Used car portals overview

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If you want to buy a used car, online portals give you a good overview of the market and you can search specifically for the car you want.
During our research mobile had.De and autoscout24 the largest selection of vehicles and the most filter options.
with the cross-portal search engines, autouncle was able to keep us.De convince with a large offer of cars and a good usability.

think about what kind of car you need, what you value and how much money you want to spend. Do you have an idea of it, you go into the comparison.
Make the price comparison at mobile.De, autoscout24 or autouncle.De.
Decide on a car or use the offer as a basis for negotiation if you want to buy locally.

In this guide

If you want to buy a used car, you shouldn’t go straight to the next best dealer. most offers you get online on used car portals. one so comprehensive overview about the offered cars and prices you will not get at the dealers near you. But the used car portals differ in the number of offers and the ease of use. We have looked at the car exchanges with the most vehicles on offer.

Two types of used car portals

if you are looking for a used car on the internet, you will come across two different types of used car portals. Providers such as mobile.De or autoscout24 have own databases with their car offers.

dealers and private sellers can advertise their used cars there. as a rule, the portal only establishes contact with the salesperson. If you are interested in a particular car, you can contact the seller via the respective portal. afterwards you can make an appointment for an inspection and buy the vehicle.

In our guide to buying a used car, we show you what you should look for when buying a car.

More about buying a used car in our guide

use our sample purchase contract and checklist for buying a car.
Calculate the insurance premiums on verivox or check24 before buying and then with huk24.

So-called meta search engines like autouncle.De or automarkt.De, on the other hand, comb through the websites of other providers and summarize their offers. If you then click on a car of your choice, you will be taken to the example of autouncle.De to mobile.De forwarded, because the original ad can be found there.

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Which portals have the most offers?

If you’re thinking of buying a car, it makes sense to look for offers online first. So you can get a good overview of the prices and maybe you already find a suitable car for you. But even if you want to buy from a local dealer, an additional price comparison on the Internet is worthwhile. With several offers you have a good basis for negotiation and can better assess whether the dealer’s offer is reasonable.

In order for you to get a good overview of the market, the respective used car portal must have as many offers as possible available. In our research we had mobile.De and autoscout24 the most offers.

Used car portals with their own database

used car portalmobile.Deautoscout24ebay kleinanzeigentotal number of cars

dealer cars

cars from private

accident cars can be sorted out

dealer and private cars searchable separately

fuel type selectable

1.068.380	689.163	450.919
896.651	625.256	203.958
169.259	63.905	246.961
✔	✔	✘
✔	✔	✔
✔	✔	✔

Source: finanztip, own presentation (as of: 4. January 2022)

dealer and private cars

Source: finanztip, own presentation (as of 4. January 2022)

At the meta-search engines car.Meinestadt.De and autouncle.De with the most offered score.

Meta search engines with most offers

dealer and private cars

Source: finanztip, own presentation (as of: 4. January 2022)

Which portals have good operability?

Most of the time, you already have a rough idea of what your future car will look like when you start your search. Maybe you want an electric car, then you should be able to limit your search to that as well. Or you absolutely want a five-door car with heated seats and navigation system. On user-friendly portals you can set exactly these filters.

Mobile.De and autoscout24 offer extensive filter options. You can set almost anything in the search – from the color to the fuel type to the special equipment. the results can be filtered down to details such as a bluetooth connection or a parking aid. Even accident vehicles can be sorted out easily.

In our search the used cars all described in detail. The information about the provider is also very transparent. In the respective offer, you can find out who the seller is and can use a button to contact the seller.

Both at mobile.De as well as autoscout24 are at the top of the results list "top-inserate" or "current top offers for your search". Don’t let it get to you. Providers pay money for these ads. Better check yourself if the offer meets your expectations.

On ebay classifieds cars are also traded. The marketplace for used goods has a lot of cars on offer, but cannot be compared with specialized providers like mobile.Compare De or autoscout24. The filter options are less diverse. The result list and the descriptions of the individual cars are in many cases too inaccurate. Accident vehicles cannot be sorted out.

