Depreciation head-to-head
Nissan Qashqai vs Kia Sportage: Which Holds Its Value Better?
By Juan Pedro Nguema · Updated
Quick verdict
The Sportage holds its value better. In our model it loses about 5.9% a year against 7.1% for the Qashqai, and it is less sensitive to mileage.
Nissan Qashqai
- Cars analysed
- 525
- Median asking price
- £16,449
- Value lost per year
- 7.1%
- Value lost per 10,000 miles
- 5.1%
- Automatic premium
- +16%
Fuel mix: petrol 70%, hybrid 23% and diesel 6%.
Kia Sportage
- Cars analysed
- 486
- Median asking price
- £26,599
- Value lost per year
- 5.9%
- Value lost per 10,000 miles
- 4.3%
- Automatic premium
- +19.5%
Fuel mix: petrol 49%, hybrid 35%, diesel 12% and plug-in hybrid 3%.
| Year | Nissan Qashqai median price | Cars | Median miles | Kia Sportage median price | Cars | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | £11,099 | 47 | 48,487 | £11,799 | 27 | 50,337 |
| 2021 | £15,249 | 35 | 27,359 | £13,424 | 34 | 41,543 |
| 2022 | £15,799 | 76 | 27,892 | £18,499 | 43 | 34,227 |
| 2023 | £16,324 | 154 | 23,864 | £19,999 | 61 | 29,020 |
| 2024 | £19,399 | 83 | 17,895 | £24,186 | 30 | 15,704 |
| 2026 | £25,079 | 21 | 1,050 | £27,049 | 239 | 4,723 |
What the numbers mean
These two are the UK's best-known family SUVs, but buyers pay a clear premium for the Sportage. From 2022 onwards a Sportage typically costs £2,700-£4,800 more than a Qashqai of the same year, even though the Sportage examples in our data had covered more miles. Part of that gap is the Sportage's seven-year warranty, which can still be running on a car that is several years old, and its high share of hybrids (35%). The Qashqai's faster yearly drop is good news if you are buying: a three- or four-year-old Qashqai is one of the cheapest ways into a mainstream family SUV. If you are selling, the Sportage is the safer bet for resale. Note the 2021 Sportage cars in our sample averaged around 41,500 miles, which pulls that year's median down.
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