What the asking price rests on, and how far that reading holds.
A price assessment sets the car beside the market it really sits in, then gives the range the recorded evidence will carry — never one confident figure.
Comparables first. Judgement, clearly marked, second.
We gather the nearest equivalents we can find — same model, close on year and miles — and take the spread they make. A wide spread stays wide in what you receive: squeezing it into one number would mean inventing precision the market has not offered.
The comparables come with the range, so the split between market evidence and our judgement is visible rather than buried.
Five levers that move the figure most.
| Factor | Effect on the range |
|---|---|
| Mileage | Extra miles push the band lower, though not by a fixed amount |
| Build year | A facelifted build of the same model sits in its own bracket |
| Specification | Equipment buyers actually want holds value; the rest does not |
| Record | A documented service record tightens the band the car can occupy |
| Condition | Something only an inspection reveals — hence a band, not a figure |
A reading of the market is not a valuation.
Nothing here is a formal valuation for insurance, finance, tax or legal use, and no individual car is surveyed. What it does is read asking prices, so you can judge whether a figure is defensible. Where the listing is unusual — a rare trim, an unrecorded repair, a private sale with no paper trail — the reading says so and the band widens to match.
We will also tell you when a car cannot be read from the information available, which is a more useful answer than a range built on nothing.
