A Brand-New 2025 Nissan Versa Costs Less Than the Average Used Vehicle
Despite a $510 increase in price from the previous model year, Nissan’s smallest car, the 2025 Versa, costs less than the average used vehicle in America.
Cox Automotive, an automotive services and technology provider with access to 2.3 billion online interactions a year, published its monthly report on used-vehicle prices today. In August 2024, the average used vehicle cost $25,172. The base version of the 2025 Versa costs $18,330, with $1140 in destination and handling fees included.
The 2025 Versa is not the cheapest car sold in North America. That honor goes to the 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage, available with zero options—as in, not even a center console—for $490 less than the Versa. A base Mirage costs just $17,840, but those who have been watching this site also know that the hatchback isn’t long for this world. Mitsubishi is discontinuing it after this year, though Car and Driver reports that dealer stock could last through next summer. Those on a strict budget will also appreciate Mitsubishi’s current financing offer: 0.99 percent APR for 60 months. You’d be lucky to get a used car for below 6 percent!
What does the new Versa give you for your money? A set of 15-inch steel wheels, a fixed-back rear seat, and a five-speed manual transmission come standard. If that gearbox isn’t, erm, your speed, you’ll need to pay $1800 to get the automatic. The base car does not come with CarPlay or Android Auto, either, indicating that the sub-$20K MSRP serves mostly to get your attention. A Versa with the creature comforts you’d hope for—like a 60/40 folding rear seat—is a $20,000 car, not an $18,000 one. The cost to upgrade lowers as you choose the nicer trim: S to SV costs $1500, but from there, the top-trim SR is only $700 more. For $22,300, the SR gets you the larger, eight-inch touchscreen, heated seats, and bigger, 17-inch wheels, still less than that used-car average.
If you’re a serious Versa shopper, be aware that Nissan hasn’t changed a lot for the 2025 model year. The most significant and recent changes went into effect as of the 2023 model year, when the Versa got a new front clip that helped it look less derpy. (Read our review of the 2023 car here.)
So yes, you can now get up to three free oil changes on a brand-new Versa, but you’ll pay $510 more than you would for the 2024 model, which doesn’t come with free oil changes. You do the math … And don’t assume that buying a one- or two-year-old CPO car is cheaper than buying new (or ordering and waiting).
