Carlarity is deliberately simple on the surface: three steps, one verdict. You identify the car, you describe the deal, and you get a clear answer. Under the surface, your report runs through independent pricing analysis, fee detection, financing math, depreciation modeling, and safety-recall checks — but you never have to think about the plumbing.
The four questions every report answers
| Question | What you get |
|---|---|
| 1 · Is this deal fair? | Price, trade-in credit, and fees scored against the current market for this exact vehicle. |
| 2 · What will it really cost me over time? | Financing costs, depreciation, and ownership projections — the cost after the handshake. |
| 3 · What should I do right now? | A plain-English verdict backed by the numbers, plus specific negotiation points. |
| 4 · What should I watch after I buy? | Equity, payoff timeline, and early-warning signs like open safety recalls. |
Where the answers come from
Carlarity pulls the vehicle's identity from the federal VIN database, market evidence from live listing data and pricing providers, fuel-economy and ownership data from government sources, and safety-recall campaigns from NHTSA. Every number in your report is scored for how strong the evidence behind it is — and the report tells you that score to your face (Part 6).
The honest part
Some tools sound confident about everything. Carlarity doesn't. When the evidence is strong, we say so. When it's thin, we say that too — in writing, on the report. We would rather show limited confidence than pretend the data is stronger than it is.