Autotrader - Shop & Buy Cars

Name: Autotrader - Shop & Buy Cars
Rating: 4.7 (334708 reviews)
Author: Autotrader.com, Inc

Search New and Used Vehicles

Free

335K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Shopping
Developer

Autotrader.com, Inc
Language

EN
English
Size

129.7
MB

Autotrader is the best app for buying new and used cars or finding the best deals near you. Use filtered searches to find your next car when you download today! Welcome to Autotrader – your ultimate car buying solution. With thousands of dealers and private sellers in our network and millions of cars to choose from, you can seamlessly find cars in your price range in just a few clicks. FIND THE RIGHT CAR FOR YOU - Guarantee that the car price is fair with Kelley Blue Book® Price Advisor on every Autotrader Dealer listing. - Estimate your future car payment. - Access comprehensive car buying and selling tips. - Get vehicle pricing and discover seller discounts. - See car safety information and vehicle reports. - View our competitive financing options. - Explore the best deals on new and used cars or trucks near you. - Browse detailed listings and comprehensive vehicle history reports so that you can purchase vehicles with confidence. With millions of cars to choose from you are sure to find your perfect ride. Download today to buy your next car! AUTOTRADER APP FEATURES: BUY NEW AND USED CARS - Be as specific as you need and let our AI powered search filters do the work for a seamless car shopping experience. - Create a free "My Autotrader" account to add your favorite cars and searches to your watchlist. - Pick up where you left off while car shopping in-app or online. - Get recommendations based on features you care about. - Search by keyword to find specific cars near you that meet your needs. - Sign up for alerts on price drops and get notified when new listings that match your search criteria are added. - Find the best deal as you buy cars: Look for the Good Price or Great Price green badge in the top right corner of the listing. - Can't find it today? Add a search criteria and we will let you know when vehicles that meet your criteria are added to our list of vehicles. - Get Vehicle History Reports (when available) along your search. - Delivery door feature: Vehicles can be shipped to your front door. CAR SHOPPING EXPERIENCE - Share cars with friends and family via email or text. - Contact a seller by phone, text, or email directly from a vehicle listing. - Schedule test drives right from the app. - Find vehicles in your budget and know what you’ll pay before you buy. - Receive personalized recommendations. Our mission at Autotrader is to be your ultimate online solution for buying and selling new, certified and used cars. For classic cars (1990 and older), please visit Autotrader Classics at https://classics.autotrader.com/

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

335K Ratings

Scam proof sale
12/20/2023

Realst88
I am a Realtor who is more than familiar with scams. I don’t trust wires or even certified checks. I don’t trust anyone when it comes to selling a car, but I do trust auto trader. Let me tell you this is a flawless way to sell a car. Autotrader gets the money from a potential buyer and holds it in an escrow account so the funds are verified before you ever meet the buyer. When the buyer comes to test drive the car they arrive with a paper license plate should they buy the car. You just have to remove your plate. Once the buyer agrees to buy your car, they just log into the auto trader account and press “take possession” and that’s it. Money hits your account in a day or two. After that, Auto Trader sends you a envelope with instructions and pre paid envelope to send back your title and whatnot. This is an extra layer of protection. By the time you get your envelope from Autotrader you should have long received your payment and they don’t technically own the car until the title has been signed. The fees are also minimal and very fair. I just sold two cars in the past two months and I am thrilled with my experiences. You should not exchange phone numbers prior to agreeing to test drive. Meet somewhere public not at your home. Police station is perfect. I bring “protection.” To be safe. Autotrader verifies real people by having them upload pictures of their license. They will warn you of potential scammers. The only chance of getting scammed is selling your car off of the auto trader platform so stick to it! Do I sound paranoid? Yep and anyone else that sold on Craigslist will be as well. Hope this all helps
Scam proof sale
12/20/2023

