Trade in your used car

Trading in your used car?

Try these trade in service providers to get the best trade deal on your used car in 24 hours!

Autobuddy Autobuddy is a new and unique electronic vehicle valuation and marketing programme to assist you to achieve the maximum market value on your vehicle. The process is easy to use, risk free and helps you get the best deal on your vehicle quickly and effectively. So whether you're replacing, selling or trading in - Autobuddy offers you more benefits and better solutions. Click here to visit Autobuddy now

Whytradein Want to get more on your vehicle trade in, while buying your new car at a reduced price? The Whytradein car listing process is simple, there are only 3 easy steps When you list your vehicle with Whytradein, free of charge, the information is sent to our entire dealer network. You receive email notifications on every offer dealers make on your vehicle. Then arrange viewing, negotiate price and sell your car! Not only can this make you thousands more on the sale of your car, most dealers offer additional discounts should you have no trade-in on your new purchase. Click here to visit Whytradein now

Get your vehicle valued

When negotiating a Trade in, it is prudent to know how much your vehicle is worth. This will stop you from being taken for a ride. These days obtaining a vehicle valuation is as simple as filling out a form online. The trade in value obtained will be a ball park value of your car. Remember to be honest on the form, or you will have erroneous valuation data to work with.

Obtain multiple trade in offers

Trade in offers on your car may fluctuate drastically depending on the company or car dealership that makes the offer. To obtain the best possible trade in value on your car, you will need to shop around to see what different parties are willing to pay for your used car. Unfortunately, some car dealers will only accept your Trade-in if you purchase a car from them, this makes bargaining difficult as you are limited to dealers who have the vehicle you wish to purchase.

Obtain trade in quotes online

Technology now enables you to obtain a trade in quote online. This is usually the follow-up step to an online car valuation, where the valuator makes you an offer for your vehicle. This can be used to either negotiate with your current dealer, or can be processed as a trade-in option. Having cash instead of a car opens up many negotiation doorways when buying your next car.

Consider selling your car

Having a car to trade in is always limiting in some ways. If you can replace this with cash, your negotiating power increases when buying a new car. There are various ways for you to sell your car:
- Using our sell car facility to advertise your car privately on Cars.co.za. This option will usually yield the best returns, but comes with additional risk and can take time.
- Sell it directly to an online valuator (as discussed above) - you will usually get a better price than trading your car in.

Please note that tips provided on buying trading in your car are meant only as a guide to the car seller.