Compare cash for cars offers, sell for more.

Why compare cash for cars offers across multiple wreckers?

Selling a car to a wrecker the old way is broken. You phone five cash for cars companies and get five wildly different quotes — sometimes triple the difference for the same car. You commit to the first one, only to find out later you could have got $1,000 more if you'd called one extra wrecker. And the worst offenders quote one price on the phone, then knock it down at pickup hoping you'll just take the lower offer to avoid the hassle.

Compare Cash For Cars fixes this by making NZ wreckers compete for your car in a single place. Instead of you phoning each one separately, you submit your details once and the wreckers come to you. Because they know other wreckers are bidding against them, they have to put their best cash offer forward — or they lose the sale to someone else.

That's why sellers using Compare Cash For Cars typically receive 20–40% more than they would have from a single wrecker. It's the same car, the same wreckers — just a smarter way of finding the right buyer.

What cars do NZ wreckers buy?

The wreckers on our network buy virtually any vehicle, regardless of condition:

• Cars that don't run — failed WOFs, dead batteries, blown engines, broken transmissions
• Old cars — anything pre-2010 is in high demand for parts and scrap value
• Damaged cars — crash damage, water damage, fire damage, vandalism
• Written-off cars — insurance write-offs, deregistered vehicles, statutory write-offs
• Japanese imports — Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi are always in demand
• Australian cars — Holden, Ford Falcon, Commodore
• European cars — BMW, Mercedes, Audi, VW (specialist wreckers pay premium for parts)
• Vans, utes, and 4WDs — Hilux, Ranger, Hiace, Land Cruiser, Pajero
• Cars on finance — yes, even with money still owing (extra paperwork required)

If your car is unusually new or in pristine condition, you might get more money selling privately on Trade Me. Compare Cash For Cars is most valuable for vehicles that are old, damaged, dead, or simply not worth the time and stress of a private sale.

How much is your car worth in cash?

Cash for cars prices in NZ depend on five main factors:

1. Make and model — Japanese cars like Toyota and Mazda have higher scrap and parts value
2. Year and mileage — newer cars with lower mileage fetch more, even if they don't run
3. Condition — running cars sell for more than non-runners, but non-runners still have real value
4. Completeness — cars with all their parts (engine, seats, panels) get higher quotes than stripped ones
5. Location — wreckers in major NZ cities can pay more because pickup is cheaper and demand is higher

Typical cash for cars prices in NZ range from $200 for a stripped non-runner to $8,000+ for a tidy late-model Japanese import. The only honest way to find out your car's value is to submit it and let multiple wreckers quote on it. That's exactly what Compare Cash For Cars does — for free.

Where do we operate in New Zealand?

We have verified wreckers across all major NZ regions:

• Cash for cars Auckland — verified wreckers across all suburbs
• Cash for cars Wellington — covering Wellington City, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kapiti
• Cash for cars Christchurch — wreckers across Canterbury
• Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin, Palmerston North, Napier-Hastings, Nelson, Rotorua, New Plymouth — coverage in all major centres