Vehicle Sourcing Service: We Find and Check the Car

Our dedicated sourcing service: for €299, we spearhead the complete search for you. We search the market, contact dealerships and verify vehicles on your behalf. We can also negotiate the price for you.

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What’s included

Our dedicated sourcing service: for €299, we spearhead the complete search for you. We search the market, contact dealerships and verify vehicles on your behalf. We can also negotiate the price for you.

  • We search and send you 10–15 listings
  • You choose your top 5 and we contact all 5 dealerships
  • 1 VIN check and vehicle history for your most preferred vehicle (€20 for each additional VIN check)
  • Research on each car
  • Check the dealerships’ reviews
  • Explain the CarTurf process to each dealership
  • Ask about each vehicle’s condition and any open questions
  • Verify the maintenance history
  • Sales assistance

Included: 1 VIN check for your most preferred vehicle. Further VIN checks are €20 per vehicle.

Not auction access: the Vehicle Sourcing Service is different from getting access to dealer-only auctions. Auction sourcing is a separate service at €750 + 4% of the net vehicle price; see our pricing page.

Want to see what we already have for sale? Browse cars for sale in our marketplace.

How it works

How the Vehicle Sourcing Service works

We can also negotiate the price for you.

  • 1. First meeting

    You tell us what kind of car you are looking for.

  • 2. We search and send you 10–15 listings

    We search the market and send you a selection of 10–15 listings.

  • 3. You choose your top 5

    You pick the five cars you like most.

  • 4. We contact all 5 dealerships

    We research each car, check the dealerships’ reviews, explain the CarTurf process, ask about the condition and open questions, verify the maintenance history and run a VIN check for your most preferred vehicle.

  • 5. We report back and help you buy

    We tell you what we found. If you want, we negotiate the price for you, and we assist you with the purchase.

Who it’s for

  • You have not found a car yet and do not want to search the listings yourself.
  • You want someone to contact the dealerships and check the cars for you.
  • You would like us to negotiate the price on your behalf.

Prefer to search yourself first? Our mobile.de guide shows how.

Price

Vehicle Sourcing Service: €299 per search

What you pay for this service.

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Vehicle Sourcing Service

Our dedicated sourcing service: for €299, we spearhead the complete search for you. We search the market, contact dealerships and verify vehicles on your behalf. We can also negotiate the price for you.

  • Sourcing

    €299

    per search

  • Additional VIN check

    €20

    per vehicle

  • Price negotiation (optional)

    50%

    of the amount saved

Optional price negotiation

Any customer can book our optional price negotiation, with or without another CarTurf service. If we get the price down, our fee is 50% of the amount taken off. Example: we lower the price by €1,000, you save €500 and pay us €500. If nothing is saved, there is no negotiation fee. Read more in our guide to negotiating a used car price in Germany.
FAQ

FAQ

€299 per search. One VIN check for your most preferred vehicle is included; each additional VIN check is €20 per vehicle.

We search the market and send you 10–15 listings. You choose your top 5 and we contact all 5 dealerships.

Negotiation is optional. If we get the price down, our fee is 50% of the amount taken off. Example: we lower the price by €1,000, you save €500 and pay us €500. If nothing is saved, there is no fee.

No. With the Vehicle Sourcing Service we spearhead the complete search for you. That is different from getting access to dealer-only auctions: auction sourcing is a separate service at €750 + 4% of the net vehicle price, listed on our pricing page.

No. Registration is a separate service. See registering a car in Europe and our pricing page.

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