Compare takes two models and lines up their recorded sales. It is for the moment you are torn between two cars and want numbers rather than opinions. You need to be signed in. Any plan works, including free, and each pick counts as one search toward the free plan's daily allowance.
Steps
- Open Compare and sign in if asked.
- Type the first car in the left box and pick a suggestion. Do the same on the right. There are a few popular pairs under the boxes if you want a quick start.
- Each side gets a row of year chips: one per generation we know, or "Last 10 years" when we have no generation data, plus "All years". The newest generation is selected by default. Each chip says how many sales it matched, so you can see at a glance whether a window is thin.
- Read the table and the verdict below it.
What is compared
Six rows, with the stronger side marked on each:
- Median price
- Average price
- Price trend
- Total results, meaning how many sales we found in the window
- Highest sale
- Entry price, the lowest sale, where lower wins
The trend here is simple: the average of the newer half of the sales against the average of the older half. It is a different method from the valuation report, which uses medians over fixed six month windows, so the two can disagree on a close call.
Under the table, the "Price history" chart overlays both cars on one timeline with a crosshair you can move.
The verdict
The verdict scores four categories: value retention (the trend), market liquidity (the number of sales), price stability (how wide the range is against the median), and entry price. A category is a draw when the two sides are close. The result reads either "Dead heat" or which car wins how many of the four.
Treat the verdict as a summary of the data, not advice. A car that "wins" on liquidity simply sells more often in the sources we track.