Updated November 2026 by the Get A Better Car finance team (FCA No 713342)
Looking for car finance in Mansfield, including with bad credit? Get A Better Car is a Nottinghamshire car finance specialist dealer on the A52 at Bramcote. Since 2017 we’ve helped hundreds of people from Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby and the surrounding villages get car finance, and many had bad credit. Every application goes to our panel of fair and bad credit lenders using a soft search, so checking your eligibility won’t affect your credit score. We deliver free to Mansfield, or we’ll pay your taxi or train fare to come and see the car.
Very often, yes. We work with all credit ratings and circumstances. To apply you’ll need:
Once you apply, your application goes to our panel of fair and bad credit lenders with a soft search. It takes about two to three working hours for them to reply. We then call you with the monthly or weekly payments, the APR, any deposit needed, and the documents the lender wants, which are usually your driving licence and proof of income. In most cases no deposit is needed (see no deposit car finance).
Yes. There are more than 15 fair and bad credit car finance lenders in the UK, all with different criteria, and we send your application to the ones most likely to approve you. There’s no such thing as guaranteed car finance, but these things help:
In an IVA? Read our IVA car finance guide. Not sure about payments? Try our car finance calculator.
We arrange car finance for Mansfield and the surrounding areas, including:
All of these get our free delivery (we deliver free within 100 miles), and our repair partner AF1 Services is based in Mansfield if any work is ever needed.
Yes, delivery is free within 100 miles, which covers all of Mansfield and Ashfield. If you’d rather see the car first, we’ll pay for a taxi or train to our site in Bramcote. We usually wait until you’ve seen the car and are happy with it before we ask the lender to pay us, so you can check it over properly first. Every car comes with a full MOT, a service and health check, and a 6 month in-house warranty.
We’re car finance specialists, recognised as Car Finance Experts by the Finance & Leasing Association, with over 500 Google reviews. We look for the best approval from our lender panel rather than just one lender, and we take as much care over the cars as the finance. Call us on 0115 736 5900 or apply below.
It’s a soft search only, with no impact on your credit rating.
We’re based in Bramcote, Nottingham, and deliver free to Mansfield and Ashfield, or pay your taxi or train fare if you’d like to come and see the car first.
Often, yes. Our panel of specialist lenders considers bad credit, CCJs, defaults and IVAs, subject to affordability. Checking your eligibility is a soft search.
Usually not. In around 85% of cases the lender’s valuation covers the full price of the car.
Get A Better Car is a trading name of Twiggco Ltd, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No 713342). We are a credit broker, not a lender. Finance is subject to status and affordability; applicants must be 18 or over.