Frequently asked questions

It depends on the market, and every price says which. By market convention, list prices in the United States and Canada exclude sales tax, while list prices in the other markets include VAT or GST. The source of our first prices does not state a tax status, so we apply that convention and note it on the price. Nothing is adjusted, so keep the tax column in mind when you compare prices between countries. The methodology page explains how prices are treated.

A list price is the price a source publishes for a car, before any negotiation. It is not an offer, and what you pay at a dealer can differ. Each price on CarPairly shows the date we checked it and a link to its source, so you can see how current it is. Australian prices also note that on-road costs are not stated. See list price in the glossary for how the term is used.

A price shows the date its source recorded it, not today's date. The OpenEV prices are list prices for model years before 2026, and the note beside a price names the model year. When we get a newer price, it closes the old one and starts a new one, because prices are never overwritten. Check the date next to a price before you rely on it. The data sources page explains how these prices are shown.

We show a price only when a source gives us one for that market. If we have none, the page hides the price or says that no price is listed. We never show a missing value as zero. Prices come from public datasets and from our team, who enter them by hand with a source link, and we do not scrape dealers or manufacturers. How to use CarPairly shows where prices appear on a car page.

Our running-cost tools use only sourced assumptions for energy prices and ownership costs. Each value shows its source and check date, and the tools ask for your own value when none is stored. The methodology page explains how the calculations work.

A range figure names the test it comes from, WLTP or EPA. These are different laboratory tests, so compare like with like, and expect less than the lab figure on a cold motorway drive. We store the two kinds of figure separately and never merge them into one column. The glossary explains WLTP and the EPA test cycle.

We show the test cycles that a car's source record provides. A record with a WLTP figure has WLTP, one with an EPA figure has EPA, and a record with both has both stored. Figures from older test cycles, such as NEDC, are not stored. When a source gives the same cycle twice with different values, we keep no value for that cycle. The methodology page covers specifications and units.

It is usable capacity, the part of the battery you can actually use. If a source gives only a gross figure, we do not substitute it. The two numbers differ, so do not compare ours with a manufacturer's headline gross figure. The glossary explains usable battery capacity.

If a source has no value for a field, we hide it rather than show a dash or a zero. Cargo volume is the most common gap in the open data we use, and where we do have it, the source does not state the measurement method. Not every record has every field. The data sources page names where each kind of figure comes from.

The open dataset we use has no size class, so where we show one, we derive it from the car's body length using fixed bands. Those bands are our own rule, not an industry standard, so another site may class the same car differently. The length itself comes from the source record. The methodology page has the details.

The range tool opens only when sourced temperature and speed factors exist in the database. Until at least one factor of each kind is stored, the tool stays closed rather than estimating from unverified numbers. See the real-world range tool.

Each price is stored in its own market's currency. Where we have a rate, we can show it in another currency using the latest European Central Bank reference rate on or before the display date, with cross rates going through the euro. A converted amount carries the sign ≈ and the date of the rate, and it is never stored. The data sources page has the details.

Treat it as an approximation. The European Central Bank publishes its reference rates for information only and says they should not be used for transactions. Your bank or card provider applies its own rate. The price in the car's own market and currency is the one the source published, and it is the one to check against the source link and date. The data sources page explains the rates.

Measurements follow your market. The United States shows miles and mpg (US), the United Kingdom shows miles and mpg (UK), and the other markets show kilometers and L/100 km. Electric efficiency is kWh/100 mi in the US, mi/kWh in the UK and kWh/100 km elsewhere. Dimensions show millimeters, with inches in parentheses in the US and UK. We store everything in metric units and convert only for display. The methodology page has the details.

Use the Market menu in the header. Prices switch to that market's currency and measurements to its units, without reloading the page. Your choice is saved in your browser only, not on our side. If you have not chosen, we guess a market and otherwise start with the United States. Without JavaScript the menu is hidden and you see United States prices. How to use CarPairly walks through it.

Electric car specifications and some list prices come from OpenEV Data, an open dataset published under the CDLA-Permissive-2.0 license. Gas and diesel cars are entered by hand from the manufacturers' pages, each with a source link and a check date. Exchange rates come from the European Central Bank. Other prices are entered by our team by hand, also with a source link and a check date. We do not scrape dealers, manufacturers or competitors. The data sources page lists each source and its terms.

Yes. CarPairly compares electric and gas cars side by side: the catalog has electric cars from OpenEV Data and gas and diesel cars entered by hand from manufacturer pages, each with its source and check date. On CarPairly, gas cars means combustion, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and diesel cars. The data sources page names the sources.

We have not independently verified every figure. Each record in our main dataset lists its own sources, such as manufacturer pages, press material, regulatory filings and community contributions, and every price and specification on CarPairly shows its source. If an automated feed sends a number that differs by more than 30% from the stored one, we hold it for a person to review. See the methodology page.

Each price shows the date we checked it, and each specification names its source. The first catalog is loaded from a release file of an open dataset that we download by hand, not from an automatic feed. That release covers model years 2023 to 2025 and has no 2026 models, so a price can be older than you expect. Exchange rates are shown with their own date. See the data sources page.

If you spot a wrong price or specification, send us a message on the contact page. The form asks for your name, email address, a subject and a message.

If you believe content on CarPairly infringes your rights, send a request through the takedown page. The form asks for the page address, your claim type, a description and your contact details. A person reviews every request and replies to the address you give.