What is your car worth?

Find out in a few minutes what your car is worth. A market value in a PDF, from the current asking prices of similar cars. The preview is free. The gross fee depends on the country: 1 490 Ft in Hungary, 22.99 zł in Poland, and 5 EUR in other countries.

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The preview is free. You pay only if a valuation can be prepared.

  • No account needed
  • We do not ask for your name
  • Valid for 30 days
A man looks at his phone beside a dark blue hatchback in a residential street
  1. 1. Check
  2. 2. The car
  3. 3. Condition
  4. 4. Preview and payment

We check the car free of charge first. You pay only if a valuation can be prepared. We do not ask for your name.

1. Check

We do not store the plate. It appears only on the PDF.

Do you not have the registration document with you?

You can also find the VIN (17 characters) here:

  • in the lower left corner of the windscreen, readable from outside,
  • on the sticker in the driver door frame,
  • on the insurance policy,
  • in the service book or the purchase contract.

You can also type the plate without the registration document.

For example an imported car before registration. The check then uses only the VIN.

A few seconds. You do not pay in this step. How we handle the VIN and the plate is described in section 6.16 of the privacy notice (in Hungarian).

How does it work?

You enter the car’s details. We watch several million listings available on the major European car sites. The current count is on our Hungarian home page. We calculate from a live sample of the cars most similar to yours, usually about 20, using the median of their current asking prices, adjusted to your car. After payment the PDF is ready within 1 to 2 minutes, with the market value in forints, rounded to the nearest 1 000 Ft (an invented example: 3 648 000 Ft).

  1. You enter the car’s details. Make, model, year, mileage, equipment, condition. About 3 minutes.
  2. We show a free preview. A quick check shows which car we identified, and whether there is enough market data for a reliable estimate. You already see the fee. The exact value is in the PDF.
  3. You enter the plate or the VIN, then you pay. We check whether the car is in the recorded stock of dealers who use CarVinsight, and whether a valuation already exists. That check is free. You then pay the gross fee for your country, by Visa or Mastercard, on the secure card payment page. We do not see your card details. We ask for payment only if a valuation can be prepared.
  4. You download the PDF with your car’s market value. It is ready within 1 to 2 minutes after payment. We also email the download link. You receive two emails: a confirmation from the card payment service, and our payment receipt with the PDF link.

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Why look before you sell?

Would you sell your car, but you do not know what to ask? If you ask too much, nobody calls. If you ask too little, you leave money on the table. We give one figure: this is what your car is worth on the market now. The market value helps you name a realistic price and negotiate prepared.

A value calculated from market data, not a valuation prepared by an official appraiser.

What is in the PDF?

  • Your car’s market value. One figure in forints, rounded to the nearest 1 000 Ft, large on the first page.
  • A market price range, for information. The lower and upper asking prices of most similar cars.
  • A market picture. How many similar cars we used, with which years and mileages.
  • What raises and what lowers the value, from the details you entered.
  • A unique verification code. A buyer can check that the PDF is genuine.

Who is it for?

For you if you are selling your own car, or handing it in as a trade-in, and you want to know whether an offer is fair. Also if you are buying, and you want to know what the chosen car is worth on the current Hungarian market. You need the plate or the VIN. We do not value a car that is in the recorded stock of dealers who use CarVinsight. We check that before payment, and then we do not ask you to pay.

What does it cost, and how long is it valid?

The gross fee depends on the country: 1 490 Ft in Hungary, 22.99 zł in Poland, and 5 EUR in other countries. You pay once. There is no subscription. It is valid for 30 days. If you ask again for the same VIN within 30 days, we do not calculate again: we resend the original PDF free of charge to the email address that paid. Another car, or after 30 days, is a new estimate and a new fee. At most 3 cars a month per email address and per card.

What it is, and what it is not

It is not prepared by an official appraiser. It is a value calculated from market data, not an expert opinion. We do not inspect the car. It is not an offer to buy. We calculate from asking prices, not from completed sale prices. Buyers usually negotiate. The recall signal, when we have one, concerns the make, model and year, not proof that your exact car is affected.

What we calculate from

We watch several million listings on the major European car sites. We do not name those sites. From a live sample of the most similar cars, usually about 20, we take the median of current asking prices and adjust it to your car’s year, mileage, equipment and condition. The result is rounded to the nearest 1 000 Ft, because the figure is the value on the Hungarian market. If there is too little data, or the car appears to be worth more than 50 000 euro, we say so before payment and we do not ask you to pay.

The estimate shows what the car is worth on the Hungarian market. Import costs into Hungary are not included. Those can be added in the import cost calculator (in Hungarian).

Common questions

How much does it cost?

The gross fee depends on the country: 1 490 Ft in Hungary, 22.99 zł in Poland, and 5 EUR in other countries. You pay once. There is no subscription.

What does the market value mean?

The amount your car is worth on the Hungarian market at the moment you ask, in forints, rounded to the nearest 1 000 Ft. It is the median of the current asking prices of the most similar cars, adjusted to your car.

Why do I receive two emails?

The card payment service sends a short confirmation. We send the payment receipt, with the PDF download link. Both emails concern the same single payment.

How can I pay?

By Visa or Mastercard, on the secure card payment page, in the currency for your country. Apple Pay and Google Pay can also appear when the card inside is Visa or Mastercard. We do not see or store your card details.

How soon do I receive it?

The PDF is ready within 1 to 2 minutes after payment. We also email the download link.

Is a plate or a VIN required?

One of the two is enough. If you enter the VIN, we identify the type, the engine and the year more precisely.

Is this an official valuation?

No. It is calculated from market data. For an authority, a court or an insurer, an expert opinion is required. The terms and the privacy notice are in Hungarian.

Author: CarVinsight

The estimate on this page is for information. It is not an official valuation, not an expert opinion and not an offer to buy. Details: terms (in Hungarian), privacy notice (in Hungarian).