Heycar.De scores with a modern and user-friendly design. the filter options are similar to mobilie.De and autoscout24 very diverse. Big plus: at heycar.De you get according to their own information only tested cars. Before a car is listed, it must pass a used car check in the areas of electrical, drivetrain, chassis, body and interior, and safety. Therefore you will find only offers from commercial suppliers. Also only vehicles with warranty are listed.

car.De has fewer vehicles in the offer, but also lists only offers from dealers. For this the portal has distinctive filter possibilities. Accident vehicles can not be excluded, however. The portal scores with a clear design in the vehicle description. In addition, each offer is classified as "super price," "fair price" or "negotiate. According to the company’s own information, the assessment is based on current and past offers, which should make a very accurate comparison possible.

Also yesauto.De is lagging behind with its offers, but provides clear filter possibilities at the equipment. On this portal, there are only offers from dealers. because of the corona pandemic you can view offers where online consultation and delivery is possible. We still recommend you to visit the car on the spot at least for a test drive and a car check.

What is the best meta search engine?

Among the meta search engines the portal stands out autouncle.De positively out. The meta search engine lists according to its own information offers from currently 1099 car sites (as of january 2021). Besides popular sites like mobile.De and autoscout24.De find also offers from used car dealers, car manufacturers and private sellers.

The search settings are very detailed. It can be filtered by dealer offers and private offers. Accident cars can be removed from the search.

All eligible cars are summarized in a common and clear list of results. By clicking on the respective ad you will be redirected to the original ad.

Autouncle.De also offers a decision support an: the portal marks the price worthiness of the individual car in relation to comparable cars – in the form of a traffic light. For the evaluation, the comparison portal takes into account parameters such as first registration, mileage, engine or equipment.

Car.MyCity.De lists more vehicles in the result than autouncle.De, but offers only a few filter options for the equipment. Own features like a first price estimation are not offered. lacks the possibility to filter for offers from dealers or from private sellers. Accident cars can not be sorted out.

Car market.De has fewer offers listed and also offers few filter options. Also this portal does not hold own advantages like a first decision assistance ready. The possibility to search exclusively for dealer ads or private sales does not exist. Accident vehicles cannot be filtered out.

Where can you buy a used one privately?

If you specifically want to buy a used car from a private seller, you can filter between dealer offers and cars from private sellers at four of the nine portals examined: mobile.De, autoscout24, ebay kleinanzeigen and autouncle.De have a corresponding filter option.

In terms of quantity dominate the dealer vehicles clear: at mobile.In Germany, around 85 percent of vehicles come from dealers, and on autoscout24 the figure is as high as 90 percent. Also at autouncle.De, around 83 percent of the offers are from dealers (as of: 4. January 2022).

Most privaten offers for used cars we have with ebay classifieds found. Here, around 55 percent of all offers were from private dealers (as at 4. January 2022).

These portals offer financing

Even for a used car you can basically get a car loan. Most of the used car portals refer directly in the results to the credit offers of various banks or to comparison portals such as check24 or finanzcheck.De. If you want, you can immediately calculate the monthly rate for a selected term.

Better: you look for a car loan yourself and make a price comparison beforehand. In our guide to car loans, we have summarized how you can best do this.

At guillain-barre syndrome (GBS) it is a matter of polyradiculoneuritis, which can be acute or subacute. It usually occurs postinfectiously and is associated with a multifocal demyelination and axonal damage to the peripheral nerves. The most common form in europe is the Akute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP) with 60-90. GBS reaches its sickness peak within days to 4 weeks.

Image: "parts of a neuron" by phil schatz. License: CC BY 4.0

Rarer variants of GBS are the miller-fisher syndrome (see below), elsberg syndrome, acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) and acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN). AMAN and AMSAN are highly acute disorders with sometimes irreversible axonal damage. The chronic form of GBS is referred to as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) denoted.

Epidemiology

Guillain-barre syndrome in the general population

GBS is the most common form of acute peripheral symmetric paralysis in europe (after almost complete disappearance of poliomyelitis).

The incidence incidence of guillain-barre syndrome is 1-2 per 100.000 inhabitants. Men are more commonly affected than women in all age groups. The incidence of GBS increases with age, with a peak incidence between 20. And 30. onset at the age of 50.

