Sell my car

Selling your car through carwow is quick and easy. We need a few photos and a few details and we’ll do the rest.

Your car will be advertised to 3,000+ local and national dealers in our daily online auction - they’ll submit their bids by 3.30 pm that day.

If your reserve price is met or exceeded on the day your car will be sold to the winning dealer - they’ll then arrange collection at a time and place that suits you.

If your car isn’t sold in the sale, it’ll be advertised for another 2 days, so there are plenty of opportunities for our dealers to make their best offers - and our team will be on hand every step of the way to help.

With a private sale, you pay a little to place an advert on a classified website and hope it will be spotted by a potential buyer. You then arrange for them to come to you to view and test drive the car. You agree on a price, they pay you and then they drive the car away.

This method is for those who don’t mind having potential customers come to their house and is the method that could get you the most cash for your car.

However, there’s no guarantee on how long it could take and how much cash you’ll end up getting. It could also be a lot more time consuming for you as a seller. Using carwow’s services to sell your car takes away this hassle and uncertainty.

For more on this see our guide on the best ways to sell a car.

We’re easy, free and here to get you the best price for your car.

Unlike listing privately, you don’t have to pay, you don’t have to write an advert and you don’t have to make time for viewings - it’s all done online, with just a few pictures and a few details.

Your car will go up for auction and our dealers will compete with their best offers to buy it. Our auctions are held between 8 am and 3.30 pm every weekday.

Once sold they’ll collect at a time that suits you and you’ll be paid on the same day. It’s as easy as that.

You'll just need your V5C logbook to sell my car, though what you do with it depends on if the car you're selling is staying in the UK or heading abroad.

If you're selling your car through carwow, the buyer will be UK based. This means you’ll just need to hand over the green 'new keeper' slip from inside the logbook.

You'll need to then tell the DVLA you’ve sold the car, along with the details of the buyer. If you don't, you might not get the full entitlement of any car tax refund you're due.

If you do sell the car to a buyer that’s taking it abroad, you'll need to fill out the 'permanent export' section of the V5C and send it off to the DVLA including a letter with the buyer’s name and address.

You'll need to pass over the rest of the logbook to the buyer too, as they’ll need to to register the car in whichever country it's going to.

In case you don't have this document, you can sell your car without the V5C logbook; though it's worth the investment to get one before doing so.

For more information see our handy guide: what documents do I need to sell my car?

Yes you can also part exchange through carwow, and it doesn’t have to be with the dealer you’re buying your new car from.

Selling through carwow is as easy as waiting for offers once you’ve given mileage and registration info, along with some photos and some basic info.

You’re paid directly by the dealer buying your car once they’ve collected it too, and without fees, so all of that money is yours without lengthy waiting times for it to be processed.

That means you can sell your car for cash and use it towards the new car you’re buying through carwow right away or, if you’ve already bought your new car, to make some early payments.

Or just forgo that entirely and buy something like a new games console or a loft conversion. Like we say, it’s all your money.

Yes you can, in fact the only bidders for your cars will be dealers looking for used cars to stock.

At the time of writing this, there’s potentially over 3,000 buyers waiting to pounce on your new car - which means you could end up with more money than you expected as a result of demand.

And that means none of those tyre kicking buyers coming in with the mindset of lowballing you for half the asking price and with no real intention of buying the car.

Your car will be offered to over 3,000 UK dealers in one of our auctions - which we hold every weekday, between 8 am and 3.30 pm.

All of our dealers have been approved by our team and, as you’ll see, we’re rated ‘excellent’ on Trustpilot with over 30,000 ratings.

They’ll collect your car for free and pay you directly too, so you don’t need to worry about delayed payments or middle people getting in the way of the transaction.

Sell with carwow! It’s quick and easy - your car goes live at one of our sales, which we hold every weekday - our trusted dealers will have up until 3.30 pm to bid on it.

All we need are a few details from you and some pictures of your car - we’ll give it an instant valuation and then we can get your listing live.

If your car isn’t sold in the sale, it’ll be advertised for another 2 days, so there are plenty of opportunities for our dealers to make their best offers - and our team will be on hand every step of the way to help.

Once sold, your car will be collected as soon as possible (for free) and you’ll get paid on the same day.

In short, it depends on the type of finance agreement you have. If you have a Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) with a balloon payment, then yes, you can.

If you sell through carwow, the buyer is responsible for paying off any finance and providing proof this has been done before they take your car.

In addition, if the sale price is higher than the settlement amount (i.e. the amount needed to pay off any outstanding finance, as decided by the finance company) you can expect to receive the difference. Ka-ching!

On the other hand, if the sale price is lower than the settlement amount this means you have negative equity. You'll need to pay the difference to the buyer beforehand so they can pay the full settlement amount to the finance company.

There may also be the option to hand the car back to your finance company if you have paid off at least 50% of the total financed amount (including the deposit, interest, fees and the balloon payment). However, this is usually well beyond halfway through your agreement.

You may also hand your car back if it is financed with a Hire Purchase (HP) agreement and you have paid back at least 50% of the total financed amount. Due to there being no balloon payment in HP finance, this is usually close to the halfway point of the agreement.

For more info on the ins-and-outs on selling your financed car, we have a handy guide here that explains everything you need to know.

Unlike some other car selling sites, carwow doesn’t charge you to sell your car.

It’s totally free and without obligation to sell if you don’t find an offer to suit you. Simply enter your mileage and registration details, and wait for the offers to flow in.

If you do sell your car to one of our trusted dealers, you won’t be charged a penny for doing so - every penny you get is yours to keep. You’ll be paid by the dealer directly too, so no need to worry about the middle-man processing times.

Though repairing your car will add some value back to it, it could also prove more costly than its worth.

For example, expensive bodywork repairs or big engine parts could end up outweighing any extra you may get.

If you’re on the fence, it may be worth listing your car in its current condition and seeing the offers you get for it. You may find one you’re happy with, but if not, it’s worth doing some extra research into the cost of repairs.

Once you’ve got that in mind, try running your car through carwow’s valuation tool but with the idea that any damage you’re planning to have done is fixed. This will give you a rough idea of how much more you could get for it.