Methodology & data sources

Each model gets five 0–100 scores against other models in its own segment: market volume (30%), momentum (30%, weighted to the last 6 months), stability (15%), segment share (15%) and track record (10%).

Models with fewer than 100 registrations in the last year, or under 6 months on the market, are capped at 60.

The Market pick measures market adoption only. It doesn't consider price, reliability or safety, which are shown separately.

Prices are the official list prices importers report to the Ministry of Transport, by model code and model year. They exclude dealer discounts, campaigns and extras.

The range covers the main versions in the latest model year. Versions below 1% of the model's registrations are left out.

"vs. segment" compares the model's typical price with the segment median, weighted by last-12-month registrations.

Fuel: from official WLTP CO₂, 15,000 km a year and ₪7.77/L petrol 95 (2026-10-05).

Electricity: a typical 17 kWh/100 km at the household tariff of ₪0.6352/kWh (2026-07-01). The ministry has no per-model EV consumption, so this is a generic assumption.

Licence fee: by the car's price group, from the Ministry of Transport table effective 2026-04-01, for a new car, excluding the radio fee.

Not included: insurance (depends on the driver; compare on the Capital Market Authority's official calculator), servicing, tyres and depreciation.

Specs, body type and powertrain come from the Ministry's official model register, weighted towards the best-selling versions. They also decide whether a model counts as an SUV or an EV.

The safety-equipment level is the Ministry's 0–8 rating. A feature is marked "standard" when at least 90% of the versions sold have it.

It ranks each model against others in its segment on six official signals that tend to drive resale value:

Ex-lease / company cars (25%): the share that were ever owned by a lease, rental or company fleet. More ex-fleet supply tends to push prices down.

Cars on the road (20%): a deeper market is easier to sell into. New-car demand (15%): our momentum and volume scores. Still on the road after 8–12 years (15%): a durability signal.

Owner changes per year (15%) for 2–8 year-old cars, and the list-price change (10%) vs. the previous model year. Price cuts on new cars pull used values down.

The result is split into equal thirds within the segment: strong, average and weak. Models with under 300 cars on the road, under 3 years on the market or fewer than 4 available signals aren't rated.

Available for private and commercial vehicles. Motorcycles have no ownership data.