Used cars for sale in Oxford
Find your next used car in Oxford and the OX postcode area
Cars for sale in and around Oxford
About Oxford
This page lists the used cars that dealers and sellers advertise on Autoza in and around Oxford, in the OX postcode area and nearby. Oxford has an estimated population of about 162,000 (ONS estimate).
The Oxford cars on Autoza right now were first registered between 2011 and 2024. Petrol is the most common fuel, then diesel and hybrid. Automatic is the most common gearbox, then manual. Their median recorded mileage is about 59,000 miles. These figures come from the adverts listed today and change as cars are added and sold.
Before you visit, ask the seller for the registration and check the car's MOT history, free on GOV.UK, so you can see its past tests, advisories and recorded mileage.
Most-listed brands in Oxford
Used-car pricing in Oxford
Cars advertised on Autoza in and around Oxford are currently priced from £1,165 to £19,185, with an average asking price of £14,477. These figures are worked out from the cars listed on Autoza today, not from a survey of the whole Oxford market, and they change as cars are added and sold. They are asking prices, so compare cars of the same age and mileage, and ask the seller for the registration so you can check each one's MOT history, before you decide.
FAQs: buying a used car in Oxford
Yes. Oxford Zero Emission Zone covers a small set of central Oxford streets (pilot zone), 7am–7pm, seven days a week, year round. Unlike a Clean Air Zone it can charge a car whatever its Euro standard: a zero-emission car pays nothing, an ultra-low-emission car (under 75 g/km of CO2) £2 a day, a Euro 4 petrol or Euro 6 diesel car £4 a day and any other car £10 a day (Oxfordshire County Council).
Oxford's traffic filter trial started on Monday 28 September 2026 and replaced the temporary congestion charge. The six traffic filters apply only to cars (and motorhomes), electric cars are not exempt, and car drivers can no longer pay the £5 congestion charge to go through them (Oxfordshire County Council).
Cars advertised on Autoza in and around Oxford are currently priced from £1,165 to £19,185, with an average asking price of £14,477. These figures are worked out from the cars listed on Autoza today, not from a survey of the whole Oxford market, and they change as cars are added and sold. They are asking prices, so compare cars of the same age and mileage, and ask the seller for the registration so you can check each one's MOT history, before you decide.
Ask the seller for the registration number, then enter it on GOV.UK's free MOT history service to see the car's past tests, advisories and recorded mileage. Ask to see the V5C logbook as well, and run a vehicle history check before you pay.
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