A unique car comparison tool has been developed by CAP exclusively for Volvo Car UK and its customers.

Called Volvo Compare, it is available via Volvo's own website and offers a simple method of comparing the features and prices of the Volvo car range with all other makes and models in the market.

Volvo dealers will also use Volvo Compare in the showroom environment to guide customers to the cars that best match their needs.

Aimed at private motorists, company car drivers and fleet managers, Volvo Compare offers full transparency to customers by revealing every significant cost and feature aspect of up to four vehicles displayed on-screen together.

It features a vehicle registration mark look-up facility so that any vehicle already on the road can be included in the comparisons.

A combination of 16 cost and feature attributes are compared to help their decision making process.

For example company car drivers can compare Benefit In Kind tax costs, fleet car buyers can check differences in service, maintenance and repair costs and private motorists can look up fuel consumption information and Vehicle Excise Duty rates.

For users unsure of what cars to compare, a time-saving ‘auto suggest' facility also offers intelligently chosen ‘like for like' cars for comparison. These are based on common comparisons made by other potential buyers.

Volvo Compare is also one of very few tools of its kind to email the user a full document containing their comparison data, to refer to offline and at any time.