The calm road to driving electric
Since 2019 we’ve been helping people find their first — or next — electric car. With our own range tests, deep knowledge and a high level of customer service and support.
It started with a buying experience that could be better
What began as a passion for driving electric grew into one of Belgium’s references for young EVs and plug-in hybrids. We buy carefully, inspect thoroughly and only sell cars we stand behind ourselves. In fact, many of our cars come from our own short-term lease scheme for businesses, and from our close collaboration with the manufacturers.
We soon went all in on one niche: electric cars. In 2019 that meant a Tesla Model 3 or Model S, a Nissan Leaf, an Audi e-tron — and anyone with questions rarely got an answer at a classic dealership. We filled that gap with knowledge, honest advice and personal guidance.
For the first few years we sold purely online. Covid pushed us further in that direction: delivery at home, highly personal test drives, training at a distance. In 2020 we saw electric company cars standing still in car parks because everyone was working from home — that’s where our first remarketing flows came from, moving company fleets to private buyers. To this day it’s an important source of cars, alongside our network and close cooperation with the brands.
In 2023 came an Experience Center in Ledeberg, on the Brusselse Steenweg, in the old Renault Mahy buildings. Since June 2024 we’ve been in Sint-Martens-Latem, after a renovation: more room and comfort for customers, handover and detailing at a higher level, and space for a team that has grown. Thibault runs the site there.
Once you’ve chosen, the real work starts for us
From the first question to the coffee you still drop by for two years later. This is what it looks like in practice.
01Informing
With an EV it isn’t about horsepower and engine size, but about the battery pack, the realistic range and the charging speed. We work from our own findings, not the numbers in the brochure. You compare brands side by side within your budget: a few more kilometres or nearly new — sometimes it turns out to be a completely different model than the one you had in mind.
02Experiencing
Never driven electric? Then you come and test drive, more than once if that helps. Feel one-pedal driving, notice how a car like this responds. Torn between petrol, plug-in hybrid and electric? We put them side by side — different brands, batteries and motors — and you drive them all.
03Arranging
Insurance: we compare several providers and check whether your own insurer is really offering you the right rate. Financing: there’s a formula for everyone, also after a bankruptcy or with a weaker file. We draw up a business plan together and knock on the door of several lenders. Number plate, safety kit and detailing are included, with no hidden costs.
04Handing over
We take plenty of time for it, at your home or on location: explaining the car, setting up apps and connections, and if it helps, driving the first kilometres with you. For most people a car stays a big investment and something to look forward to — whatever the budget.
05Aftercare
One point of contact, 7 days a week, no call center. Some customers drop by weekly for a coffee with a question or simply to catch up. As long as you’re driving the car, you stay welcome.
Sometimes we sell you nothing
It happens often that we suggest keeping your current car a while longer, or adding a small second car instead of replacing — simply because that suits how you drive. If someone else is a better fit for your question, we point you there. It costs us a sale and gets us someone who believes us.
“People walk in here the way they’d walk in at a friend’s place.”
Maximiliaan Devloo, founder of CarMatchFive promises, every time
Transparent
Accurate information from a neutral point of view: facts and our own findings. The history of every car is known, and batteries hold no secrets for us as an Aviloo partner.
E-mobility experts
Our own range tests and calculations, including the difference between winter and summer capacity and charging behaviour we’ve actually measured. And everything around it: charging, taxation, insurance, financing.
Human
Here you do get someone on the line and your email does get answered, 7 days a week. No dress code at CarMatch: come as and when it suits you, everyone is welcome.
Swift
Road-ready within 3 to 4 weeks, often faster in practice. We can also put a replacement car at your disposal if you urgently need to be mobile.
2 years of warranty
On our used cars we give two years of warranty — twice what most dealers offer. And during those two years we’re here to actually solve problems.
We get to know the cars ourselves
Not a sheet of options, but our own range tests, calculations and measured charging behaviour. Two places where that knowledge comes together:
CarMatch Explorer
Our own research and test data on every EV we stand behind: official figures alongside our own range tests, battery packs and models compared, pre-facelift versus facelift, and which cars sit on a dedicated battery platform and which on a (partly) combustion one. Available on our website since July 2026.
CarMatch Configurator
Looking for something very specific — model, colour, options, powertrain? Pass on your dream configuration and we’ll source it through our own fleet, our network and our cooperation with the brands. Road-ready within 3 to 4 weeks. The showroom deliberately holds a broad range to test; the Configurator fills in the rest.
Our road to here
CarMatch starts, out of a passion for cars and a buying experience that could be better.
Purely online sales. Delivery at home, personal test drives, training at a distance.
First remarketing flows: electric company fleets standing still, moved to the private market.
Experience Center in Ledeberg, in the old Renault Mahy buildings.
Opening of the current site in Sint-Martens-Latem.
Talk to a specialist
No call center — you simply get someone on the line here, 7 days a week.