FAQ

Questions, answered.

Tier 1 ($49) covers one brand. Tier 2 ($99) lets you compare up to 3 brands side by side. Tier 3 ($199) compares up to 5 brands and includes a live consultant to negotiate on your behalf, free. Every plan is active for 30 days and includes dealer discovery, quote requests, quote normalization, and your final purchase packet. Negotiation help beyond that is a la carte — see the next question.

Your agent stops actively working and you'll need to purchase a new plan to keep searching — but every report, offer, and message you already have stays available in your dashboard.

Every franchised dealer for your brand inside your radius, typically 10–30. You see the full list in your dashboard.

No. Dealers communicate with Carmano. Your contact details are released only when you choose to move forward with a specific dealer.

Yes. For new-car searches, $29.99 gets your AI agent to run a best-and-final round with every responding dealer using the lowest competing offer as leverage. For $99, a live Carmano specialist personally calls and emails the dealer to push even further — available for new and used-car searches alike, free on Tier 3 plans — you still decide whether to accept the result.

Yes. We rank candidate vehicles with a Carmano Score, build a vehicle report, and request a written out-the-door price on the one you pick.

Yes. Tell us your target monthly payment and down payment and we request lease quotes in the same format.

No. Carmano is a research and communication platform. You buy directly from the dealer.

No. Our only revenue is your plan fee, so our incentives are yours.

If fewer than three dealers respond to your search, you get a full refund — plus a report of the closest alternatives we did find.

Most quotes arrive within 24–48 hours. Negotiation rounds add about a day.

Yes. Set any radius up to 500 miles. Shipping estimates are included where relevant.

We normalize every quote to a full out-the-door number (selling price, fees, add-ons, taxes, registration) so you compare real totals, not advertised prices.