Realst88

I am a Realtor who is more than familiar with scams. I don’t trust wires or even certified checks. I don’t trust anyone when it comes to selling a car, but I do trust auto trader. Let me tell you this is a flawless way to sell a car. Autotrader gets the money from a potential buyer and holds it in an escrow account so the funds are verified before you ever meet the buyer. When the buyer comes to test drive the car they arrive with a paper license plate should they buy the car. You just have to remove your plate. Once the buyer agrees to buy your car, they just log into the auto trader account and press “take possession” and that’s it. Money hits your account in a day or two. After that, Auto Trader sends you a envelope with instructions and pre paid envelope to send back your title and whatnot. This is an extra layer of protection. By the time you get your envelope from Autotrader you should have long received your payment and they don’t technically own the car until the title has been signed. The fees are also minimal and very fair. I just sold two cars in the past two months and I am thrilled with my experiences. You should not exchange phone numbers prior to agreeing to test drive. Meet somewhere public not at your home. Police station is perfect. I bring “protection.” To be safe. Autotrader verifies real people by having them upload pictures of their license. They will warn you of potential scammers. The only chance of getting scammed is selling your car off of the auto trader platform so stick to it! Do I sound paranoid? Yep and anyone else that sold on Craigslist will be as well. Hope this all helps
Glitchy, Poor results and too Expensive
11/17/2018

Peter the car buyer
I have been using Autotrader for years. The last few times I have used it not only is it glitchy and freeze up, but the quality of the results were not inclusive of many many other results found on other competing websites. Step it up or I will start my car searches where the results can be found. I have also sold a few cars on Autotrader. The last time I TRIED to sell a car I was SHOCKED how expensive it was. Tried it for a few weeks with only a few calls, all tire kickers. I put the same car on another site after a few weeks on Autotrader and we had ten calls in two days and the car was sold within a week. So, again poor results. Autotrader needs to lower the cost to list a car to solve their two biggest problems. 1)Not enough listings 2)because it’s to expensive to list a vehicle. Look, I think Autotrader has been the goto in car searches/selling over the years, but they got too big for their britches! Come back to reality Autotrader and realize you are getting your clocks cleaned cause you got greedy.......
Glitchy, Poor results and too Expensive
11/17/2018

Peter the car buyer

I have been using Autotrader for years. The last few times I have used it not only is it glitchy and freeze up, but the quality of the results were not inclusive of many many other results found on other competing websites. Step it up or I will start my car searches where the results can be found. I have also sold a few cars on Autotrader. The last time I TRIED to sell a car I was SHOCKED how expensive it was. Tried it for a few weeks with only a few calls, all tire kickers. I put the same car on another site after a few weeks on Autotrader and we had ten calls in two days and the car was sold within a week. So, again poor results. Autotrader needs to lower the cost to list a car to solve their two biggest problems. 1)Not enough listings 2)because it’s to expensive to list a vehicle. Look, I think Autotrader has been the goto in car searches/selling over the years, but they got too big for their britches! Come back to reality Autotrader and realize you are getting your clocks cleaned cause you got greedy.......
Trashed
03/07/2022

Aaron102332
The developers have been destroying the app with each update over the years, to the point where it’s unusable now. I have been a longtime user of Autotrader and have been using it for over 5 years. The old app was the best. When they started to modernize the app, each update introduced new bugs and annoyances. The most recent update that introduced a new interface and a type search feature is the absolute worst thing. It was easy to tap make and model in the old app as it was front and center, but now it’s the search bar. The search bar does not recognize some very common models. For example, I type “S550” it brings up every Mercedes model except for the S550. If you do manage to find what you're looking for, when you apply the filter sometimes it doesn’t work, it shows the entire brand instead of what model you’re looking for. The app has had issues with it logging you out of your account for OVER A YEAR! How ridiculous is that? The newest issue is that, if you do manage to stay logged in, it won’t save cars that you want to save. Instead, it will give you an error. What’s also new is that if you tap on a vehicle to open the listing, it will show a blank screen. The app is literally unusable, in addition to showing us showing ads for this ridiculous performance, the developers and the company as a whole should be ashamed.