Pathogenesis

Cause of guillain-barre syndrome

Image: "campylobacter jejuni, which triggers about 30% of cases of guillain-barre syndrome". license: public domain

GBS is preceded by paresis in 2/3 of cases infection ahead. This can develop in a respiratory infection (v.A. caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae), gastrointestinal infection (v.A. by campylobacter jejuni) or viral infections, such as cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus or epstein-barr virus.

The physiological immune response, which is initially directed against the pathogen, is now directed through molecular mimicry (molecular confusion) also against the body’s own cells. In this case the myelin the axon membrane affected. The molecular mimicry theory in campylobacter jejuni is currently best documented. However, the exact pathogenesis of GBS has not yet been conclusively elucidated.

Clinic

case reporta 35-year-old woman received the antibiotic roxithromycin for a febrile infection of the paranasal sinuses. Three days later, she developed a rapidly progressive weakness of all extremities as well as the supply area of both branches of the facial nerve. She was then acutely transferred to the neurological department of a hospital. GBS was diagnosed there. After initial unsuccessful treatment with immunoglobulins, the condition improved after plasmapheresis. A slight weakness of the facial branches, however, persisted. Via toxcenter

Classical symptomatology of guillain-barre syndrome

GBS is manifested by a flaccid, symmetrical, distal onset paresis as cardinal symptom. This rises in the course from distal to cranial. In most cases, this paresis develops over a period of several days. Development within hours or over weeks is rather atypical.

Other symptoms and characteristics of GBS may include the following:

loss of at least the distal muscle reflexes (from distal to proximal), can still be triggerable at onset of disease. (mostly N. Facialis), sensory deficits rarely
recovery after 1-4 weeks plateau phase
CSF findings: cytoalbuminous dissociation (s.U.)
Electrophysiological findings consistent with GBS
No fever at onset of neuropathy
Autonomic disordersRapidly alternating hyper- and hypofunctions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems may occur. Severe autonomic dysfunction occurs in 40-65. Sympathetic ↑:hypertension, agitation, sweating, sympathetic ↓: orthostatic hypotension. Parasympathetic ↑: bradycardia, parasympathetic ↓: tachycardia, bladder/mast dysfunction.

Most patients die due to involvement of the vegetative nervous system. Patients may require a temporary external pacemaker.

Diagnosis

The diagnostic algorithm consists of medical history (1-3 weeks preceding respiratory tract infections, gastroenteritis), suitable clinical findings (rapidly ascending flaccid paresis), exclusion of differential diagnoses and additional diagnostics Together. These diagnostic tools are important in GBS:

CSF puncture in guillain-barre syndrome

Picture: "liquor reflux through 25 G spinal needle during spinal anesthesia" by docp. License: CC BY-SA 2.0

The most important diagnostic tool is the liquid puncture: it shows a massive increase in the protein content, while the cell count is slightly increased or not increased at all. This phenomenon is called cytoalbumin dissociation denotes.

CAVEclinical symptoms may begin before the onset of cerebrospinal fluid changes, and protein concentrations may therefore be normal in the early stages of the disease.

Laboratory in guillain-barre syndrome

The following laboratory tests, among others, can be performed to search for possible pathogens in GBS:

Determination of antibodies igg and IGM against the gangliosides GM1, gd1a, gd1b and gq1b
Campylobacter– and mycoplasma-serologies.

Apparative examinations in guillain-barre syndrome

As additional examinations electroneurography and a electromyography are performed. Typical signs of GBS in neurography, the v.A. On the demyelination are the following:

Prolonged F-wave latencies
Decreased persistence of F-waves
slowing of distal motor latency
Decreased nerve conduction velocities
conduction blocks (as a sign of demyelination)

In electromyogram shows pathological spontaneous activity after 2-3 weeks as expression of axonal involvement.

Examination of the autonomic nervous system in guillain-barre syndrome

To autonomic disturbances to exclude or. The following examinations are suitable for identification:

Orthostasis reaction: sympathetic denervation is indicated by a lack of heart rate increase of 10-30/minute.
Heart rate variability: the patient breathes in for 6 seconds and out for 6 seconds. In normal cases, there is variability in heart rate of> 15 beats/minute. If this variability is absent, it indicates parasympathetic denervation.

