Sell or trade in your vehicle
Skip the strangers in your driveway, the lowball texts, and the dealer trade-in math that always seems to come up short. Fill out a few details below, and we'll send back a dollar figure you can cash out, apply to any of our 4,237 vehicles, or walk away from — no pressure, no follow-up calls unless you ask for them.
What happens next
Most Wisconsin sellers hear back the same business day. Here's the exact path your vehicle takes after you hit submit.
Year, make, model, mileage, ZIP, and a quick condition self-check. VIN is optional but tightens the offer. Takes about 90 seconds.
Our pricing team runs your vehicle against current auction comps, Carfax history, and our own 12-lot turnover data — the same model we use to price 4,237 cars on the lot.
A real dollar figure, valid for 7 days, sent by email or text — your choice. The number is firm unless something in the in-person inspection is materially different than your description.
Free pickup at any of our 12 Wisconsin lots, or free pickup from your home in most Wisconsin counties. Or take the offer as instant trade-in credit toward any vehicle on our lot — your call.
How our offer stacks up
Based on internal 2024 data from 4,600+ Wisconsin-owned vehicles we valued against competing channels.
Private-party sale
Average net to Wisconsin seller, 2024
Sell or trade to Used Wisconsin Cars
Average written offer, 2024
Typical Wisconsin dealer trade-in
Average trade-in equity reported by buyer, 2024
By the numbers, since 2009
Where your offer comes from
We don't believe in mystery lowballs. The offer you receive is the same offer our pricing team would generate if you walked into our Appleton lot — built from data you can ask us to walk you through.
What similar year/make/model/mileage vehicles actually sold for across our 12 Wisconsin lots in the last 30 days.
Accident records, ownership count, service history, and title status — pulled before we ever call you.
When you accept, one of our 47 ASE-certified technicians runs the same inspection we'd run before putting the vehicle back on our lot.
Current wholesale comparable sales, weighted toward vehicles that landed in Wisconsin dealer inventory rather than national averages.
Average result: $1,840 below KBB fair market value on our lot pricing, and our offers track the same market — Wisconsin buyers pay Wisconsin prices.
Questions Wisconsin sellers actually ask
Yes — for 7 days from the time we send it. The only way the number changes is if the in-person inspection reveals something materially different than what you described (an undisclosed accident, mechanical issue, or mileage discrepancy). If that happens, we'll show you exactly what we found and re-quote in writing before you sign anything.
Not at all. About 60% of sellers take the offer as a check; the other 40% apply it as instant trade-in credit on one of our 4,237 in-stock vehicles. Either path uses the same offer number — we don't quote you one figure for cash and a lower one for trade-in.
You're not alone — this is the most common situation for Wisconsin sellers trading in a vehicle they financed in the last 4 years. We'll pay off your lender directly, and if the offer is less than the payoff, you cover the difference as a single payment at pickup. We'll show you the exact payoff figure (including any early-termination fees from your lender) before you commit. No surprises at the DMV.
Yes. Pick any of our 12 Wisconsin lots — Superior, Rice Lake, Wausau, Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Madison, Janesville, Beloit, Milwaukee, Racine, or Kenosha. Same offer, same paperwork. Free pickup at your home is also available in most Wisconsin counties; ask when we send the written offer.
Wisconsin title (or out-of-state title if you're in a border county — we handle WI, MN, IA, IL, and MI transfers weekly), a valid driver's license, and your loan payoff letter if applicable. That's it. We file the title transfer, the odometer disclosure, and the bill of sale with the Wisconsin DMV on your behalf.
We're the buyer. Used Wisconsin Cars, Inc. — the same company that owns the 12 lots, the same NIADA member since 2010, the same family business Tom and Marie Halverson started in Appleton in 2009. Your check comes from us, not from a third-party call center.
Ready to see your number? Most sellers hear back the same business day.
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