How fresh the listings are
Price checks and inventory sightings have separate dates. Update frequency varies by dealer and vehicle, and listings that disappear from the dealer are retired.
Listings are checked regularly. "Price checked" beside the asking price dates our last check of the primary dealer page that supplied the price. "Date not recorded" means that check is not yet known. The price may have changed since then.
Listing activity also shows "Seen on a dealer page", which may be another dealer site listing the same car, and can show a newer "Seen in dealer inventory" date. Neither observation rechecks the displayed price or details.
Coverage and update frequency vary by site and vehicle. Opening an older listing or following its dealer link can bring its next fact check forward within our regular crawl limits. This is queued, not an immediate price refresh. Overdue checks receive more of the available update capacity. A listing whose information becomes too old can leave search until checked again; that alone does not mean it sold.
New listings
The New badge marks the first 24 hours after we find a car at a dealer we have already been watching for at least three days. A dealer's first inventory import does not make all its cars new arrivals. The newest-first sort shows the listings we found most recently.
Sold or removed cars
When a dealer removes a page, we retire the listing. Retired listings drop out of search; a saved car that was retired is shown dimmed with a note, so you know it is gone rather than wondering.
Prices
Prices are the dealer's advertised price at the time we last read the page, and can change without notice. Confirm with the dealer before you drive over. Dealer placeholder prices (a $1, $999 or $1,130 "call for price" or down-payment figure, anything under $2,000) are shown as Call for price rather than as a bargain.