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Listing reportSample
2016 Ferrari 488 GTB
29,500 km · Nero Daytona · Private seller, NSW
Asking $448,000Overpriced
$370,926
Offer
$377,772
Worth, if it checks out
$400,000
Walk away above

“Offer $370,926, count it worth $377,772 once it is back on its standard springs, wheels and downpipes, and walk away above $400,000.”

Drafted for Nick Markou's sign-off, 2 Oct 202611 photographs read · 14 claims decided
628recorded Australian sales, each with its date, place and price244models valued from those sales, free to read with no account21prices published before the hammer fell, then graded against it9.8%typical miss across those 21 cars, the bad ones included

What you get

Drawn from the sample report on a real advertisement: a 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB asking $448,000. The figures stand on these.

Read the whole sample
CarQuantListing report · sample · 2 Oct 2026

2016 Ferrari 488 GTB

29,500 km · Nero Daytona · 7-speed dual-clutch · Private, NSW
Asking $448,000Overpriced
$370,926
Offer
$377,772
Worth, if it checks out
$400,000
Walk away above

Offer $370,926, count it worth $377,772 once it is back on its standard springs, wheels and downpipes, and walk away above $400,000: it is a well-optioned black 488 asking $77,074 more than this report would offer and $70,000 more than the only 488 GTB sale on the Australian record, with every claim in the advertisement believed.

What the advertisement claims

Full Ferrari service historyAlready in the price$0
Just serviced at Ferrari Sydney (oils, filters, spark plugs)Holds+$3,400
Purchased from Ferrari as a Certified Pre-Owned carWorth nothing either way$0
Has a Power warranty that can be extended yearlySecure at settlement$0
Novitec wheels and springs, upgraded downpipesHolds−$3,092
And 9 more, each with its verdict.

The sales and asks it is priced against

2016 488 GTB, Waterloo NSW, via Collecting CarsSold 4 August 2025Sale$378,000
2016 488 GTB, 28,956 km, dealer, VictoriaAsking price, 2026Ask$409,900
2016 488 GTB, 21,108 km, dealer, New South WalesAsking price, 2026Ask$429,900
Drafted for Nick Markou's sign-off, 2 Oct 202611 photographs read, 7 findings

  1. Every claim decided

    14 claims in this advertisement, from the service history to the stitching. Each one gets a verdict, and a dollar figure where it moves the price.

  2. Named comparable sales

    The Australian sales the figure stands on, by place, date and price, and the asking prices around them, discounted as asks. Each says what it means for this car.

  3. Checked, corrected and signed

    The model does the arithmetic and the draft is AI-assisted. Nick checks every figure against the photographs and the sales, corrects it where the evidence demands, and signs it.

What it costs to own, and what it sells for after

The price is where the money starts. Every report works out the next five years at the distance you will drive: stamp duty, running costs, the work that falls due and what the car should be worth when you sell it. From the sample, at 2,500 km a year.

See it in the sample
$22,773
a year to own this car, after what it sells for. That is the number to set beside the price.
Bought at the offer−$370,926
NSW stamp duty−$17,650
Running costs, five yearsServicing, insurance, tyres, fuel, registration and a repair fund at 2,500 km a year−$65,870
Selling costs at the end−$8,220
What it should sell for in five yearsThe projected sale price, carrying this car's specification and the odometer your driving puts on it+$348,799
Owning it for five years$113,867

Your report works this out for the car you send, at the distance you say you will drive it.

Projected sale price in five years
$348,799
$223,737$466,575

Eight outcomes in ten land between $223,737 and $466,575. The centre is −6.3% on what the car is worth today.

How far you drive it moves both
DistanceRunning, five yearsSells for
Stored and occasional2,500 km a year · the sample$65,870 to run$348,799
A few times a week6,000 km a year$117,133 to run$344,592
Regular use12,000 km a year$139,530 to run$339,726
Heavy use20,000 km a year$152,850 to run$335,383

At 2,500 km a year the brake rotor/pad set, turbo inspection/service and dual-clutch service fall due inside the five years, budgeted at $3,456.

