About Finding Car Comparison Sites

Finding a car comparison site can be difficult. On the Internet car comparisons are dominated by car insurance comparison websites who have massive advertising budgets. As you can see on your TV.

When someone buys a car their interest in making a car comparison may last for about 12 weeks and then it's forgotten after they buy a car. It's not revisited for many years until it's time to change. Car insurance has to be renewed annually and shopping for the best price is a must. There are significant savings to be made.

Car comparisons made by manufacturers are limited to comparing their own trim and engine options for a particular model. For example a comfort or sport trim, petrol or diesel, manual or automatic.

Most independent car comparison sites compare equipment levels. This distracts from the fundamental features of cars which determine satisfaction.

Over on carbuyersinfo we compare cars of similar size and style. By that I mean, small to large MPV cars small to large hatchbacks and saloon, or small to large 4x4s.

We think a cars dimensions and capacities are important because they determine versatility and how well a car will fit your lifestyle. Size matters. So does style - hatchback, estate, MPV, 4x4 etc. Interior capacities give you an indication the size will fit. You have to see for yourself, how well the interior is thought out.

What's interesting, is you'll find overall exterior dimensions are not always an indicator of interior capacities. Space can be sacrificed for a sleek appearance.

Having compared size and style we move onto performance and economy. This deserves some time in making comparisons. Say you were looking for the best estate car to buy. Today overall size is not necessarily an indication of economy. You can find very large estate cars returning similar mpg to small cars. Plus high performance.

Safety is still an issue. Be careful when it comes to all round visibility because it's important for perception and anticipation of hazards around you. ESP will become standard on cars at the end of 2011. We provide many links on carbuyersinfo to explain exactly what ESP is and what it does.

If you buy a car less than 5-star EuroNCAP rated without ESP then you're buying less than the safest cars available. Not a nice way of putting it, I know.

So if you can find carbuyersinfo amongst all the car insurance companies on the web you'll find we focus on car features, not equipment, when we make a car comparison.

Regards
Ralph