Want to know your car's market value?
Free, online & instant
Looking to buy a car on installments?
Explore cars with flexible monthly payment plans
2020 to 2022 is the sweet spot. The C-HR arrived for the 2017 model year on Toyota's then-new small-car platform. It was facelifted for 2020 with revised lights, an updated cabin and better infotainment, and regional cars moved to the larger naturally aspirated engine — simpler and cheaper to maintain than the earlier turbocharged unit.
Slightly behind its class — about 50% after five years, against roughly 55% for the small crossovers it competes with. Styling this specific narrows the buyer pool when you sell. If retention is the priority, the Mitsubishi ASX returns about 60%.
The cabins survive this climate unusually well: just 4% of the Toyota C-HRs we inspect in the UAE show interior staining, against the 17% we would expect for small crossovers of the same age and mileage in the Emirates. Mechanically it is conventional Toyota, so what matters on an individual car is paint and panel history.
The Nissan Kicks is cheaper and more practical, but 59% of the ones we inspect carry previous body or panel repair, against the 53% we would expect for small crossovers of that age here. The Hyundai Tucson is the answer if you need rear-seat and boot space.