New Honda HR-V for Sale nearChelsea, IA

How much does the Honda HR-V cost in today's market?

Used Honda HR-V prices span a wide range depending on model year. Here's what the market looks like right now:

The Honda HR-V's current nationwide average price is $23,579, and its lowest point over the past year was $21,670. Recently, prices have come down for the 2025 and 2026 models, making now a good time to shop recent model years.

Is the Honda HR-V a good car?

Yes — the Honda HR-V is a practical, well-liked used crossover with broad appeal across its model years. The all-generations owner rating is 4.49/5 across every model year in the data.

Owners consistently praise the HR-V for its comfort, smooth ride, and roomy interior. Its versatility and user-friendly features also come up often, especially for shoppers who want a compact SUV that feels easy to live with every day.

Expert reviews rate the 2023 and 2016 models among the highest across all years.

The main trade-offs center on sluggish acceleration, poor fuel economy, and an uncomfortable back seat in recent expert-tested years.

33.5% of listings are priced as good or great deals.

Are Honda HR-V models reliable?

Owners and experts consistently point to the HR-V’s comfort, practicality, and everyday usability as major strengths. Across the lineup, shoppers also tend to value its smooth ride, spacious cabin, and reputation for being easy to live with.

• Owners rate the Honda HR-V between 4.0 and 4.73 out of 5 stars across all model years in the data.

For used buyers, long-term ownership risk is lowest when you focus on well-maintained examples with clean history reports and careful service records, especially on older model years.

What should I look for when buying a used Honda HR-V?

Across all model years, accident-free inventory is solid at 80.9% — always verify the vehicle history report.

Older model years carry meaningfully higher accident rates, so always verify the vehicle history report on pre-2023 models.

Key things to evaluate:

• Safety package: Honda Sensing
• Infotainment: wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with a 9-inch touchscreen
• Fuel efficiency: official EPA ratings say the HR-V will get 28 mpg in combined city and highway driving with front-wheel drive (FWD) or 27 mpg combined with AWD

Which Honda HR-V trim should I buy?

The 2026 Honda HR-V offers these trims:

• LX: The entry trim gets the new 9-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a wireless smartphone charger, and the updated styling changes for 2026.
• Sport: This trim adds its own 17-inch black wheel design, Boost Blue paint, six-speaker audio, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, and the same wireless tech upgrades.
• EX-L: The top trim brings genuine leather with perforated surfaces and Z-pattern stitching, eight-speaker audio, front footwell lighting, silver steering wheel spokes, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, and front and rear parking sensors with low-speed automatic braking.

What Honda HR-V do most buyers choose?

The Honda HR-V years with the most listings are 2025, 2024, and 2023.

These higher-volume years tend to be the most popular used picks because they give you more inventory to compare, more pricing competition, and a broader mix of trims and conditions.

What is the Honda HR-V's resale value?

Most HR-V model years are moving lower year over year, which is good news if you want to buy used. A few years are holding close to flat or ticking upward, showing that some versions still have steady demand. Overall, the pattern favors shoppers who want to wait for a softer price or compare several model years before buying.

The 2016, 2018, and 2024 model years are holding steady, with prices close to flat year-over-year.

The 2017, 2024, and 2016 model years have held their value best, with prices flat to rising year-over-year.

Is the Honda HR-V safe?

• 2026: 6/10
• 2023: 9/10
• 2021: 5/10
• 2018: 6/10
• 2016: 7/10

Honda Sensing is standard across all trims.

For the safest used buy, the 2023 model posts the highest confirmed score of 9/10.

Should I buy a used Honda HR-V now or wait for the next model?

Buy now if:

• Price trend: The 2026 model is at −1.64% versus a year ago, and the 2025 model is at −2.13%.
• Deal availability: The 2026 model has 31.5% good and great deals, and the 2025 model has 34.1%.
• Sweet-spot year: The 2025 model has the most listings at a current average price of $26,560. The Honda HR-V offers a practical, spacious cabin that makes it easy to live with for commuting, errands, and family use.

Consider waiting if:

• Powertrain/efficiency: Honda installs a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine under the HR-V’s hood. It produces 158 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 138 pound-feet of torque at 4,200 rpm in a vehicle that weighs up to 3,336 pounds.
• Tech: For 2026, Honda increased the standard touchscreen size from 7 to 9 inches and installed a faster processor to make the screen more responsive to inputs. Additionally, the infotainment system now includes wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and every HR-V features a wireless smartphone charger.
• Safety: Honda equips every HR-V with Honda Sensing, a collection of driver-assistive features. They include forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane-keeping assist, lane-centering assist, adaptive cruise control, traffic jam assist, and automatic high-beam headlights.
• Starting price: Pricing ranges from $27,650 to $31,500, including a $1,450 destination charge.

If you're buying used today, the 2025 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 September 29, 2026, CarGurus experts' opinions, and generative AI.