What it is not

Three edges worth knowing before you pay for one.

Not a register check

Finance owing, write-offs and stolen status come from a PPSR search on the government register. It costs a few dollars and every buyer should run one.

Not the hammer

The figures are a judgement with the evidence for it shown. The track record says how often judgements like these land, misses included.

Not sold on every car

88 of the 244 models have no Australian sale behind them, and the report is refused on those. The car's own page says so.

Buy both

An inspection tells you what is wrong with the car. CarQuant tells you what to pay for it.

ComparedPre-purchase inspection$185 to $565CarQuant listing report$249
AnswersWhat is wrong with the car?What should I pay for it?
Looks atThe car itself, in personThe advertisement, every photograph and recorded Australian sales
You getA written condition reportThree figures, every claim decided, the sales behind them, and five years of running costs and resale
Does not coverWhat the car is worth, or what to offer for itIts mechanical condition. Nobody puts the car on a hoist

Both, on one car: $434 to $814. The median car in the library is $76,000. For finance owing and write-offs, a PPSR search on the government register costs a few dollars and every buyer should run one.

NRMA pre-purchase inspection, member pricing, checked August 2026.

One report, one price

The listing report is the one thing CarQuant sells. The valuations, the asking-price check and the track record are free.

The listing report
$249per car

Paid once. No account, no subscription and nothing recurring. Usually back within 48 hours.

Price this car

Card payment through Stripe, so the card never reaches us.

  • Three figuresWhat to offer, what it is worth if it checks out, and the price above which you walk away.
  • Every photograph readCited by number, with what each one shows and what it costs or adds.
  • Every claim decidedEach line of the advertisement given a verdict.
  • The sales behind the figureRecorded Australian sales by place, date and price, and the asks around them.
  • Five years of owning itStamp duty, running costs and the work that falls due at your distance, and what the car should sell for at the end.
  • Checked, corrected and signedAn AI-assisted draft with every figure checked against the evidence.

The median car here is $76,000. Scored against 219 recent sales, half of them land more than 11.2% from what the free number says, which is $8,496 on that car.

Free, with no accountValuations of 244 modelsAsking-price checkTrack record

Who reads it

Nick Markou
Runs CarQuant, South Australia
CarQuant, ABN 93 189 088 397
nicholas@carquant.com.au

Every report is checked, corrected and signed by Nick, who runs CarQuant.

The first draft is AI-assisted; the figures are his. He also publishes a price on live auctions before they close and grades each one against the result: a typical miss of 9.8 per cent across 21 cars so far, the bad ones included, against about 11.2 per cent for the free number on its own.

If you want to know whether a car can be done before you commission it, ask him directly.

See the track recordHow the numbers are made

Before you pay

The questions people ask before they commission one. Anything else, ask Nick directly.

nicholas@carquant.com.au
What do I need to send?

The link to the advertisement and an email address. We take the photographs from the advertisement ourselves. The one thing we ask is how far you will drive it, because four figures in the report depend on it.

How long does it take?

Usually within 48 hours, because a person reads it before it goes. If the auction closes sooner, email the link to nicholas@carquant.com.au before you pay and you will hear back within a day whether it can be done in time.

Which cars can you do?

Models with recorded Australian sales. Each model's valuation page says whether a report is available on it, and the ones without an Australian sale are refused.

Is it an inspection?

No. Nobody puts the car on a hoist. The report reads the advertisement and its photographs against recorded sales. For condition, book a pre-purchase inspection, and for finance owing or write-offs, run a PPSR check.

Who writes it?

Nick Markou, who runs CarQuant. The first draft is written with AI; he checks every figure against the photographs and the sales, corrects it and signs it.

How do I pay?

By card through Stripe at the next step. The card details go to Stripe and never reach us. There is no account and nothing recurring.

Found the car? Know what to pay before you bid.

Send the advertisement and Nick prices that exact car. $249 per car, usually back within 48 hours.

Check an asking price, free
From the sample: 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB, asking $448,000
Offer$370,926
Worth, if it checks out$377,772
Walk away above$400,000