Motoring Websites

Autotrader 30th October 2009

Advantages: Clear and good colour scheme
Disadvantages: no frames

This is the internet homepage of Autotrader. It was used in a high resolution on the 30th of October 2009. With a mixture of buttons, drop down menus and text we arrive with a comprehensive search query. Results are presented along the page in answer of your query. The best results are priced realisticaly but on a first impression there will often be many pages of adverts and dealerships which needs a general understanding of what you want before ...

Mustard23 30.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of autotrader.co.uk

Do you want to be less confused?!

Advantages: Quick easy to use
Disadvantages: Not all insurers quote

I have now used confused.com for my car insurance for the last four years to find the cheapest quote. The site is heavily advertised on tv and relies on the fact that you only have to fill in one form to receive quotes from many insurance companies. However, some companies, e.g. Direct Line are now advertising that they are not part of any price checker sites and you therefore need to contact them directly for a quote. However, I used confused recently ...
...and the cheapest was £100 less than my current insurer. EASE OF USE 5/5 Confused is very easy to use once you get started. Firstly you need to enter your details to register as a confused user. This then means that when you need to renew the insurance next year you can login with your username and password and do not need to fill in all the details again, this is very handy. The questions are easy to answer even you have not bought the car in ...

acesangel 30.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Confused.com

Blackcircles MD - We certainly are Indepdendent!

Advantages: Independent
Disadvantages: Various, but we listen to our customers and make change happen

My name is Michael Welch, I am MD and Founder of Blackcircles.com. I am writing this review in response to the 'not too independent' review posted recently. I can guarantee all customers and non-customers that we are in fact very independent. Furthermore I can also confirm WE DO NOT incentivise our sales staff on certain products, I should know, I sign off the salaries. Our business has been created to do away with 'favoured' brands unlike the high ...
...complete range catering for all customers based on their preference. I can only assume this post is an attempt to tarnish the good name we are working hard to create - however if not, please email me directly at mikew@blackcircles.com, and I can look into all the claims made in the post in more detail. ...

MichaelwelchCEO 09.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Blackcircles.com

Not exactly online traders....

Advantages: Cheap, Reliable
Disadvantages: Site out of date and unusable

Ok time comes to buy a new car, its a big purchase, a big item with relatively low volume sales, which means that the dealers make a big markup on each vehicle sold. What if one organisation could buy cars from many different manufacturers, avoid the inherent costs of being a franchise of a particular make but sell in enough bulk to be able to offer a good discount. What if that organisation was able to do it all online, avoid the costs of a showroom, ...
...hundreds of pounds every week they sit on the forecourt. Surely more discount for the customer. Well thats Dixons Motor Group What if by clever marketting and a (apparently) clever name that organisation could gain a large market share of new and used online car sales... And here we have jamjar.co.uk To make this review in any way worthwhile I have to review it as a website, then as a car dealership. :-( The Website )-: It is reasonably well ...

MrMatthew 19.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of jamjar.co.uk

Superb service and advice

Advantages: Comprehensive web site, buy from main dealer, good prices
Disadvantages: No trade in facility, but helps sell online

Superb service, helpful Broadspeed staff who gave me plenty of useful advice before i decided what to order. Once I narrowed down my choice to a Skoda 1.9 TDi Elegance Automatic (diesel 105PS and £35 a year), I completed an online pre order. Then I called the broadspeed activation number (they said they get 250 enquiries a day and needed to identify those ready to order) to progress my order. Next step was an email quote which confirmed the terms ...
...was plus/ minus three weeks), final fixed price etc. I paid £1000 by credit card (which insured the whole purchase - see which.co.uk) and I waited for the invoice. In the event, the car arrived three weeks earlier than I expected (though I was not forced to take it early). I paid the balance (exact, to the penny) and the car was delivered to my front door. Perfect in every way - I just can't think of any reason why any sane buyer wouldn't take the ...

rossnick63 13.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of broadspeed.com