Updated 23 September 2026

What's new in CarDealerCMS

Everything we've added for dealers, newest first, dated and in plain English. It's all included in the one plan: £79 a month, unlimited cars.

September 2026

One file for your accountant

Dealers can download a single file for their accountant covering any period: every invoice and receipt as a PDF, the stock book and costs as spreadsheets, the receipt photos, and a plain-English summary.

Drafts, and the right way to correct an invoice

Invoices start as drafts and are fixed once issued; correcting one raises a credit note and a fresh copy rather than quietly editing what the customer already has.

Photograph a receipt and file it later

Dealers can photograph a receipt at the till and file it against a car later; the photo is read automatically for supplier, date, total and VAT, and becomes part of that car's true profit.

VAT is now worked out line by line

Invoices work VAT out line by line, so a margin-scheme car and a standard-rated admin fee on the same invoice are each treated correctly.

Limited company? Your details go on automatically

Dealers trading as a limited company can enter their company number and registered office once, and it appears on every invoice and in their website footer, as company law requires.

See your VAT building up, and when it is due

VAT-registered dealers see the VAT building up on what they have sold this quarter and the date it is due, worked out per car on the margin scheme.

Book a Service — a public booking form

Dealers can add a Book a Service page: customers pick a registration, what they need and a preferred day, and it lands as a requested job on the dealer's Workshop board and Diary — no instant confirmation, the dealer calls back to agree a time.

Invoices for workshop jobs

Workshop jobs can be turned into a proper invoice, with VAT shown for VAT-registered dealers, numbered in the same run as car sales.

Staff logins

Dealers can give each member of staff their own login, with a Sales role that keeps billing and settings to the owner.

Reserve a car for a customer

Dealers can reserve a car for a customer: it stays on the website with a Reserved badge while the deposit and customer details stay private.

Your logo has its own page

Dealers can upload, replace or remove their logo on its own page, with a preview on light and dark backgrounds.

Workshop job cards

Dealers who service or repair cars get workshop job cards: parts and labour, status from booked in to collected, and a printable job sheet — with work on their own stock counted in the car's true profit.

Reports — your business in numbers

Dealers get reports on cars sold, sales and profit after buy-in and prep, days to sell, stock value and age, and enquiries, month by month.

Due soon — MOT, service and warranty reminders

Dealers see when cars they sold are due an MOT (from DVSA), a service or a warranty renewal, with the customer's details and a message ready to send — a reason for past customers to come back.

Warranties and claims

Dealers record the warranty sold with each car, see when each one ends, and log claims — with warranty costs and claims counted in the car's true profit.

Vehicle prep checklists

Dealers get a prep checklist on every car — service, MOT, tyres, valet, photos and their own jobs — with each job's cost going straight into the stock book and the car's true profit.

Diary — test drives, viewings and call-backs

Dealers get a diary for test drives, viewings, collections, deliveries and call-backs, tied to the customer and the car, booked straight from an enquiry.

Customers — everyone you deal with, in one place

Dealers get a customer record for everyone they deal with, built automatically from enquiries, invoices and buy-in receipts: contact details, cars bought, cars sold or part-exchanged to the dealer, every enquiry and the dealer's own notes.

Cars without photos look ready, not empty

Cars a dealer hasn't photographed yet show a covered car in a spotlit showroom, the right body shape, with the dealer's name and colours — instead of an empty box.

Set up your system — everything in one place

Dealers get one Set up page for their whole system: every feature with an on/off switch, what they need before they start, and a guided walk-through of each one.

MOT history from DVSA on every car

Every car a dealer lists now carries its full MOT history from DVSA — each test, pass or fail, the recorded mileage and any advisories — on the dealer's own screen. The system warns the dealer privately if a registration doesn't match DVSA, or if the advertised mileage is lower than the last MOT reading. Dealers can choose to show the history to buyers on their car pages.

Your own pages printed with every invoice

Dealers can upload their own terms and conditions or warranty sheet, and it prints as extra pages after every invoice.

Car descriptions written from the car's own details

The description writer builds each car's description from its own details — gearbox, fuel, mileage and features — so it reads right for that car.

Walkround videos on your own Facebook page

Walkround videos a dealer films are posted to the dealer's own Facebook page as Reels, and show on their cars on Local Car Sales.

New cars posted to your Google Business Profile for you

Once a dealer connects their Google Business Profile, each new car they add is posted to it automatically, with a photo and a link to the car.

Your logo in every website design

A dealer's logo shows in the header and footer of all nine website designs.

Car pages load faster

Car photos are saved in lighter, web-sized versions, so dealer car pages load quicker, especially on phones.

Video walkrounds — film a car on your phone

Dealers can film a walkround video of any car on their phone. It uploads in the background and appears with the car's photos on their website.

Part-exchange customers can send a video

Customers using a dealer's part exchange form can film their car as well as sending photos.

Part exchange valuation form

Dealers can add a part exchange page to their website: customers enter their car's details, choose which car they're interested in and send photos, and it arrives as a part exchange enquiry.

Extra pages on your website

Dealers can add Part Exchange, Warranty and town pages to their website, each in their own design and menu.

Every page in your own design

Every page of a dealer's site, including All Cars, uses the dealer's chosen design and menu.

Website visitors on your dashboard

The dealer dashboard shows website visitors, counting UK visitors only.

Subscribe during your free trial

Dealers can subscribe any time during the free trial; the first payment is taken when the trial ends.

The whole photo on your car pages

The main photo on a car page shows the whole picture, and opens full size when tapped.

Sales & Invoices, Stock Book and car costs

Invoices with part exchange, deposits and the VAT margin scheme; buy-in receipts; and a stock book showing true profit per car after prep costs. Included in the plan.

MOT and tax status on your car list

The dealer's car list shows each car's MOT expiry and tax status from DVLA, refreshed weekly.

All of it, in one plan.

£79 a month, unlimited cars, no setup fee and no contract. Free trial, no card needed.