Toronto Used Cars

Finding a car: Auto Mart and Auto Trader Car Magazines March 9, 2008

If you’re looking to buy used cars in Toronto, two of the first places you should look are the Auto Mart and Auto Trader magazines.Almost all used car dealerships in Toronto and the GTA advertise in either one or both of these magazines. Generally, in these magazines, each dealership has one or more pages and advertises a selection of their stock (usually 20+ cars and their price/features on each page).

The Auto Mart magazines are free and you can find them in “The Big Yellow Boxes” all around the GTA, usually near bus stops. Be sure to look for the “Used Vehicle Buying Guide” edition, published weekly.

On the other hand, the Auto Trader magazine costs somewhere around a dollar or two in gas stations and other places. Auto Trader has not only car dealerships’ advertisements, but also private car sales info.

These two magazines are the most reliable and frequently used sources, and even better, the editions you find in the GTA will be GTA-specific.

Another more convenient option is to go on their websites: automart.ca and autotrader.ca.

You can use these pretty cool search engines that can search for the car you want through filters like price and features (e.g. air conditioning). Make sure though, that you set the area to Toronto (or whatever your area is) so you don’t have to go through the disappointment of finding the perfect car… in a dealership on the end of the country.

Just like most dealers advertise in the magazines, those same dealers likely have a page on the websites, and those pages usually link to the dealerships’ own website (if there is one). You can find the name of the website of a dealer on the dealer’s page in Auto Mart or Auto Trader, or the page on automart.ca or autotrader.ca.