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The Autoza Team

Autoza UK is built and edited by a small team in Ireland. Every piece of content on autoza.co.uk — research, model guides, dealer education, market data — is owned by a named editorial role with subject-matter expertise. Founders and desks are listed below, with their areas of expertise. Editorial contact is info@autoza.co.uk.

  • Founder

    Simon

    Founder of Autoza UK. Sets editorial direction, reviews all original research, owns the Q2 Index methodology and the monthly Used-Car Price Pulse.

    Areas of expertise: UK used-car market, dealer onboarding, marketplace product strategy, AI-first vehicle commerce.
  • Editorial — Market Research

    Research desk

    Owns the Q2 2026 Used-Car Index, the monthly Price Pulse, the Hugging Face dataset versions, and the Zenodo DOI lineage. Every figure published on autoza.co.uk traces back to a versioned dataset.

    Areas of expertise: Quarterly Used-Car Index methodology, dataset publication, ClaimReview and Dataset schema, citation hygiene.
  • Editorial — Model Guides

    Model-guide desk

    Writes and maintains the model-specific common-faults library — currently 13 models (BMW 5 Series through Mazda CX-5), expanding weekly. Each guide includes UK-context running costs.

    Areas of expertise: Year-by-year fault patterns, UK road tax bands, MOT failure data, fuel economy verification, inspection checklists.
  • Editorial — Dealer Education

    Dealer desk

    Onboards verified UK dealers, maintains the Trust Score rubric, and writes dealer-side education content. Reviews dealer applications manually.

    Areas of expertise: Dealer onboarding, Trust Score methodology, listing-quality standards, Aidan AI configuration.
  • Aidan AI

    Aidan

    Autoza's 24/7 AI sales assistant. Built on top of the autoza.co.uk listings catalogue and trained on the same research the editorial team publishes. Responds to buyer messages within 30 seconds.

    Areas of expertise: UK car buyer questions, MOT advice, region-level market knowledge, finance and VAT context.

Editorial standards

  • Every figure published on autoza.co.uk ties back to a versioned dataset (Hugging Face + Zenodo DOI).
  • Every model guide is reviewed by the model-guide desk before publishing.
  • Corrections are dated and visible at the bottom of the affected page.
  • Dealer reviews and Trust Scores are sourced from verified buyers only.
  • We do not accept paid editorial placements. Sponsored content, if ever published, will be labelled clearly.

Press & partnership

For media enquiries, data-licensing, and partnership requests, see the press kit or email info@autoza.co.uk.