Differential diagnoses

Similar clinical pictures to guillain-barre syndrome

Untypical for GBS are the constellations of symptoms such as fever at the onset of the disease, asymmetry of the pareses, bladder disturbances, strong sensory involvement and sharply demarcated sensory level and significantly increased cell count in the liquor.

If these symptoms occur, they should instead be referred to spinal disorders such as paraplegic myelitis, spinal space-occupying lesions, spinal ischemia, and spinal viral and bacterial inflammation think of.

Therapy

Treatment of guillain-barre syndrome

Guillain-barre syndrome can cause both symptomatic as well as special causal to be treated. A general causal therapy is not possible! It is still unclear,

Whether an antibiotic or antiviral treatment against the in principle treatable pathogens can positively influence the immunological disease process by antigen elimination.

Special causal therapy of guillain-barre syndrome

Since the autodestructive acting antibodies cause of the disease, one tries to wash it out respectively. interception. For this purpose one administers over 5 days immunoglobulins: 0,4 g/kg body weight/day. An alternative to this is the plasmapheresis with the daily removal of the antibodies dar. This special causal therapy is performed when the walking distance and breathing of the affected person are severely restricted.

Symptomatic therapy of guillain-barre syndrome

As symptomatic therapy one leads a thrombosis prophylaxis and pneumonia prophylaxis (regular coughing, vibratory massage of the thorax) through. If vital capacity falls below 25% of normal plasma value, ventilate. Occurring bradycardias and AV blocks grade II and III can be treated with a temporary pacemaker. Glucocorticoids are considered ineffective in classic GBS!

For the analgesic treatment of neuropathic pain, the following are used antiphlogistics, antidepressants, antiepileptics and weak opioid considered.

course

Progression and prognosis of guillain-barre syndrome

The typical course of GBS is as follows:

2 weeks worsening of symptoms
2 weeks plateau phase
2 weeks regression of the symptoms in reverse order

This temporal sequence, however, represents only the most common course of the disease. patients with GBS sometimes have to be treated in intensive care for several months.

In ca. 1/3 of patients do not fully recover from symptoms. In very severe cases that are resistant to therapy, high tetraplegia and cranial nerve deficits. The lethality of GBS is approx. 3 %. If there is a prolonged progression of GBS, CIDP must also be considered (see below).

Unfavorable prognostic factors are:

High age
Ventilation requirement
presence of dominant axonal damage
Rapid progression of symptoms

progression and special forms

variant of GBS: miller-fisher syndrome

The miller-fisher syndrome represents a variant of guillain-barre syndrome. The classic clinical symptomtrias is:

ophthalmoplegia
ataxia
Areflexia associated with the detection of gq1b antibodies (ganglioside antibodies) in the serum.

Weaknesses in the mimic musculature, optional are paresis of the extremities.

There is also an increase in protein in the fluid, and the detection of anti-gq1b antibodies is positive in 90% of cases.

Distinguishing features of GBS and miller-fisher syndrome

guillain-barre syndrome	miller-fisher syndrome
paresis	distally symmetrical starting at the feet	external eye muscles
predominantly affected nerves	motor	sensitive
type of damage	demyelinating	axonal

(source: A. Bender et al.mediscript short textbook neurology. Elsevier publishing 2013. S. 320, tab. 14.3.)

variant of GBS: elsberg syndrome

The elsberg syndrome, the radiculitis sacralis, also represents a variant of GBS. Elsberg syndrome sometimes occurs after infections with herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus and Lyme disease. Characteristic symptoms are:

Dysesthesias
Paresthesias in the supply areas of the peripheral nerves
bladder emptying disorder and rectal dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction

Chronic GBS: chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)

The chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) describes the chronic course of GBS. However, CIDP occurs only very rarely.

Pathogenesis of CIDP

Similar to GBS, the pathogenesis of CIDP is not conclusively understood. It is suspected that humoral and cellular factors of the immune response play a role. As in GBS, the symptoms arise from the de– and remyelination of the large fibers. However, axonal lesions are more common in CIDP, resulting in denervation.

Clinic of CIDP

By definition, CIDP occurs via 8 weeks. Progressive, distal and proximal development of the symmetrical muscle weakness until failure of muscle reflexes. Sensory disturbances may also occur; the autonomic nervous system, which is strongly affected in GBS, is less affected in CIDP.

