Marketing claims

carwow allows customers to list their car for sale on the carwow website. Dealers can then bid to buy cars from prospective sellers.

1. 9 out of 10 of sellers surveyed got the price they expected for their car or more.

We ran a customer email survey in October 2022, asking a number of our customers (those who had agreed to receive this type of email from carwow) whether the price they achieved for their car met their expectations. Of the 399 customers who responded to this question 371 said they got what they expected, or even more than expected.

2. 95% of carwow customers surveyed would recommend us to family or friends*

We ran a customer email survey in October 2022, asking a number of our customers (those who had agreed to receive this type of email from carwow) who had sold a car with us if they'd recommend us to friends or family. Of the 402 customers who responded to this question, 82.3% were very likely to recommend us and 13.2% said they were likely to recommend us.

*(those surveyed were asked about our sell my car service, not our buy your car service).

3. 87% of our sellers surveyed said dealers paid the agreed price or more, at collection.

We ran a customer email survey in October 2022, asking a number of our customers (those who had agreed to receive this type of email from carwow) who had sold a car with us if the buyer honoured the agreed sale price when their car was collected. Of the 400 customers who responded to this question, 86.3% said they were paid the price as agreed, and 0.5% got a higher price than expected.

4. Join over 1.2 million people who’ve bought or sold a car through carwow.

Based on carwow all-time buy and sell data since 2013

5. Join over 2.5 million people who've used carwow to help find or sell a car.

Based on carwow group purchase enquiries and sales data combined, across UK, DE and ES since 2013

6. An average taxi ride is 16 minutes. We can value your car in two. 

Average taxi duration claims based on data from Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, England 2022 reported by Gov.uk

The (median) average time to get an online valuation from carwow is 1 minute 15 seconds. The online valuation journey is defined as all users who completed the valuation flow from the  “sell my car” landing page to receiving an estimated price (valuation), on the same day between 19th January - 30th June 2023. 

The customer journey beyond the valuation stage is classified as verification and can take longer.