The key facts

  • Liquidity leader — the Haval Jolion: down just over 10% in a year and less than 25% over three years
  • The Tenet T7, the sales leader among new crossovers, loses almost a quarter of its price in the first year
  • The rating is based on data from online platforms on value loss after one and three years

Chinese crossovers no longer lose half their value in a year

Za Rulyom (Behind the Wheel) magazine expert Alexander Vinogradov has found out which used Chinese crossovers are the easiest to sell, Gazeta.Ru reports. The rating refutes the widespread belief that any Chinese model loses half its value in the first year: some cars already show liquidity on par with Asian and European brands. The methodology is based on data from online platforms — it took into account how much a car loses in value after one year and after three years of use.

Who made the rating

Fifth place went to the Tenet T7 — the sales leader among new crossovers, but on the secondary market it loses almost a quarter of its price in the first year. By analogy with its twin, the Tiggo 7, experts assume a drop of 34–35% over three years. Fourth place belongs to the Volga K50, known as the Geely Monjaro: about 14–15% in a year and around 30–32% over three years. Third place — the Belgee X50 (the first-generation Geely Coolray assembled in Belarus): the name change did not affect liquidity, 12–13% in a year and 25–27% over three years.

Leaders in value retention

Second place goes to the Haval F7: three-year-old cars of the new generation are not yet on the market, but based on the first generation and 2024–2025 vehicles, the forecast is slightly more than 10% loss in a year and no more than 25–30% over three years. The leader was the Haval Jolion: it is actively used in taxis and carsharing, which, according to the publication, indicates reliability, and it also resists corrosion well. In the first year it loses slightly more than 10% of its value, and over three years — less than 25%.

What buyers should know

The gap between the leader and the outsider of the rating is significant: while the Jolion loses less than a quarter of its value over three years, the Tenet T7 loses more than a third. At the same time, data on some models is partly forecast-based: estimates for the Tenet T7 over a three-year horizon are built by analogy with the Tiggo 7, and for the new-generation Haval F7 there are simply no three-year-old cars on the market yet, so the figures rely on the first generation and 2024–2025 vehicles.