Sell your Toyota the Motorway way

Sell my Toyota

If you have a Toyota you’re looking to sell then do it the Motorway way! We make it quick and easy to find the best price for your car, and it’s all 100% free!

Selling your Toyota the Motorway way

Looking to sell but aren’t sure where to start, or who to sell to? Our dealer network is made up of over 5,000 verified dealers so you can find the best buyer for your Toyota in just a few phone taps. Here’s how:

1. Get your free valuation

   Our car valuations are instant, and all you need to get started is your reg and mileage. Our valuations aren’t just guesses or random numbers. We take real-time data from our own sales platform and from the wider industry and we calculate what your car is worth. That means we look at how cars just like yours have been selling to calculate a valuation that is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

2. Make a car profile

   Don’t worry, we’ve made it simple to create a car profile. We’ll ask you a few simple questions and you just have to answer them with a simple click or tap of your phone. Our questions cover everything dealers need to know about your car, so no need to worry about accidentally leaving out key details. What you shouldn’t leave out is any information about dents and scratches. Our dealers are highly experienced and they know used cars aren’t always flawless. Be truthful, if a flaw is hidden on your profile then your sale may fall through if the dealer discovers it later. We’ll need a few photos of your car and talk you through all the angles dealers need to see.

3. Sit back and wait

   And that’s it for everything you need to do! Yes, there’s no haggling and no negotiating, you don’t have to bargain with a single dealer, because we do all that for you. When your car is placed into an online sale, we alert dealers. If they like your car, they have to make their best offer, because other dealers might like it even more. Just like that, it’s become dealer vs. dealer and not dealer vs. seller. So, sit back, relax, and when the sale is over, we’ll be in touch to tell you the highest offer.

4. Have your car collected for free

   You highest offer will be sent to you to approve. If you do, the dealer will collect your car from your home completely free of charge. If you don’t approve or decide you don’t actually want to sell, that’s fine too! We never pressure you to sell if you don’t want to.

   The dealer will inspect your car when they come to collect it to make sure it matches your car profile. If everything is in order, they’ll pay you by secure bank transfer. Usually, funds appear in customer’s accounts within one working day, and often even the same day.

5. You’ve sold your Toyota!

   Ta-dah, it’s as easy as that! It’s the Motorway way.

What model of Toyota can Motorway help me sell?

Toyota has long been a popular model in the UK, so our dealers are sure to be interested in your vehicle, whatever the model. Here are just some of the Toyota models we could help you sell:

A bit about Toyota

Toyota is Japanese car brand founded in 1924 by Sakichi Toyoda. The brand’s headquarters is in Toyota city — the name is no coincidence, it was actually named after Toyota himself. The city officially changed its name from Koromo in 1956 to honour the car brand and its founder who had bought major employment and fame to the area. The Toyota Group is one of the largest conglomerates in the world with stakes in Subaru, Suzuki, Mazda, Yamaha Motor and Isuzu. The Toyota brand produces around 10 million vehicles a year.

Toyota’s first foray into vehicles was in 1933, when it was still operated as the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Sakichi Toyoda’s loom-making business. The brand unveiled their first car in 1935. Following these, the Toyota Motor Company was set up in its own right in 1937. The name ‘Toyota’ was not used on the original vehicles, instead being named after founder Toyoda. However, writing in a certain Japanese alphabet meant Toyota was written with eight brush stokes, considered a lucky number. It also read more clearly than Toyoda. As well as this, the literal meaning of Toyoda was ‘fertile rice paddy’ and the name change was seen as a deliberate move away from the imagery of farming and other old-fashioned trades. The brand received huge support from the government, which prevented foreign competitors such as Ford from importing their vehicles to Japan.

While WWII left the company severely damaged both in premises and workforce, the Korean war actually helped turn fortunes around when the US commissioned their military vehicles from the brand. In 1950, brand executives travelled to America to train under Ford which lead to the brand founding the Toyota Way which continues to shape the company’s culture. In the 50s, Toyota aimed for international expansion, exporting cars to Asia and Australia, and establishing a factory in Brazil in 1958. That same year, Toyota entered the American market, though initially did poorly.

The 1960s led to an invigorated economy in Japan, which led to greater demand for cars. It was during this period that the Toyota Corolla was unveiled, while the Toyota Corona was redesigned for America to once again take a stab at the US market. The car became one of the most imported cars to the US. By the 80s, the brand had established a base in the US. The Lexus was also announced in this decade.

In modern times, Toyota has business premises globally, including the UK, US, Thailand, Venezula, Canada, France, Mexico, and Russia.

Sell your Toyota

Thinking of selling? Our network of 5,000+ verified car dealers compete to give you their best price* for your Toyota.