How this content is produced.

What we publish

Guides that answer a question which changes what a seller gets paid. If an article does not do that, it does not get written — there are no seasonal listicles here and no top-ten filler.

Each guide is written by the Compare Car Offers editorial team, drawing on the vehicle and market knowledge of people who buy and sell cars for a living.

Rules we hold ourselves to

• No invented statistics. Where we do not have data, we say so rather than reaching for a plausible number.
• No fabricated reviews or case studies. They appear when real transactions produce them.
• No unnamed "experts". If a person is credited, they exist and hold the experience claimed.
• No unfounded claims about competitors. Comparisons stick to what can be evidenced and are dated so readers know how current they are.
• Corrections are made openly. If we get something wrong, the page is amended and the update date changes.

Dates and updates

Guides carry a published and an updated date. The updated date changes when the content materially changes, not when the site is rebuilt.

The same principle governs our sitemaps: a lastmod that moves every day teaches search engines to ignore it.

Commercial independence

Buyers pay us on completed sales and cannot pay for editorial coverage, ranking or mention. No guide is sponsored. See how we make money.