carwow Wizzles Past 7,000 Consumer Vehicle Listings, Offering Rich Pickings for BMW, Audi and Mercedes Dealer Partners

• Wizzle from carwow passes 7,000 consumer vehicle listings
• Premium brands accounting for half of all stock
• BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen and Ford vehicles make up the five best-stocked brands
• Platform now rivalling traditional auction groups for scale
• Dealers rating Wizzle as “highly recommended.”

London 08 September: carwow, the UK’s ultimate car buying and selling marketplace has, for the first time, passed the landmark figure of 7,000 used vehicles available for dealers to buy directly from carwow customers.

The consistent growth in listings is thought to rival the stock levels of traditional auction houses and has been achieved in less than three months of carwow launching the carwow Sell Your Car service.

Since further integrating Wizzle into the carwow customer experience, more and more of carwow’s 12.5 million users have listed their cars for dealers to buy whilst configuring and searching for their new vehicle.

Wizzle from carwow has been rapidly adopted by dealers across the UK, with record numbers of cars being bought by dealers each week.

Carwow Chief Operating Officer, John Veichmanis said: “We’re tremendously grateful to our trusted dealer partners for embracing carwow as a partner for buying as well as selling, helping deliver a great customer experience with a TrustPilot score of 4.9.

“Our next aim is to exceed 10,000 cars and establish ourselves as a known alternative to traditional auction houses, with quality stock, a professional user experience, and market-leading, transparent fees.”

Having recorded over 20,000 offers from dealers across the country during August, carwow is confident the service is hitting the right notes with dealers. Stef Mickiewicz, a Regional Buyer with WR Davies described Sell Your Car as “A great platform to source our used cars. A professional, reliable service and highly recommended.”

The carwow Fresh Stock Hotlist – September 2021

Wizzle from carwow has proved particularly popular with owners of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volkswagen and Ford vehicles, which making up the five best-stocked brands, meaning potential rich pickings for buyers, whilst Porsche, Kia, Skoda, Tesla and Volvo have been the most competitive amongst dealers, attracting the most offers per listing.

At the end of August, premium brands made up half of the vehicles on AUTOi, the back-end portal for Wizzle which dealers use to purchase vehicles. The average CAP value for vehicles available through was £14,000, 32% of vehicles had mileage below 30,000 and 37% were less than four years old.

John Veichmanis continued: “We’ve had a great response from owners of premium and prestige brands which have been the fastest to sell through carwow – especially BMWs, where there is a wealth of stock.”

Top Twenty Manufacturers for stock on AUTOi from carwow as of 26 August 2021:

For more information on sourcing used stock through carwow, Wizzle and AUTOi, contact dealer.support@carwow.co.uk.

About carwow

With the mission of creating the ultimate online car buying and selling experience. carwow became the world’s first new car comparison site helping people choose their ideal new cars, compare offers from trusted dealers and buy directly from them.

In its short lifespan, carwow employs 245 people and now has 12 million car buying users whom it has helped to buy over £5 billion of cars from its industry customers including the biggest manufacturers, dealerships and franchises in the UK, Spain and Germany.

In addition to its core enquiry driving service, carwow’s media services business gives dealers and manufacturers access to a range of high impact, data-oriented marketing services.

Powered by a team of experienced auto journalists and professional videographers, carwow is one of the most influential names in automotive media, with its content receiving over 130 million views per month including the biggest car channel on YouTube (5.7m subscribers) and website editorial which features unbiased, in-depth reviews, news, and advice guides.

Backed by some of the most prestigious technology and automotive investors including Vitruvian Partners, Balderton Capital, Accel, Episode 1 and Daimler, carwow has raised £62 million investment since 2011.

In 2021, carwow acquired used car buying platform Wizzle which was founded by Sebastien Duval in 2012 helping consumers sell their car by taking some photos to list it on the platform, then receive offers from dealers who wish to buy it.