Used car expert explained

Used Car Expert (UsedCarExpert.co.uk) is published by SDO Media Ltd,^[1] which publishes other car and automotive financial advice sites.

Background

Founded in 2005, UsedCarExpert.co.uk (or .com/.net) is a used car buying advice site for UK motorists, visited and read by around 4m car buyers per annum.^[2]

Car Buying Advice

They have a dedicated research program that uncovers the common car faults on used cars and publishes ways for the layman to spot and avoid these faults when buying a used car.

Their used car price guide is the first consumer price guide to show real average mileages and regional price adjustment.^{[3] [4]}

They also have a significant used car review section, used car facts and figures resource and used cars for sale, both of which are regularly cited in the media.

Between 2008 and 2010 Used Car Expert published a magazine version of their website price guide and car reviews which sold in WH Smith and other newsagents around the UK, competing against What Car? and Parkers price guides. The magazine was endorsed by TV used car guru Mike Brewer.

In 2024, the website was acquired by automotive wall art brand, Limited100, as part of its expansion throughout the automotive sector.^[5]

Media Credits

• Used Car Expert was cited as consumer champion on BBC TV Show "Rip-Off Britain"^{[6] [7]}
• A Used Car Expert employee answered used car buyers questions throughout 2007 and 2008 on Sunday Times Website, Times Online ^[8]
• He was also quoted on BBC online in relation to the British Motor Show ^[9] and interviewed on BBC TV and online in relation to car insurance valuations ^[10]
• Used Car Expert was Radio 2's website of the day ^[11]
• Used Car Expert is regularly quoted in the regional press, such as the Liverpool Echo, Daily Record, The Eastern Daily Press and many others.^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Used Car Expert advice was quoted in Shortlist magazine about future classic cars^[15]
• Used Car Expert price and depreciation analysis used in the Telegraph^[16]
• Used Car Expert advice cited in Confused.com used car review ^[17]
• Used Car Expert advice cited Daily Post North Wales used car review ^[18]
• Used Car Expert cam belt advice cited Cambridge news ^[19]
• Used Car Expert used car regional market price report featured in a 'This Is Hull' news story ^[20]
• Used Car Expert used car regional market price report featured in an Exchange & Mart news story ^[21]
• Used Car Expert used car regional market price report featured in a RAC news story ^[22]
• Used Car Expert used car regional market price report featured in a Yahoo / Press Association news story ^[23]
• Used Car Expert's car price depreciation data used by The Mirror daily newspaper in the UK on 13 April 2012 to compile a top 10 list of car that lose the most and least money over 3 years
• Used Car Expert's car depreciation index features in Telegraph news story ^[24]
• Used Car Expert's regional car price analysis features in MSN news story ^[25]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of regional differences in UK car prices in features in AOL news story ^[26]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of regional differences in UK car prices in features in MSN Money news story ^[27]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of regional differences in UK car prices is reported by ITV^[28]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of car prices in the South West makes is reported by ITV West Country ^[29]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of regional differences in UK car prices is reported by GreenFlag^[30]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of regional differences in UK car prices is reported by the RAC^[31]
• Used Car Expert's analysis of car prices in the South West makes is reported by Plymouth's Herald ^[32]

Other media credits include the now defunct News of the World, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio London, Radio 5.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SDO Media Ltd .
2. Web site: Used Car Expert . Used Car Expert press release.
3. Web site: Used Car Expert Prices . Used Car Expert price notes.
4. Web site: Used Car Expert Prices . Used Car Expert price notes.
5. Web site: Limited100 Acquires UsedCarExpert . Automotive news notes.
6. Web site: BBC TV - Rip Off Britain . BBC.
7. Web site: BBC TV - Rip Off Britain Summary . Used Car Expert.
8. Web site: Used Car Advice Column on Times Online . Sunday Times.
9. News: BBC News online . BBC. 21 July 2008 .
10. News: BBC News . BBC. 21 January 2012 .
11. Web site: Radio 2 Website of the day . Miles Mendoza's website of the day.
12. Web site: Local Press . Eastern Daily Press.
13. Web site: Scottish Press . Daily Record.
14. Web site: Liverpool Press . Liverpool Echo website icLiverpool.
15. Web site: Shortlist . 28 March 2011 .
16. Web site: Telegraph Mr Money Column. Telegraph. 26 September 2009 .
17. Web site: Esther Shaw . Confused.com.
18. Web site: Daily Post . https://archive.today/20120724023904/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/leisure/motoring/2009/07/24/used-car-market-gaining-strength-55578-24232907/ . dead . 2012-07-24 .
19. Web site: Cambridge News .
20. Web site: This is Hull . 2012-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415200217/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Regional-variations-used-car-prices-pays-shop/story-15802104-detail/story.html . 2012-04-15 . dead .
21. Web site: Exchange and Mart .
22. Web site: RAC .
23. Web site: Yahoo. Press Association.
24. Web site: Telegraph. 10 July 2012.
25. Web site: MSN. 2012-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120806164430/http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/north-south-divide-in-used-car-prices. 2012-08-06. dead.
26. Web site: AOL. Press Association.
27. Web site: MSN. https://archive.today/20130411095556/http://money.uk.msn.com/used-car-prices-on-the-way-down. dead. 2013-04-11. Press Association.
28. Web site: ITV.
29. Web site: ITV.
30. Web site: GreenFlag. Press Association. 2013-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218065707/http://www.greenflag.com/news/stories/used-car-prices-hit-15-month-low-14198.html. 2013-02-18. dead.
31. Web site: RAC. Press Association.
32. Web site: This is Plymouth/Plymouth Herald. J Garnett. 2013-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20130122100153/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Used-car-market-remains-buoyant-new-studies/story-17854396-detail/story.html#axzz2Kz5zJm1i/. 2013-01-22. dead.