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Finance on the spot
Finance worked out
while they’re looking.
Most buyers think in monthly payments, not screen prices. The TradeScale Plus sales executive gives them a representative finance illustration on the spot, at your own real representative APR, tied to the exact car they are looking at, so the £11,990 estate becomes a realistic monthly figure while their interest is at its peak.
Your rate, not a made-up one
Your real APR.
Always.
A finance figure is only useful if it is honest. The assistant's illustrations always use your own real representative APR, the rate you actually offer, never an invented or “teaser” number. And the figure is tied to the specific car: its actual price, on your actual rate. So the monthly number the buyer sees is one your team can stand behind when they follow up.
That matters twice over. It protects your credibility, no awkward call where the real figure is nothing like the one on the website. And it warms up the lead: a buyer who already knows the car is roughly £a-month-they-can-afford is much closer to a deal than one still staring at a screen price.
In the conversation
From price tag to monthly figure.
Your Sales Executive
Your representative APRIllustrative conversation, real illustrations use your rate and the actual car's price.
And because the assistant is a sales executive rather than a calculator, it does what a good one does next: offers the viewing or test drive, and captures the lead so your team can pick the finance conversation up exactly where the assistant left it, the chat summary comes with the lead.
Questions, answered
Finance, answered.
Whose APR does the assistant use?
Yours. Every finance illustration uses your own real representative APR, the assistant never invents a rate.
Is the illustration tied to a specific car?
Yes. The figure is worked out for the exact car the buyer is looking at, at its actual price, so the monthly number they see is realistic for that car.
Is it a quote or an illustration?
A representative illustration. It gives the buyer a realistic monthly figure so they can judge affordability; your team and your finance provider handle the actual application and quote, as they do today.
Why does this help my follow-up?
Because the buyer arrives already knowing roughly what the car costs a month. When your team follows up, the conversation starts warm, the affordability question is already half-answered.
What if a buyer asks something about finance the assistant shouldn't answer?
It stays inside its lane. It never invents rates, terms or approvals, it gives the representative illustration and hands anything beyond that to your team, with the lead captured.
Keep reading
The rest of the product.
Viewings & test drives
A monthly figure plus a booked slot is a buyer, not a browser.
Read moreLead capture
The finance conversation arrives with the lead, summarised.
Read moreKnows every car
Illustrations are tied to real cars at real prices, never guesses.
Read moreHow we compare
No live chat or generic chatbot quotes finance on the actual car.
Read moreSee it on your own stock
Show buyers the monthly figure.
See it quote your own APR on your own cars, free demo built on your live stock.