Lexus rx 450h

Although prices for late-model used cars have recently jumped, Cars.com has assembled a healthy list of choices available for a budget of about $20,000.

We collected a variety of used vehicles that can meet different needs and tastes — be it a car, truck, SUV or minivan — for a $15,000 budget.

Read on to see which vehicles and brands rose to the top of J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study in terms of reliability.

The auto-industry analysts at J.D. Power say vehicles built during the COVID-19 pandemic are more problematic than those manufactured any year since 2009.

The 2024 survey results indicate an increase of four PP100 vehicles year over year to an average of 190 PP100.

Compared to last year’s results, the 2023 study showed an improvement in the overall dependability of three-year-old cars with an industry average PP100 score of 186, down from 192 in 2022.

Now in its fifth generation, the all-new 2023 Lexus RX rides on a new platform and gets updated powertrains, along with additional comfort, convenience and safety technologies.

Lexus has freshened its SUV lineup for 2022 with redesigns of the full-size LX and compact NX SUVs. Find out what else is new from Lexus for 2022.

The price increases for 2022 are modest but so are the changes, so unless you have your heart set on a Black Line Special Edition model, look for a deal on a 2021.

The 2021 Lexus RX 450h fixes much of what was wrong with this luxurious mid-size SUV while simultaneously sidestepping the quirks that come along with many hybrid-powered vehicles.