Know what the car is worth here and now.
Trim, mileage, ZIP, seller type, and live comparables shape the range — not a generic national average. Same inputs always produce the same score.
What's included
One Deal Report. Three tools to back it up. Free right now.
A VIN is enough to start. The Deal Report prices the car against live local comps and ends in one verdict — Buy, Negotiate, or Walk — with the numbers to take to the dealer. History Analyzer, Model Desk, and My Garage back it up. Prefer a walkthrough? Watch the ~2-minute tutorial →
Find the reason to inspect — or walk.
Upload a CARFAX or AutoCheck. Title brands, odometer math, gaps, and seller questions come back with page citations. AI never sets the result.
Start with the model, then score the VIN.
Model guides for the cars buyers cross-shop, plus Community Wisdom: praise, complaints, and repair themes owners repeat for the exact year/make/model.
Price the listing against live local comps — then leave with a verdict and three numbers.
The Deal Report is for anyone mid-hunt: you’ve found a car online or on the lot, and you need to know whether the ask is fair before you fall in love with the paint. Enter the VIN and asking price. CarmaDeal decodes the identity, builds a local comparable pool, and returns a 0–100 Deal Score and one verdict — Buy, Negotiate, or Walk — that is the same every time the inputs match.
- Fair-buy range anchored to exact-trim comps — not a national average.
- Target offer, agreement band, and walk-away printed for the desk conversation.
- Recalls, ownership-cost estimate, and inspection prompts on the same report.
Who it’s for: shoppers comparing two or three serious candidates, or anyone about to drive across town for a “deal.” Who it’s not for: dealers ranking inventory or anyone looking for a sponsored verdict — CarmaDeal doesn’t sell placements.
Read the CARFAX or AutoCheck the way an analyst would.
History Analyzer is for the moment the seller says “it’s clean.” Upload the PDF or paste the report text. Deterministic rules — not a chatbot opinion — check title brands, walk the odometer table for rollbacks and gaps, grade accident language, classify maintenance evidence, and verify the report’s VIN against the listing.
- Risk level plus an evidence-confidence score for the report itself.
- Seller questions pre-written for this specific car.
- Print-ready inspection work order with page citations for every finding.
Who it’s for: buyers who already have paperwork in hand, or anyone who wants the report interrogated before a $150 PPI. Pair it with the Deal Report so price and history have to agree before money moves.
Owner patterns the listing never mentions.
Model Desk is for the year/make/model decision — before or alongside a specific VIN. Browse model guides and compare two cars on the hub, then open Community Wisdom for praise themes, complaint clusters, and repair patterns drawn from owner discussions, with methodology you can inspect. It’s leverage for the PPI and the negotiation, not a substitute for either.
- What long-term owners celebrate and what they warn about on this exact model.
- Issue themes ranked so you know what to ask the mechanic to pressure-test.
- Saved beside Deal Reports and history analyses once you’re signed in.
Who it’s for: cross-shoppers deciding between two trims or two badges, and buyers who want “what breaks on these?” answered before the test drive — not after the first repair bill.
One place for the cars you’re still deciding on.
My Garage is the third tool: a free account that keeps Deal Reports, history analyses, and Community Wisdom lookups on the same vehicle record so Saturday’s shortlist doesn’t scatter across browser tabs. Sign in, save what you run, come back when the seller sends a new CARFAX or drops the price.
- Saved vehicles with the latest score and history findings side by side.
- A shortlist you can reopen on your phone at the dealership.
- No credit card — create an account when you’re ready to keep the file.
Who it’s for: anyone juggling more than one serious candidate, or buyers who want the negotiation file intact when they walk into the store.
CarmaDeal is free right now. No credit card. If we ever charge, this page will say so first.
Start with a VIN, decode the history when the paperwork arrives, check what owners say about the model, and keep the file in My Garage until you sign — or walk.
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