Sell my car with BuyaCar

Motorway’s buyers are verified car dealers, with more than 5000 using its service based all over the UK.

Those dealers are provided with details of your car and submit their bids, with Motorway showing you the best ones. When you see an offer you like, you select that dealer knowing that’s the amount you’ll receive.

What’s more, unlike with online auctions or classified listings, you won’t get random members of the public hassling you with silly offers or asking to come around to negotiate on your doorstep.

When you sell your car using Motorway, a valuation is provided based on tracking real-life transaction prices of models like yours.

This means that when dealers make offers on your old car, they know that you are clued-up with what a fair price actually is. 

Sounds a far better deal than being confused into accepting a low-ball offer by car-speak and sales patter when trading your old one in, doesn’t it?

Yes you can, because Motorway’s verified dealers will be both used car specialists and franchised outlets that also sell new models for specific brands.

Just as the make and model won’t limit your audience, its body style and whether it’s petrol, diesel, hybrid or electric won’t restrict you, either. You can even sell your van online using Motorway.

The best news? No more buying a new car from a dealer who then tries to haggle-down the price of your trade-in because it's from a different make.

Absolutely nothing at all. At no stage of the process from the initial valuation through to the actual transaction and collection of your car will Motorway charge you a penny. 

And if you’re thinking ‘there must be some hidden costs or admin fees somewhere?’ then rest easy, because there aren’t.

Motorway takes a commission from the dealer that buys your car, but for you as the seller it’s completely free.

Is potentially having your car sold within 24 hours quick enough?

Motorway’s process makes it simple for you to identify exactly what model your car is, guides you through taking photos of all aspects of it and makes it available to dealers to bid on, showing you the highest offers.

Once you’ve agreed on an offer, collection and payment can then also be quickly arranged. It’s as fast as it is convenient.

Yes, you can. It’s a common misconception that you can’t sell a car if you still owe money on it. 

If you bought your car on credit with a Hire Purchase (HP) or Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) package, Motorway can still sell your car even if there is still outstanding finance to be paid.

A little homework is required before going ahead: you will need to contact your finance provider for a settlement figure which confirms the outstanding balance, as well as checking whether there is a minimum repayment amount before you are allowed to sell your car.

No, because legally the car isn’t yours, so you have no right to sell it.

PCH – short for Personal Contract Hire – packages are essentially rental agreements, meaning you never own it yourself.

Before you go ahead and sell your car using Motorway, you will need to make sure that you have the following documents available:

• V5C – you may know this as your logbook and it will have been issued by the DVLA when you bought the car.
• Service history and maintenance – proof of when and where your car was serviced, together with bills for other running costs, such as MOTs and replacement tyres.
• Driving licence – for proof of your own ID and to show that the car’s details match yours.
• Proof of purchase – essentially your receipt from when you bought the car.
• Finance settlement letter – if you still owe money on a car you bought using an HP or PCP package, the finance company will confirm in writing how much balance is outstanding.

We would also recommend that as well as gathering all of those documents together, you also ensure that you know exactly where your car’s spare keys and locking wheel nut are as they will be needed when the dealer collects the vehicle.

You can but not being able to prove that your car was serviced at the recommended intervals using the correct parts will dent dealers’ confidence in its condition, reducing its valuation. This will result in lower offers than your car would be worth if you did have proof of its service record.

All may not be lost, though, as many car dealers and independent service centres are able to print out records of services and other work undertaken, but remember to take proof of your ID and the car’s V5C when you enquire about this.

If your car hasn’t been well looked after it’s not necessarily too late to cause an upward shift in its value:

• Check when the next service is due – if the recommended interval is imminent, or has already passed, get it booked in and have any necessary work done as soon as possible.
• Sorting out minor damage – if there are superficial paint scuffs, small dents from supermarket trolleys and rough edges along the wheels from where they’ve scraped against kerbs, then it is worthwhile spending a modest sum getting those remedied. Whatever else doesn’t look perfect, be honest and show it clearly in the photos.
• Warning light check – have you stopped noticing persistent warning lights that appear on your dashboard? Check it over carefully for lights that don’t go out or error messages that don’t disappear and get them dealt with as they usually relate to mechanical problems.
• Give it a deep clean – you don’t need to pay hundreds for a professional detailer to remove dirt from every square millimetre of your car, but spending a smaller amount on a decent exterior polish and interior valet will make your car look significantly more presentable.

Yes, of course, but assuming you wish to keep your private registration number, we recommend that you place it on retention before you begin the selling process.

You will need the car’s V5C for this but be aware this is not a free service, so expect a fee of £80.

A little more life admin is required, but nothing too onerous.

You will need to inform the DVLA that you are no longer the car’s registered keeper. This can be done online or with the relevant tear-off section of the V5C document.

Similarly, you will need to cancel your VED car tax so that you are not charged for any time after you have sold the car.

Finally, you will need to notify your car insurance company that the vehicle is no longer in your possession.