

These recommendations are based on CarGurus' proprietary market data from August 14, 2026, CarGurus experts' opinions, and generative AI.