AutoTempest review

AutoTempest earns third place by doing one job well for budget buyers: it saves you from checking every listing site separately. Its How It Works page says it aggregates millions of listings from dealers and private sellers through partners such as eBay Motors, Cars.com, TrueCar, Carvana and Cars & Bids, and generates links to matching results on large sites it does not partner with, naming Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and Autotrader. That makes it a fast way to see the price spread for one model across the web, then sort the whole list by price. Filters run from fuel type to interior color, and you can search locally or nationwide in the browser or the iOS and Android apps. The weak points: the non-partner sites only show up as links, so the cheapest private sales may still need a separate click, and AutoTempest does not rate deals itself. Use it for breadth, then judge each car on its own listing page.

Who it is for

Bargain hunters who want to compare prices across many listing sites in one search.

Price

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Key features

• One search across partner sources including eBay Motors, Cars.com, TrueCar, Carvana and Cars & Bids
• Generated links to matching results on Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and Autotrader
• Filters from fuel type to interior color
• Search locally or across the country
• Apps for iOS and Android

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Saves opening a dozen tabs to compare cheap listings
• Strength: Covers dealer and private seller listings
• Strength: Running since 2008
• Weakness: Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and Autotrader appear only as links, not in the main results
• Weakness: No deal rating of its own
• Weakness: You still buy through the original listing site

Key facts

• Founded: 2008
• Partner sources: eBay Motors, Cars.com, TrueCar, Carvana, Cars & Bids and more
• Linked, not partnered: Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Autotrader
• Apps: iOS and Android
• Buyer cost: Free to search

Where it ranks

AutoTempest is No. 3 in our Best Websites for Cheap Used Cars verdict.