Developer Response
Dear Aaron, We appreciate you bringing this experience to our attention. The Autotrader team will look into this issue to make your next visit more enjoyable.
Trashed
03/07/2022

Aaron102332

The developers have been destroying the app with each update over the years, to the point where it’s unusable now. I have been a longtime user of Autotrader and have been using it for over 5 years. The old app was the best. When they started to modernize the app, each update introduced new bugs and annoyances. The most recent update that introduced a new interface and a type search feature is the absolute worst thing. It was easy to tap make and model in the old app as it was front and center, but now it’s the search bar. The search bar does not recognize some very common models. For example, I type “S550” it brings up every Mercedes model except for the S550. If you do manage to find what you're looking for, when you apply the filter sometimes it doesn’t work, it shows the entire brand instead of what model you’re looking for. The app has had issues with it logging you out of your account for OVER A YEAR! How ridiculous is that? The newest issue is that, if you do manage to stay logged in, it won’t save cars that you want to save. Instead, it will give you an error. What’s also new is that if you tap on a vehicle to open the listing, it will show a blank screen. The app is literally unusable, in addition to showing us showing ads for this ridiculous performance, the developers and the company as a whole should be ashamed.
Developer Response 03/09/2022
Dear Aaron, We appreciate you bringing this experience to our attention. The Autotrader team will look into this issue to make your next visit more enjoyable.
An Unfortunate Descent Into Chaos
01/12/2023

SoCal CarGuy00
It deeply saddens me to write this review. After consistently providing in depth feedback via the surveys that used to pop up for years; I have been reduced to an App Store reviewer whereas I doubt the team will truly read each one of these reviews. The app is simply beyond use at this point, and an experience as mine is apparently relatively common nowadays. I have used old tactics that used to work to revive the utility of the application (i.e. deleting and reinstalling, clearing the data from my device in between installations) without success. I am not someone who uses many apps on a daily basis but Autotrader has always been a personal favorite of mine considering my lifelong affinity for automobiles as both an industry member and a buyer myself. In the case that my review be read by the team:Please do make a serious attempt at increasing the stability and hence utility of searching on the application, even at the expense of removing alternative features temporarily; it would appear to me that a core line of business and viability of the advertising revenue is at stake.Thank you for your time and new users beware: the application is effectively useless at this time but please use the website in its absence and i’m sure very soon it will be in proper working order.

Developer Response
Thank you for taking a moment to send us your feedback. A dedicated member of the Autotrader team will be reviewing your input and working to incorporate it into our future app experience.
An Unfortunate Descent Into Chaos
01/12/2023

SoCal CarGuy00

It deeply saddens me to write this review. After consistently providing in depth feedback via the surveys that used to pop up for years; I have been reduced to an App Store reviewer whereas I doubt the team will truly read each one of these reviews. The app is simply beyond use at this point, and an experience as mine is apparently relatively common nowadays. I have used old tactics that used to work to revive the utility of the application (i.e. deleting and reinstalling, clearing the data from my device in between installations) without success. I am not someone who uses many apps on a daily basis but Autotrader has always been a personal favorite of mine considering my lifelong affinity for automobiles as both an industry member and a buyer myself. In the case that my review be read by the team:Please do make a serious attempt at increasing the stability and hence utility of searching on the application, even at the expense of removing alternative features temporarily; it would appear to me that a core line of business and viability of the advertising revenue is at stake.Thank you for your time and new users beware: the application is effectively useless at this time but please use the website in its absence and i’m sure very soon it will be in proper working order.
Developer Response 01/19/2023
Thank you for taking a moment to send us your feedback. A dedicated member of the Autotrader team will be reviewing your input and working to incorporate it into our future app experience.

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Seller: Autotrader.com, Inc
Size: 129.7 MB
Category: Shopping
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

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Languages: English
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