Last reviewed 5 May 2026
The short version
CarSorted is a free car comparison and research platform for Australians. We stack any 2 to 4 cars side by side across 200+ specs — price, fuel economy, ANCAP safety, towing, EV range, charging speed, running costs — so you can pick the car that actually suits you.
The site currently covers 1,140+ variants across 342 models from 50 brands sold new in Australia. Every spec is sourced from the manufacturer Australian website, ANCAP, the Green Vehicle Guide, or other primary sources. Every car photo is a manufacturer press image (with credit) or an editorial photograph.
Editorial
CarSorted's reviews, comparisons and guides are produced by the CarSorted Editorial team. The site began in early 2026 in Melbourne, built to let Australian buyers put any two cars side by side without scrolling through 2,000 words of pre-roll copy or hitting a paywall.
Every model added to the database is verified against the manufacturer's official Australian configurator before publication. Our data sources and scoring approach are documented in detail on the methodology page.
For research questions, corrections, or just to say hi: support@carsorted.ai.
Why we built it
Buying a new or near-new car in Australia is genuinely confusing. Pricing varies by state. Specs vary by trim. Hybrid, PHEV, BEV, EREV — the powertrain alphabet soup alone takes 20 minutes to untangle. Most existing sites either bury the numbers behind 2,000 words of pre-roll copy or hide them behind paywalls. The few good comparison tools are built for journalists, not buyers.
We wanted one page that shows, for any two cars you're choosing between, the actual dollar and kilowatt numbers. So we built it.
How we keep things honest
- Rankings are built on the data. Every "Best X in Australia" list is based on the published specifications in our database, checked against the manufacturer's Australian site.
- No sponsored placements. A manufacturer or dealer cannot pay to change a ranking, a score or a verdict.
- Manufacturer-sourced imagery. Vehicle photographs are manufacturer press images (credited) or real editorial photos.
CarSorted is free to use. The plan is to cover costs via an optional pro-report upsell for buyers who want the full depreciation, running cost, and alternatives package in one downloadable PDF. The free side — comparison, articles, news — will always stay free.
Where our data comes from
Manufacturer Australian websites are the source of truth for pricing, dimensions, fuel economy, towing, transmission, drivetrain, equipment lists and warranty terms. We use the official AU configurator, brochure or spec PDF for every car in our database.
For safety we use ANCAP (ancap.com.au). For official Australian fuel economy and emissions we use the Green Vehicle Guide (gvg.gov.au). For ATO benchmarks we use infrastructure.gov.au. For resale value retention we use industry-standard sources like Glass's Guide and dealer auction data.
We don't use journalist articles or review-aggregator estimates as primary spec sources. They're great editorial reading but they go stale and aren't the manufacturer's official position. See Data Sources and Methodology for the full list and how every score is calculated.
Update cadence
- New model launches are added within 7 days of Australian announcement.
- Price changes are monitored monthly and on each major auto-show news cycle. Material price changes are updated the same day they are confirmed.
- ANCAP ratings are updated within 48 hours of ANCAP publishing a new test result or protocol-year change.
- Articles include a "Last reviewed" or publish date in the disclaimer footer when specs and pricing have been verified against the source.
Found an error?
If you spot incorrect pricing, an outdated ANCAP rating, a dimensional error, or a missing variant, we want to know. Email support@carsorted.ai with the URL of the page and what you believe is incorrect. We aim to respond within 48 hours and update the underlying data within 7 days where the correction can be verified against a primary source.
Data integrity is our biggest single differentiator versus older review sites that have let their spec databases drift over time. If you find a single price or stat we got wrong, that is a bug we want to fix.
The tech
CarSorted runs on Next.js (App Router) with a Supabase Postgres database. The comparison engine, score calculations, and depreciation analytics are all open-format and explained on the methodology page. We host on Vercel with a sub-second median page load. The data ingestion scripts that populate the directory are written in Node.js.
Get in touch
Email support@carsorted.ai or use the contact page. We read every email.
Want to compare some cars? Start with the directory, our Best EVs Under $50K guide, or the Best Utes 2026 ranking.