Last reviewed 4 October 2026
CarSorted helps Australians pick a new car, and then answers the questions that come with owning it. Compare any 2 to 4 cars side by side, ask CarSorted CoDriver a question in plain English, see whether a car fits your garage, car park, pram and caravan, and what it costs a week in your state. Every figure comes from the car's own record, built from the manufacturer's Australian documents, ANCAP and the Green Vehicle Guide. The catalogue holds 12,929 variants across 834 models from 86 makes sold in Australia since 2010, discontinued cars included. Where we don't hold a figure, the page says "No data" rather than guessing.
What you can do here
- CarSorted CoDriver: Ask about any new car in plain English. Answers come from our own data, link to the cars behind them, and say "No data" rather than guess. 5 free questions a day; sign in to keep your chats.
- Compare cars side by side: Any 2 to 4 cars on price, safety, economy, towing, boot space and five-year running cost.
- Fits your life: Save your garage, lowest car park, child seats, pram, caravan and state once. Each car page then answers whether that car fits, with the figure that decides it.
- Cost per week in your state: Repayments, energy, rego and CTP from the state regulator where it publishes a figure, servicing and tyres, with any luxury car tax and the car's FBT status for a novated lease.
- Compare guides: Written head-to-heads of the pairs people compare most on CarSorted, every figure traced to the car's own record.
- Owner alerts: Recall alerts and a warranty-expiry reminder for the car you already own. No VIN needed or held.
- Garage and boot fit: On each car page: will it fit your garage, and will your pram, suitcase or dog crate fit the boot.
- Resale estimate: What a car is likely to lose over 1, 3 and 5 years.
- TowingSorted: Your whole rig against the car's braked rating, ball limit, GVM and GCM.
- Tyre size calculator: What a different tyre size does to your speedo, gearing and ride height.
- Range estimator: EV range at real speeds and temperatures, not just the lab figure.
- Deals and price cuts: Manufacturer offers, dated, and genuine RRP reductions kept apart from drive-away campaigns.
Fits your life, cost per week, owner alerts and the garage and boot answers live on each car's page, so the quickest way in is the car directory. All the calculators are on the tools page.
Where the numbers come from
The manufacturer's Australian documents are the source for price, dimensions, mass, towing, fuel and energy use, equipment and warranty: price lists, spec sheets, brochures and the maker's Australian website. ANCAP is the source for safety ratings, and the Green Vehicle Guide for official fuel use, energy use and emissions. The Australian Automobile Association's Real-World Testing Program (realworld.org.au) measures fuel and energy use on public roads, and where it has tested a car we show its figure beside the maker's, labelled, never in place of it. Rego and CTP in the weekly cost come from each state regulator, with the date the regulator prints. Journalist and aggregator sites are never the source of a stored figure.
Each car, model and comparison page carries a "Data checked" line: the date the specs were last checked against the maker's document and, for cars on sale, the date the price was. Specs and price are dated separately because they are checked separately.
Equipment has four states: standard, optional (with the maker's printed price where there is one), not fitted, and "No data". An option is never counted as fitted. The full list of sources is on data sources, and how scores and costs are worked out is on the methodology page.
What we will not do
- Guess a figure. If no verified Australian source prints it, you see "No data", not an estimate dressed as a fact.
- Claim a safety rating we don't hold. A star rating appears only where ANCAP's own record covers that car. No rating on file means "No data", never borrowed stars from another model or generation.
- Sell a ranking position. As at October 2026, no car maker or dealer pays CarSorted for a ranking, score, verdict or spec value.
- Take ads. As at October 2026, CarSorted carries no sponsored content and no paid placements. If that changes, anything paid will be labelled where it appears and kept out of rankings.
- Sell used cars. CarSorted is a research site, not a marketplace. We don't list individual cars for sale.
Who writes it
CarSorted is built and run by a Melbourne startup. Articles, guides and reviews are written by Uzzi, its founder and editor. It started in early 2026 to let buyers put cars side by side without wading through pre-roll copy or a paywall.
Our reviews are fact reviews, written from the manufacturer's own documents and the data, and each one says so. We don't tell you how a car drives unless we have driven it.
Common questions
What is CarSorted?
CarSorted is Australia's free car comparison site. It holds every make, model and variant sold new in Australia since 2010, with prices, specifications, equipment, ANCAP safety results, running costs and towing figures taken from the manufacturers' own Australian documents, the Green Vehicle Guide and ANCAP. You can compare up to four cars side by side, and ask CoDriver a question in plain English.
Is CarSorted free?
Yes. Comparing cars, reading the data and asking CoDriver cost nothing and need no sign-up. Nothing anyone pays changes a price, a score or a verdict on the site.
How does the CarSorted Score work?
Every car is scored out of 100 from its own published figures across value, running cost, safety, practicality, performance and technology, with the method set out on the methodology page. In a comparison the car with the higher score is the winner, and the cheaper car is named beside it so a price gap is never hidden. No manufacturer or dealer can pay to change a score.
Is CarSorted independent?
As at October 2026, no manufacturer or dealer pays for a ranking, score, verdict or figure on CarSorted, and the site carries no paid advertising. CarSorted is not affiliated with ANCAP, any car maker or any regulator.
Where do the prices come from?
From each manufacturer's Australian price list or website. A list price (RRP) excludes on-road costs unless it is labelled drive-away, and a few brands publish drive-away prices only, which we label. For a car on sale, its page shows a "Data checked" line with the date the price was last checked against the maker.
What is CoDriver?
CarSorted CoDriver is a beta AI co-driver on CarSorted. Ask it a plain-English question about a new car sold in Australia and it answers from our own database of manufacturer-published figures, ANCAP and the Green Vehicle Guide, with links to the cars behind the answer. When we don't hold a figure it says "No data" instead of guessing. You get 5 free questions a day, and signing in (free) keeps your chats.
Is CoDriver advice?
No. CoDriver's answers are general information, not advice. It is a beta service and may give inaccurate or incomplete answers, so verify important details with the manufacturer, the dealer or the official document before you decide. It does not give legal, financial or tax advice.
Does CarSorted cover discontinued cars?
Yes. The catalogue covers cars sold new in Australia since 2010, including models that have been discontinued or replaced, with specifications from the manufacturer's documents for that generation. Those pages are marked as no longer sold new, show the price when new rather than a current price, and show the factory warranty window so you can see whether a late-build car may still be covered. Confirm the individual car's start date and odometer before relying on it.
How do I get recall alerts for my car?
Open your car's page on CarSorted and use "Own this car? Get recall and warranty alerts". Signed in, it is one click and you manage it under Your cars in your account; otherwise enter your email. Add the month it was bought new to also get a reminder before the factory warranty may end. We never ask for your VIN, so check it on vehiclerecalls.gov.au when a recall email arrives.
How to reach us
Email support@carsorted.ai or use the contact page. Spotted a wrong price, a missing variant or an outdated rating? Send the page URL and what you expected, or use "Report incorrect data" on the car page. We check every report against the maker's documents before changing anything.