Used Hyundai Kona for Sale nearCarbondale, IL

How much does the Hyundai Kona cost in today's market?

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

The Hyundai Kona's current nationwide average price is $20,154, and its nationwide average price reached a low of $19,153 over the past year. Recently, prices have come down for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 models, making now a good time to shop recent model years.

Is the Hyundai Kona a good car?

Yes — the Hyundai Kona earns a strong all-generations user rating, and owners consistently respond well to its style, driving feel, and technology.

The all-generations owner rating is 4.74/5 across every model year in the data.

Owners repeatedly praise the Kona for its fun driving experience, stylish design, solid safety features, smooth handling, and impressive technology. Many also like its good fuel economy and overall value.

Expert reviews rate the 2024 and 2025 models among the highest across all years.

The main tradeoffs that show up in expert reviews are the base engine's modest performance, the polarizing design, and interior packaging that can feel tight in some years.

37.4% of listings are priced as good or great deals.

Are Hyundai Kona models reliable?

Owners consistently describe the Kona as a fun, easy-to-live-with small SUV with strong technology and safety content. Expert reviews also reinforce its appeal with praise for its warranty coverage, equipment, and overall value.

• Owners rate the Hyundai Kona between 4.0 and 5.0 out of 5 stars across all model years in the data.

For used buyers, long-term ownership risk looks manageable, especially if you choose a well-kept example with a clean history and service records.

What should I look for when buying a used Hyundai Kona?

Across all model years, accident-free inventory is solid at 85.7% — always verify the vehicle history report.

Older model years carry meaningfully higher accident rates, so always verify the vehicle history report on pre-2021 models.

Key things to evaluate:

• Safety package: adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning with pedestrian and cyclist detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane-keeping assist, lane-centering assist, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and reverse automatic emergency braking
• Infotainment: a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Fuel efficiency: The base engine’s EPA fuel economy ratings range from 27 to 31 mpg in combined driving, depending on the trim and whether you’ve checked the AWD option box. Turbos range from 26 to 28 mpg, with AWD producing the lower number.

Which Hyundai Kona trim should I buy?

The 2026 Hyundai Kona offers these trims:

• SE: The entry trim gives you the Kona’s core design, standard 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a strong safety suite, making it the value-focused starting point.
• SEL Sport: This trim adds a more upscale look and feel while staying close to the Kona’s practical, well-equipped formula.
• SEL Premium: This is the best-value trim if you want the turbocharged 1.6-liter engine with 190 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque, plus the eight-speed automatic.
• Limited: This trim adds the most premium cabin feel, the two 12.3-inch screens, and available tech such as the surround-view camera system and Remote Smart Parking Assist.

What Hyundai Kona do most buyers choose?

The Hyundai Kona years with the most listings are 2024, 2025, and 2023.

Higher-volume years tend to be popular because they give you more inventory to compare, more pricing competition, and a better chance of finding the trim and equipment mix you want.

What is the Hyundai Kona's resale value?

Most Kona model years are moving lower year over year, which can work in your favor if you're shopping used. The steepest drops are concentrated in the newer model years, while older examples are changing more gradually. That creates a wider spread of value opportunities depending on how much you want to spend.

The 2019, 2018, and 2023 model years have held their value best, with the smallest year-over-year price changes.

Is the Hyundai Kona safe?

• 2026: 9/10
• 2025: 9/10
• 2024: 9/10
• 2022: 8/10
• 2021: 8/10
• 2020: 8/10

The 2026 Kona includes a standard driver-assistance suite with adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning with pedestrian and cyclist detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane-keeping assist, lane-centering assist, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and reverse automatic emergency braking.

For the safest used buy, the 2024, 2025 and 2026 models all post the highest confirmed score of 9/10.

Should I buy a used Hyundai Kona now or wait for the next model?

Buy now if:

• Price trend: The 2025 model is at −11.83% versus a year ago, and the 2024 model is at −7.27%.
• Deal availability: The 2025 model has 39.3% good and great deals, and the 2024 model has 38.5%.
• Sweet-spot year: The 2024 model has the most listings at a current average price of $21,480. The Hyundai Kona offers a distinctive design, useful technology, and a roomy cabin that make it easy to live with.

Consider waiting if:

• Powertrain/efficiency: The turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine supplies 190 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque, while the base engine makes 147 hp and 132 lb-ft; the base engine’s EPA fuel economy ratings range from 27 to 31 mpg in combined driving, and turbos range from 26 to 28 mpg.
• Tech: The latest Kona brings a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wireless smartphone charging, a digital driver display, and available digital key technology.
• Safety: The latest model adds a standard driver-assistance suite with adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning with pedestrian and cyclist detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane-keeping assist, lane-centering assist, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and reverse automatic emergency braking.
• Starting price: The Kona's trim range starts at $27,100.

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 the next model year's inventory to build up.

These recommendations are based on CarGurus' proprietary market data from October 20, 2026, CarGurus experts' opinions, and generative AI.