The Best-Selling Used Cars in Connecticut

Ranked by real retail sales at independent dealerships in Connecticut, from 1,057 sales across 30 models.

Short answer

The Ford Explorer is the best-selling used vehicle in Connecticut, with 61 sales at independent dealerships. Half of those sold within 58 days — against a Connecticut-wide median of 59 days across every tracked vehicle.

# Vehicle Sales in Connecticut Median days to sell Avg. list price (national)
1 Ford Explorer 61 58 $19,485
2 Tesla Model 3 57 57 $23,784
3 Jeep Grand Cherokee 56 55 $19,678
4 Ford F-150 53 91 $28,763
5 Ford Transit 52 47.5 $26,468
6 BMW 3 Series 51 55 $16,705
7 Audi Q5 49 76 $19,786
8 Ford Transit Connect 46 65.5 $17,616
9 Chevrolet Express 46 61.5 $18,811
10 Jeep Wrangler 37 90 $22,507
11 RAM 1500 36 38.5 $27,307
12 Mercedes-Benz C-Class 35 67 $18,171
13 Honda Accord 34 57.5 $14,759
14 BMW X5 34 41 $25,663
15 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 33 59 $26,970
16 Audi A4 33 45 $15,642
17 Jeep Cherokee 32 69.5 $15,358
18 BMW X3 32 70 $23,494
19 Honda Civic 29 35 $15,439
20 Acura MDX 26 45.5 $21,559
21 Nissan Rogue 26 83 $18,811
22 BMW 5 Series 24 48.5 $18,424
23 Honda CR-V 24 60.5 $15,599
24 Subaru Legacy 23 34 $12,321
25 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 23 40 $19,971
26 GMC Acadia 23 58 $16,771
27 Chevrolet Suburban 21 36 $28,471
28 Ford Escape 21 37 $14,026
29 Chevrolet Traverse 20 42.5 $19,334
30 Ford F-350 20 67.5 $48,896

Methodology

Sales are retail sales observed in de-identified AutoRaptor CRM activity at independent dealerships in Connecticut — a measure of what actually sold through dealerships using AutoRaptor, not a total of Connecticut's entire used-car market. Figures are cumulative since January 2024, not just the most recent month.

Updated monthly, from the same refresh that powers our turn-time pages — there's no separate pipeline for this ranking, so it's only as fresh as that monthly run.

A model appears here only once it clears 20 or more sales within Connecticut specifically (lower than the 150+ national bar used on the main turn-time pages, since a single-state sample is smaller). A state gets its own page only with 8 or more qualifying models.

Median days to sell is the state-specific figure for that model — click through to its full turn-time page for the national number, year-by-year detail, and how it compares against similar vehicles.

Avg. list price is the advertised price at listing, averaged nationally — we don't yet track price by state, so this column is the same figure you'd see on the model's own turn-time page, not a Connecticut-specific number.

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