Car valuation
What is your car actually worth — and why? Use the free estimator for an instant figure, then learn what really moves a car's value.
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Guides
Car Valuation for Insurance and Write-Offs
How insurers value your car: what actual cash value means, how write-off payouts are decided, and how to challenge an offer that comes in too low.
Read guide →How Age Affects a Car's Value Over Time
How a car's value falls with age, why the first three years hit hardest, when age stops mattering much, and how age and mileage interact.
Read guide →How Mileage Affects Car Value (and What Counts as High)
How much mileage really knocks off a car's value, what counts as high mileage for its age, and when low mileage is worth paying extra for.
Read guide →How Much Is My Car Worth? A Simple Way to Find Out
How to work out what your car is worth using age, mileage, condition and demand, plus a free estimator and the mistakes that lead to the wrong number.
Read guide →How to Increase Your Car's Value Before Selling
Low-cost, high-impact ways to lift what your car is worth before you sell: records, sensible repairs, detailing, and the upgrades that never pay off.
Read guide →Trade-In Value vs Private Sale Value Explained
Why a dealer offers less than a private sale, how a trade-in is valued, the convenience and tax trade-offs, and how to get a fairer trade-in price.
Read guide →What Affects a Car's Value? The Biggest Factors
From mileage and age to colour and service history, the factors that most affect what your car is worth and which ones you can actually influence.
Read guide →What Is a Car Valuation and How Does It Work?
What a car valuation really is, how trade-in, private and retail values differ, how valuation services reach a figure, and why two can disagree.
Read guide →A good valuation is the foundation of every car decision — selling, buying, trading in or insuring. Our estimator gives you a defensible number in seconds, and the guides below explain the factors behind it so you can sanity-check any figure you are offered.