Frequently asked questions

Yes. No car reaches our floor until it has passed our 160-point workshop inspection, and we put right any wear items that are due before listing it. When you come to view, we hand you that car’s own inspection report, laying out every item we checked and every fix we carried out — and you are always welcome to send the car for a third-party evaluation before you commit.

We arrange both in-house and bank-panel hire-purchase loans, with indicative rates from 2.78% p.a. In Singapore the loan amount and tenure are governed by the car’s Open Market Value, so the minimum downpayment is usually 30% or 40% and the maximum tenure is up to seven years. Use the Car Finance Calculator on the financing page to see an estimated monthly instalment for any price, downpayment and tenure before you visit — it is a guide, with your firm offer confirmed on the actual loan.

Depreciation is the single most useful number when comparing used cars — it is roughly what the car costs you each year once you account for its price and the value left at the end of its COE. A COE — short for Certificate of Entitlement — is the permit that lets a car stay on the road, and its expiry date matters because the car cannot be driven once it lapses unless that COE is renewed. OMV is the Open Market Value that financing and several fees are based on, and PARF is the rebate some cars qualify for when they are eventually deregistered. We show all of these figures next to every car so you can compare honestly.

Absolutely, and most of our buyers do. Bring your current car to either showroom for a fair, same-day valuation that weighs its condition, mileage, COE and the live market. You can sell it to us outright, or offset the agreed amount against the car you are buying so you only finance the difference. We handle the deregistration or transfer paperwork either way.

Every listing shows the exact COE expiry date, because it directly affects how many years of driving you are buying. When a COE reaches its end you can either deregister the car — claiming any PARF or COE rebate it is entitled to — or renew the COE by paying the Prevailing Quota Premium to keep the car for another five or ten years. We will talk you through which makes more sense for the specific car you are looking at.

Yes. Every car leaves Driveline with a one-year in-house warranty covering the engine and gearbox as standard, handled directly by us rather than a third party — so if something covered goes wrong, you simply bring it back. For continental cars and EVs we also offer optional extended-warranty packages, and for EVs we provide a certified battery state-of-health reading so the condition of the most expensive part is never a mystery.

Of course — that is exactly how it should work. Book a viewing or a test drive at a time that suits you, and come down to see the car, read its inspection report and drive it properly on both expressway and slow roads. There is no obligation and no hard sell; if the car is not right for you, we would rather you walked away than bought the wrong one. Tell us your budget and how you drive, and we will point you at what actually fits.

We handle the whole administrative side for you. Once the deal is agreed, we arrange the ownership transfer with LTA, sort out the insurance and road tax, and prepare all the documents — so collection day is simply you signing, taking the keys and driving a freshly serviced car home. You are kept informed at each step, and your personal information stays protected under Singapore’s PDPA and is used solely to finalise your purchase.