First Vehicle Leasing has partnered with Motorway, the UK's largest car-selling marketplace, to help you sell your current car the easy way. Get the best offer from over 8,000 verified dealers, free home collection, and secure payment to your bank before your car leaves the driveway***, with outstanding finance handled end to end.
Key Takeaways
- Over 8,000 verified UK dealers (more than two-thirds of the UK dealer market) can see your car in Motorway's daily online sale.
- Motorway sellers earn £1,600 more on average than the part-exchange offers they were given.*
- 84% of cars sold for more than market price against two independent valuation guides.**
- Outstanding finance is handled end to end by Motorway Pay (FCA-authorised, processed by Modulr).
- Service fee is paid only on a successful sale (no sale, no fee), and free for cars under £1,000.
Cars sold on Motorway
Verified dealers bidding for cars
Paid to sellers via Motorway Pay
More on average vs part exchange*
About our partnership with Motorway
We've teamed up with Motorway to give our customers a simple, trusted way to sell their existing car. Whether you're moving into a new lease, downsizing, or simply changing vehicles, Motorway's online marketplace turns thousands of verified dealers into a single best offer. You get a higher price than typical part-exchange, without the hassle of private buyers or time-wasters.
Motorway was the UK's first car-selling-only platform. Daily auctions run seven days a week, including weekends. A car sells on the platform every two minutes, and the service is rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot with over 100,000 reviews.
Why the way you sell your car matters
The traditional ways to sell a car often leave sellers short. Direct-buyer services make a single take-it-or-leave-it offer with no competition. Part-exchange valuations depend on one dealer's margin needs. Private classified sites are slow, risky, and full of time-wasters. Motorway fixes that by putting your car in front of a competitive network of dealers who bid against each other, so the seller (not the buyer) holds the cards.
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Sell My Car with MotorwayHow it works
Selling your car through Motorway takes four simple steps, from instant online valuation to free home collection with payment sent before your car leaves the driveway***. Most sellers complete their profile in around 30 minutes and receive their best dealer offer the same day.
Get an instant valuation
Enter your reg. Motorway values your car using live market data, free of charge.
Build your car's profile and guide price
Motorway's app guides you through it, with AI-powered photo guidance helping you get every angle right. Once your car's condition, mileage and history are assessed, Motorway sets a realistic guide price so you know what to expect.
Dealers compete. You win
Your car enters the next daily auction. Thousands of verified dealers across the UK bid for it, and the highest offer is shown to you.
Collected, paid, done
The winning dealer arranges collection from your home. Payment is sent to your account via Motorway Pay before the car is driven away.
Why sell with Motorway?
Motorway is trusted by hundreds of thousands of UK drivers because it combines the highest price with speed, security and transparency. Independent automotive research firm AIM Group described Motorway's single-focus strategy as placing it in a "strong position" in the UK consumer-to-dealer market, citing its integrated payment and transport, AI profiling, and vehicle description quality as competitive strengths.
You get more for your car
- £1,600 more on average than part exchange*
- 84% of cars sell for more than market price**
- 8,000+ verified dealers, more than two-thirds of the UK market
- Daily auctions, 7 days a week including weekends
Fast, simple and stress-free
- Profile your car in around 30 minutes
- AI photo guidance helps you get it right first time
- Motorway Move: free, vetted home collection service
- Payment sent before your car leaves the driveway***
Secure and properly regulated
- Motorway Pay is FCA-authorised, processed by Modulr
- Over £10 billion paid to sellers via Motorway Pay since May 2023
- All 8,000+ dealers fully vetted before they can bid
- Finance, negative equity and payment handled in one transaction
Real support, every step
- UK customer support team by phone and live chat
- Finance settlement handled start to finish
- Dedicated bereavement service for selling on behalf of a loved one
- Rated 'Excellent' with 100,000+ Trustpilot reviews
Motorway vs other ways to sell your car
Motorway, Carwow, Auto Trader and We Buy Any Car all offer different routes to sell. The table below shows how Motorway compares on price uplift, dealer network, cost to sell, and collection, using publicly verifiable claims and methodology from each platform's own sources.
