In 2022, here at Carbar, we’ve been listening closely to what our existing and potential customers want and need, as well as how they feel about their car ownership journey.
With 5 million Australians over the age of 21 looking to buy a new or used car this year, the reality is that things are a little complicated right now. Demand is high, waiting periods for new vehicles are lengthy, and used cars are selling for premiums we’ve never seen before.
It’s therefore no surprise that people love car subscription services and they continue to grow in popularity.
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What is a car subscription?
As the first to launch car subscription services in Australia, carbar are proud to give Australians the ability to subscribe to a new or used car online in as little as five minutes.
Our car subscriptions allow you exclusive access to a fully-maintained and comprehensively insured car for a simple weekly subscription cost. There are minimum costs, but no minimum terms. Just give us two weeks’ notice to swap cars or stop your subscription.
For a weekly subscription, carbar covers all the costs of maintaining and running a car such as depreciation, interest, registration, insurance, routine maintenance, roadside assist, mechanic faults, faulty and worn tyres and batteries.
Because it’s chunked into affordable weekly payments, a carbar subscription offers an alternative to traditional car leasing that can fit your budget and lifestyle as it stands today – with the flexibility to stop or swap with 2 weeks’ notice should anything change.
If you love your subscription car, we’re now making it easier for you to own it.
It’s often the case that customers subscribe to a car, fall in love with it and ask to own it.
Other customers want a certain car, but the timing may not be right to buy or finance it. They’re often saving for something else, be it a deposit on a house, overseas holiday or wedding.
We announced last week that you’re now able to purchase your beloved subscription car when it works for you. We’re here to give you the flexibility and freedom to do it your way.
Unlike any other car retailers in Australia, carbar customers can now seamlessly switch their carbar subscription to a loan arrangement thanks to our latest partnership with car loan comparison platform, CarClarity.
Exploring your loan options is easy. Everything is online, and you can compare 30 Australian car finance companies with no impact on your credit score.
Subscribers can simply ask carbar for the purchase price of the car and by using an online car loan calculator, calculate repayments and various budgets to suit their current needs and circumstances in just 60 seconds.
If the price is right and the subscriber wants to make the switch, the dedicated support team at CarClarity will go to work to match customers with the right lender at the best rate so approvals are smooth and customers are happy.
It’s always been part of our mission to offer better ways to access, assess and manage car ownership experiences and our partnership with CarClarity gives you the flexibility and freedom to do it your way.
Now you really can buy a used car with complete confidence
Forget spending weekends shopping at car yards and discussing finance on used cars.
We’re putting you in the driver’s seat – giving you the luxury to try-before-you-buy with a car owned by us, and transition to ownership quickly and easily if and when the time is right.
Simply subscribe to a car with carbar online in as little as five minutes. Love and want it? Let a team of experts work for you to compare finance and lock in the best lender and rate. Not interested in owning or need to change? Simply stop or swap with as little as two weeks’ notice.
It’s that simple.
The choice is always yours.
We’re adding new cars to our fleet every week, with hundreds of cars to choose from.
