Alternatives to We Buy Any Car [Sites to Sell Your Car]

Despite the name, with Exchange My Car, you can sell your car as well as part exchange it.

They allocate their customers a dedicated account manager that guides customers through the process. In the quotes I received, the older Megane and the newer A5 came in higher than any other service, plus they are guaranteed.

It works slightly differently to We Buy Any Car as they do not buy your car directly but have a network of dealers that will buy the car. When a customer has an appointment with EMC, an unbiased third-party organisation comes to check over and test drive the vehicle, so they know the condition of the car is how it has been described by the customer.

Exchange My Car then waits for the process to be completed and then they give the full payment to their customer via their instant bank transfer process which includes no fee, which means the customer receives their money before their car is taken away. 

They will collect the car from an agreed location which is also different to We Buy Any Car who only accept drop-offs at their branches.

Despite their name which suggests they will buy any car, I couldn’t get quotes for the older vehicle with high mileage.

However, when it came to the mid-priced vehicle, the quote was among the best and the high-priced quote was very fair.

One of the things that makes We Want Any Car stand out from other car buyers is that they will also buy non-runners and cat C or D vehicles.

Keep in mind that they have a similar fee structure to We Buy Any Car which devalues the quotes they offer.

However, one difference to We Buy Any Car is that they will come and inspect the vehicle at your home or a chosen location and they offer inspections 7 days per week so you’ll get a quick turn around.

Like Exchange My Car, Motorway offers their customers an instant valuation where they use live market data to give an accurate estimation.

Motorway also promise to offer their customers the highest price for their car as they claim to find the dealer who will pay the most for a car. There is also no fee for the customer, as the dealers are the ones who pays the fee, this is the same concept that Exchange My Car use, so it shows this way of working is of benefit to their customers. 

Like their competitors, Motorway also offers a home collection service which is completely free. We Buy Any Car does not offer home collection and there usually is a buying fee involved.

The Car Buying Group has a similar system to We Buy Any Car where they purchase the car directly from you and sell it on later. However, the ain differences are that they collect the car from you and they do not charge any fees.

The test quotes I received from The Car Buying Group were the lowest across all three cars, however, the big advantage of the Car Buying Group is the speed of their service.

Because they directly purchase your vehicle themselves (similar to We Buy Any Car), they state that it’s possible to complete a sale the same day in some instances.

Cazoo is an online car buying and selling platform and they have 4 and a half star overall rating on Trustpilot which shows that their customers on the whole are very impressed with the services that the company provides.

Aside from We Buy Any Car, Cazoo is one of the few car buying services online that also allow you to drop your vehicle off at one of their branches, this might be preferred by some people. However, they have far fewer branches than We Buy Any Car with just 21 compared to 450.

The company also offers collection of cars in as little as 72 hours which is ideal for those who want to sell their car without too much effort.

Whilst there are no fees when you sell your car to Cazoo, they do charge you a £75 fee if you take advantage of their collection from home service.

Cinch- “Cars without the faff” gives their customers the opportunity to buy, finance and part exchange cars in one place.

Cinch is a slightly different alternative to We Buy Any Car as they only seem to offer part exchange and won’t buy your car outright.

However, they have the broadest range of used cars available so they are one of the best services to part exchange your car. I also like that they offer a 14-day money-back guarantee for peace of mind.

They are one of the few services that offer both collection or drop off of your car and they don’t charge any fees for either of these.

CarWow is a car buying and selling comparison website. They are big on promoting electric vehicles, and they even have their own page dedicated to electric cars, which is something that their competitors do not push as much.

This shows CarWow is looking to the future, and they are ahead of the game when it comes to encouraging customers to convert to fully electric vehicles.      

They have been rated 4.7/5 which is slightly higher than Cinch, so it shows that CarWow may be a relatively new online buying and selling cars company, but customers are already very impressed with the services that they provide.

Carwow is another fee-free service, however, their prices are only estimates and not guaranteed until they have put the car out to their network for offers.

They also wouldn’t give me a quote for the oldest vehicle so it’s best for mid-range and premium used cars.