Batumi
Car sourcing and inspection in Batumi
Car Select covers Batumi and the rest of Adjara. Visits are planned ahead, which makes it possible to see several cars in one trip.
Send a listing for inspection
Send the listing and your contact. We will arrange the inspection location and time. We reply during business hours.
$100 · per car
Local market
How does the Batumi car market work?
Supply in Batumi is noticeably thinner than in Tbilisi or Rustavi, and prices are often higher: cars are brought in from the centre of the country and the logistics end up in the sticker. So it is worth comparing a local car against having one delivered from Rustavi, since the gap often covers the transport.
The climate adds its own factor. Damp sea air and winter road salt speed up corrosion, so we look especially hard at the underbody, arches and sills here. On cars that have spent their whole life on the coast it shows earlier than on Tbilisi ones.
Then there are the ex-rental cars. Tidy on the outside, modest mileage on paper, but a very hard life behind them. They give themselves away through interior wear, brake condition and the service history.
What the visit covers
- Visits across Batumi and Adjara
- Extended body and underbody corrosion check
- Paint thickness measured on every panel
- OBD diagnostics and a test drive
- History checked for signs of rental use
- Report with photos and readings
- Response time
- 1–3 days
- Inspection time
- 60–90 min
- Adjara
- Covered
- Several cars
- In one trip
Services
What can you book in Batumi?
Expert for a day
$250
Car import from the US
from $500
Vehicle history check
from $10
Help repairing a car in Georgia
on request
Car computer diagnostics
on request
Questions
What do people ask most?
Does a visit to Batumi cost more?
Travel is added to the inspection fee if the trip is arranged for a single car. When several Batumi requests land on the same day, the surcharge is split between clients or dropped.
What if the car I want isn't in Batumi?
We'll find it in Tbilisi or Rustavi, check it on site and arrange the drive over. For clients in Adjara this is a common route: the choice inland is wider and delivery costs less than the price difference.
Is it true that coastal cars have more body problems?
Corrosion does develop faster here, and inspections confirm it. We always look at the underbody on a lift or a ramp and photograph the arches and sills, so you see the real picture rather than fresh underseal.
Can you check a car while I'm still outside Georgia?
Yes. Plenty of buyers from the CIS and Europe order the inspection remotely and decide from the report. If needed we handle the deposit, the paperwork and storage until you arrive.
Buying a car in Batumi?
Tell us what you've found. We'll plan the trip and look at every suitable option at once.