Frequency distribution of neurological deficits:

Motor deficits: 94 %
Paresthesia: 64 %
Cranial nerve involvement: 2-32 %

Diagnosis of CIDP

A slowdown of nerve conduction velocity and the reduction of the sum action potentials in electromyography show both a demyelinating and an axonal involvement. F-wehlen are diminished or absent. Just as in GBS and elsberg syndrome, the protein increased in liquor.

Therapy of CIDP

The therapeutic approach shows a clear difference compared to acute GBS therapy: in CIDP, the treatment is steroids used.

Steroids reduce the expression pro-inflammatory cytokines and inhibit T-cell development. You start with 100 mg prednisone (consider osteoporosis prophylaxis!), what will be phased out in the course and ggfs. replaced by permanent immunosuppression (with cyclophosphamide or cyclosporin A). Immunoadsorption and the administration of immunoglobulins are also used.

Variant of GBS: multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN)

The MMN provides a asymmetric variant of the CIDP. Here, only the motor fibers affected. Clinically, asymmetric reflex deficits and muscle weakness are typical. Since the 2. Motoneuron affected, the occurrence of atrophies and fasciculations is possible (inital affected is often the motor part of the n. Ulnar).

Diagnostic findings at MMN:

Electrophysiology: isolated conduction blocks
SerologyGM1 antibodies are elevated in one-third of patients
Liquor: protein normal or slightly elevated

Therapeutic is the short-term administration of cyclophosphamide or the gift of immunoglobulins.

sources and guideline on guillain-barre syndrome

S1 guide guillain-barre syndrome in childhood and adolescence of the society for neuropediatrics (GNP) with the collaboration of the german society for pediatric and adolescent medicine, the society for neonatology and pediatric intensive care medicine and the german society for neurology. In: AWMF online (as of: 01.07.2012, valid until 01.07.2017)

Gerlach, R., bickel, A.: casebook neurology, 2. edition (2009) – thieme verlag

Scholz, J. Et al.: emergency medicine, 3. edition (2012) – thieme verlag

From compact class king to problem child: for the first time in decades, the VW golf is no longer the best-selling car in europe

for the first time in its 45-year history, the golf is not the best-selling car in europe.
In the months of may and June, the volkswagen model was overtaken by the french small car renault clio, reports the "handelsblatt".
Reason for low sales figures is low product availability and ongoing production problems.

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The new golf 8’s messed-up start is now also reflected in the sales figures. For the first time in decades, the golf is not the best-selling car in europe, reports the "handelsblatt" newspaper. This has never happened before in the 45-year history of the golf. The german’s favorite car was dethroned by the renault clio in may and june.

The reason for the low sales figures are the quality problems with the golf 8 that have persisted since the beginning. In addition, internal group disputes also hampered production and sales. Instead, the french small car sold 16.000 units sold in may to take the lead. The london-based analysis company jato dynamics, on the other hand, reported only 13.000 golf units sold. In june it was even 37.000 clios sold and only 24.000 golf models delivered, says "handelsblatt.

top management criticized

The low availability of the golf 8 was a problem for a long time. By the end of 2019, only 8 new cars will have been built at the wolfsburg plant.400 instead of the planned 100.000 units produced. The head of the VW works council, Bernd osterloh, was critical: "Overzealous board members tried to cram too much technology into a car too quickly – and failed," osterloh said in the spring.

Above all, the top management of the group around chief executive officer herbert diess was criticized. The quality of the golf 8 was not at the level of previous models and the number of daily defects was high. Recalls due to software problems and a delivery stop in may due to the faulty emergency call assistant worsened the situation at VW.

Normally 70 percent of all cars come off the production line in wolfsburg without any problems. With the golf 8, it was only every third car. Dealers were also incompletely equipped, so that sales director jurgen stackmann had to apologize personally to the car dealers.

VW is confident

However, the Group is now confident that it will once again be number one in europe in the future. the company announced that deliveries of golf models in europe in july were once again significantly higher than in the same month last year, reports the "handelsblatt". Additional model variants should improve production figures again in the second half of the year.

The next few months will show whether the calculation works out and the golf sales figures are revived. last year, for the first time since 2007, the wolfsburg main plant had fewer than 700.000 vehicles produced.