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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.