| Compared on | Motorway | Carwow | Auto Trader | We Buy Any Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price uplift vs part exchange | £1,600 more on average* | £1,040 more on average (May 2025 survey, 106 sellers) | Not publicly stated | Not publicly stated |
| Sellers beating market price | 84% sold above market price** | Not publicly stated | Not publicly stated | Not publicly stated |
| Dealer network | 8,000+ verified dealers (around two-thirds of UK market) | 6,000+ dealers | 12,000+ dealers across wider marketplace (not specific to auction) | None (single buyer) |
| Cost to list | Free | Free | Private: £18.95 to £45.95 per listing. Auction route: free. | Free (direct buyer) |
| Cost to sell | Tiered service fee, free under £1,000, max £99.99. No sale, no fee. | No service fee | Private: in listing cost. Auction: free. | Tiered fee, £0 to £124.99 depending on sale price |
| Collection | Free home collection (Motorway Move) | Home collection | Private: not guaranteed. Auction: home collection. | Drop-off at branch |
| Payment | Motorway Pay (FCA-authorised); £10bn+ processed since May 2023 | Carwow Wallet (launched early 2025); approaching £100m by July 2025 | Varies by route | Direct transfer |
Worth knowing: Cross-listing the same car on multiple platforms in the same week often loses sellers money. Dealers spot duplicate registrations across platforms and discount their bids to account for completion risk, so a single, well-built listing usually achieves the best result.
How Motorway's service fee works
Motorway is free to list. A service fee is only payable once your car is collected and the sale is complete, so it is no sale, no fee. The fee is tiered by final sale price and averages around 0.5% of the sale value. You see an estimate when you receive your free valuation and again when you list your car.
| Final sale price | Motorway service fee |
|---|---|
| Up to £1,000 | Free |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | £29.99 |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | £49.99 |
| £10,000 to £19,999 | £79.99 |
| £20,000 and over | £99.99 |
Worked example
- Part-exchange offer: £13,400
- Motorway sale price: £15,000 (sellers get £1,600 more on average*)
- Extra cash from Motorway: £1,600
- Motorway service fee at this price tier: £79.99
- You still take home £1,520 more than the part-exchange offer.
Selling a car on finance? Motorway handles it for you
If your current car is on Hire Purchase (HP) or PCP, Motorway settles the outstanding finance directly with your lender using the sale price. No paperwork, no chasing, no admin. Motorway Pay clears finance, manages any negative equity, and transfers your payment in a single secure transaction, in seconds.
How finance settlement works
- Request a settlement letter from your finance provider.
- Motorway uses the agreed sale price to clear your outstanding balance directly with the lender.
- Any negative equity is handled inside the same transaction, with no separate top-up payment needed.
- Remaining sale proceeds are paid straight to your bank account.
Backed by Motorway Pay
Motorway Pay is Motorway's in-house payment system, processed by FCA-authorised Modulr. Since launch in May 2023, it has paid over £10 billion to UK car sellers.
Whether your car is owned outright or financed, the whole transaction (lender settlement, equity, and your payment) runs through one secure flow.
Trusted by hundreds of thousands of UK sellers
Motorway has sold over 750,000 cars since launch, with a car selling on the platform every two minutes. The service is rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot with more than 100,000 reviews, and recommended by the UK's leading comparison and motoring partners.
"Motorway's single-focus strategy places it in a strong position in the UK consumer-to-dealer market, with integrated payment and transport, AI profiling capabilities, and vehicle description quality among its competitive strengths."
AIM Group, independent automotive marketplace research (February 2025)
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Frequently asked questions
* On average, Motorway sellers got £1,600 more for their vehicle vs the part-exchange offer they were given. Based on a customer survey in April 2026 of 589 sellers who both sold via Motorway and received a viable part-exchange valuation. Source: motorway.co.uk/claims.
** 84% of Motorway sellers sold their vehicle for more than the average market price valuation between January 2020 and November 2025, validated against two leading independent market pricing guides. Full methodology at motorway.co.uk/claims.
*** Based on Motorway Pay transactions.
