How Much Will You Buy My Car For?
At Sell Car UK we can make you an offer for your car after you have completed our online value my car form. As no two used cars are the same please ensure you enter accurate and complete information in order for us to provide an accurate and genuine cars bought for cash offer for your car. After you have completed the form we may want to discuss your car with you in more detail before providing our final offer.
From 8 am until 7 pm daily you can phone or e-mail us. 24 hours a day you can use our value my car facility or find out more information by reading our frequently asked questions.
Value my car online
Our online request a quote form will take you through 4 simple steps that will provide us with all the information we need to make you an offer to sell my car.
Step 1 - an initial check that will make sure your car is within the parameters we normally use to make a purchase offer.
Step 2 - we will automatically retrieve the make (Kia, Peugeot etc) and model of your car from DVLA and ask some extra information such as mileage and service history.
Step 3 - let us know the specification of your car by selecting the appropriate extras it has.
Step 4 - we need to know the condition of your vehicle. We will ask you to accurately describe the internal, external and mechanical condition.
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How much is my car worth?
Many people wanting to sell cars ask "What is my car worth" and the quick answer to this question is that it's worth whatever someone else is prepared to buy it for! There are two official trade used car valuation guides - Glass's Guide and CAP (Car Auction Prices) - and there are several unofficial publications that provide the public with car valuations, such as Parker's and What Car. However, whilst a car value guide will provide you with an estimated value for your used car, none of them will actually we buy any cars. All of these car valuation guides, even the official trade ones, utilise historical rather than current data and they are all, to an extent, behind the curve. A week is a long time in the motor trade, as well as politics, and actual used car values fluctuate on a daily basis, driven primarily by supply and demand. So, when you are asking "How much is my car worth", whilst obtaining a used car prices via an official or unofficial second hand car prices guide is useful information, bear in mind that ultimately any used car is worth only what someone else is prepared to actually pay for it!
How do car valuation guides calculate used car values?
Official car valuation guides utilise a range of sources of information when compiling used car values, but ultimately they fall into three main categories: "closed" auction car prices, "open" auction used car prices and monthly feedback from car dealers.
A "closed" used car auction is one that is open to the trade only. They are normally manufacturer driven and therefore only open to holders of the manufacturer's franchise. And Audi "closed" auction is only open to a franchised Audi dealer, for example. It's not unusual for the manufacturer to target their own dealers to purchase X number of cars at these auctions, that is, they make it mandatory! This serves to (falsely) increase their own brand used car values - due to demand being contrived.
An "open" auction is one that is open to everyone, including the public. Used car prices achieved at these open auctions are generally lower but more realistic than the "closed" auctions, as demand is significantly less contrived.
The franchise dealer network are required to complete a form at the end of each month, often as part of the franchise standards programme, and return this form to the relevant used car value guide. This form asks them for their views on used car values on a by-model basis for their particular manufacturer.
Sell Car UK will value my car for free.
So you want to sell your car but would like a free car valuation to help you? Sell Car UK are used car buyers who help you sell a car quickly as opposed to a used car valuation site. As such, any used car valuation we provide is a figure that we will actually we buy any car for. In all likelihood, even though we ask for various data online, we will still need to actually speak with the seller before being able to provide our used car purchase offer. Once we have managed to speak with you, any valuation we provide is an actual offer to purchase. If we do not manage to speak with you, we will still provide you with a free car valuation but please bear in mind this will be indicative and subject to clarification and confirmation of certain details.