Buy your used car with confidence
Find the best car for your budget. Check if listings are scams. Negotiate like a pro. The only tool built entirely for the buyer.
Every major platform is funded by dealers. Nobody is paid to protect the person spending the money.
Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree have flooded the private-sale channel with listings that carry no vetting, no accountability, and no recourse. Auto Trader commands over 75% of time spent across all automotive marketplaces — but their revenue comes from dealer advertising, not buyer protection.
You're not a car person. You have a budget, a rough idea of what you want, and a lot of anxiety about making a £5,000 mistake. The platforms won't help you avoid it — they just show you more inventory.
AutoWise is the car-savvy friend who tells you what to look for, what to avoid, and what to say when you sit down to negotiate.
How it works
The full buying workflow — in one place, built entirely for you.
Find
Tell us your budget. We surface the best-matched vehicles available right now across all major platforms — filtered, ranked, and ready to review.
Vet
Before you waste a Saturday driving to see it, we run a scam check. Clear verdict: safe, risky, or red flags with specific reasons.
Negotiate
Walk in with a script grounded in real market data — comparable vehicles, listing age, identified flaws. Know exactly what to say.
Three tools. One goal: your advantage.
Budget-to-best-match
No more endless scrolling. Tell us what you can spend, and we show you the vehicles that hit the sweet spot — value, reliability, availability — ranked by fit.
Scam check
Before you drive two hours to see a car that doesn't exist, we flag the red flags. Listing age, contact patterns, image reverse-search, price vs. market — synthesized into one verdict.
Negotiation script
Walk into the deal with confidence. We generate a personalised script based on comparable listings, how long it's been on the market, and any flaws we've spotted. Know what to say, and when.
Why the big platforms won't solve this
Every major player is seller-aligned by business model. Marketplaces earn from dealers. History report providers earn per transaction. Valuation tools earn from leads.
Auto Trader
Optimised entirely for dealer revenue. Price indicators exist but are shallow. No scam detection, no negotiation support.
CarGurus
Deal ratings are single-dimensional — price only. No fraud screening, no negotiation tooling, no personalised budget matching.
CARFAX / HPI
Vehicle history reports are valuable but narrow and reactive. Does not help with finding the right car or negotiating the deal.
AutoWise
Explicit buyer advocacy. The product exists entirely to serve the person spending money, not the person receiving it. No dealer partnerships. No lead generation. Just the tools you need to make a confident decision.
Common questions
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