Guides
Selling Your Car for Export from Switzerland: When It Makes Sense and How It Works
Not every used car finds a buyer inside Switzerland – for many vehicles, export is the more realistic route. This guide explains which cars are in demand abroad, what lowers their value, and how the contract, deregistration and handover should be handled.
Paperwork and Handover When Selling a Car in Switzerland
Registration document, service book, second key and a clean sales contract all affect your price and your peace of mind. Here is what belongs in the handover and how to get paid safely.
Deregistration and Licence Plates When Selling a Car in Switzerland
In Switzerland the plates belong to the keeper, not the car. Getting the order of contract, handover and deregistration right avoids liability issues, wasted premiums and extra road-tax days.
Selling a car that failed the MFK, has engine or gearbox damage or no longer runs
A car that failed its inspection or will not start is close to unsellable privately. An export buyer calculates differently, provided the keeper avoids two mistakes.
Selling a car with a lease or loan still running: settlement quote, signed authority and the order of payments
A running contract does not stop the sale, it only dictates the sequence. What the settlement quote tells you, what the signed authority is for and when which payment is made.
Selling your car privately or to a car buyer: what a private sale in Eastern Switzerland really involves
Writing the listing, answering messages, arranging viewings and test drives, haggling, deregistering: a private sale rarely costs money, but it almost always costs time and patience. A sober look at both routes.
What actually decides the price of a used car
Model year and mileage, service history, MFK status, damage and rust, equipment, colour, season and photos: why each of these moves the price, and which ones you can still influence before you sell.