eBay Motors Group or Autotrader?

Autotrader offer a single destination for buying, selling and leasing vehicles. eBay Motors Group employs various platforms for different audiences.

Both eBay Motors Group and Autotrader offer various filters to refine your search results. Autotrader also show how fairly priced each deal is and whether the dealer has purchased a vehicle check, so you can shop with added confidence.

Across its three sites, eBay Motors Group stock a range of used and new cars.

Autotrader’s stock includes used, approved used cars and brand-new cars that are available to buy outright, or with options like car leasing, personal contract purchase (PCP) and hire purchase (HP) deals.

Of the three companies in eBay Motors Group, car valuations are only available on Motors.co.uk.

Autotrader offer a free online car valuation to help buyers understand how much their car is worth.

eBay and Gumtree provide paid history checks in partnership with HPI. Motors.co.uk, through HPI, run identity and basic background checks before listing cars on their site.

All cars on Autotrader undergo history checks before they are listed. These ensure the vehicles aren’t stolen, scrapped, imported, exported, or written off.

All three sites in eBay Motors Group allow you to save and shortlist cars while you search.

Similarly, you can save and compare up to four cars without an account on Autotrader. If you have a free Autotrader account, you can save and compare as many as you like!

Offering used cars from private sellers and trusted UK dealerships, brand new cars and more, Autotrader have over 40 years of experience as the UK’s largest automotive marketplace.