KAR Auto Research

Your shortlist in about 2 minutes

Which car to buy, properly researched

Answer about 2 minutes of questions. KAR checks every car against all of your answers, ranks them for the way you will use the car, and no brand, dealer or advertiser can pay to change the order.

  • €25,000
  • family
  • SUV
  • Greece

Top pick for you

Dacia Duster

1.0 ECO-G 100 (petrol/LPG bi-fuel) · used · 2024–2025

Indicative price
€18,000 – €25,000
Euro NCAP
3 stars, 2024
Fuel use
7.3 L/100km

Good reliability record, which matters to you

Get a result for your own brief

Example result · October 2026

Alternative 1Toyota Yaris Cross€20,500 – €24,500

Alternative 2Škoda Karoq€20,500 – €25,000

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Five questions, no email. The quick match scores your answers against a fixed set of cars sold across Europe and, if you pick Greece, adds KAR's own estimates for resale, servicing and road tax. You get three picks with the reasons behind each, and can take the same answers into Find My Car, still without an account.

The full brief goes further

  • Prices for your market, each labelled with where the figure came from
  • Euro NCAP results and assistance systems, car by car
  • Road tax, fuel and charging worked out from dated tables
  • Strengths and compromises, stated as plainly as each other
  • Saved to your shortlist and research history, with a free account, when you want to keep it
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Give us a few details about the car you need. See how KAR thinks before you create an account.

5 questions · no email, no password, no account

Your research desk is ready.

You are signed in, so go straight to the full brief, with your garage, shortlist and history attached.

Find My Car

About 2 minutes of questions · every car checked against all of your answers

Quick match: five answers scored against a fixed set of cars sold across Europe. Find My Car asks the rest of your brief and checks every pick against all of it, with each price labelled by source and date.

Every car arrives evaluated.

This is a real Find My Car result, unedited: the brief below, run through KAR's car data. Your own report is ranked the same way, on your answers.

01Top pick for you

Researched for your brief:

Family SUV, €25,000, Greece

  • €25,000
  • new or used
  • family
  • 8,000–15,000 km/year
  • 5+ seats
  • SUV
  • Greece

How easy your brief is to match: 100% · Easy to match

This rates your answers, not the cars: how many real options they leave open. Every car is still checked against all of them.

Example result · prices are typical ranges from KAR's car data, dated October 2026

Dacia Duster

1.0 ECO-G 100 (petrol/LPG bi-fuel) · used · 2024–2025

Price
€18,000 – €25,000
Euro NCAP
3 stars, 2024
Boot
472 L
Gearbox
manual

Fuel: petrol/LPG · 7.3 L/100km

Why it fits this brief

  • €18,000–€25,000, well matched to your €25,000 budget
  • Good reliability record, which matters to you
  • The SUV body you chose

Watch out for

Top versions cost more than €25,000: stay with the lower trims

In Greece

Sold and serviced through Renault's Greek network, with some of the lowest parts costs on the market.

Also in this report

  1. 02 Alternative 1 Toyota Yaris Cross 1.5 Hybrid 116 hp €20,500 – €24,500 · Excellent reliability record, which matters to you
  2. 03 Alternative 2 Škoda Karoq 2.0 TDI 116 hp €20,500 – €25,000 · Family-friendly: 521 L boot and roomy rear seats

Five stages, every brief.

Nothing is skipped because a brand paid for it, and no one can pay to appear in a KAR recommendation.

  1. Brief

    You answer about 2 minutes of questions. No jargon, no dealer calls, no phone number.

    Budget · body type · annual km · passengers · deal-breakers

  2. Research

    KAR narrows to the models that can actually meet the brief, then goes after the numbers behind them.

    Trims · price ranges with their source · Euro NCAP · consumption

  3. Analysis

    Every candidate goes through the same checks, so the comparison is like for like rather than brochure against brochure.

    Running costs from dated tables · safety · practicality

  4. Recommendation

    A top pick and alternatives, each with the reasons that put it there, not a ranked list with no explanation.

    Top pick · alternatives · why each fits · what to watch

  5. Decision

    Put the finalists side by side, run the ownership costs, ask follow-up questions, keep what survives.

    Compare · cost of ownership · Ask KAR · shortlist · garage

Why not just ask a chatbot?

A chatbot can talk about any car. KAR does one job: it asks for what matters to you, checks every car against all of it, and answers to no one else.

How a general AI chatbot compares with KAR Auto Research
Criterion General AI chatbot KAR Auto Research
Your must-havesFollowed when you think to state them, for as long as the chat keeps them in viewAsked for up front, then checked against every car: budget, seats, fuel, gearbox, body, new or used
Who it is ranked forA general answer for anyone asking something similarYou: your use, your kilometres and what matters most to you, with Greek road tax and running costs
Who decides the orderThe model, from whatever it has readOnly your answers: no ads, no paid placements, no money from brands or dealers
Where the figures come fromSeldom saidEvery price and spec says where it came from and when

No one can pay to appear in a KAR recommendation or to move up in one. Here is how we are funded instead.

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Buying guides, safety readings and ownership costs for the European market, written to end in a decision.

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Paid placements
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One short brief, then prices, safety results and running costs read for you, with every pick explained. Accessories too, matched to the car you already own.