Review last fact-checked: 28 July 2026. No competition site pays to appear on Best Car Raffles.
The Car Competition’s selling point is the rarest thing in this sector: genuinely short odds. Where the big operators run draws with hundreds of thousands of tickets, this Buckinghamshire outfit caps its car draws at around 1,100–1,200 tickets — meaning a 79p ticket on a BMW M4 draw carries odds of 1 in 1,200, orders of magnitude better than a typical flagship raffle. Here is our independent review.
Who runs it and how it works
The operator is Redline Prestige & Performance Ltd, a used-car business incorporated in November 2017 and based in Iver, Buckinghamshire, with accounts filed on time. Live examples when we checked on 28 July 2026: a BMW M4 Competition plus £2,000 at 79p a ticket (1,200 total tickets); a Mercedes GLC250d plus £2,000 at 59p (1,200 tickets); and an iPhone 17 Pro at 99p (1,100 tickets). Winners are picked live on Facebook using Google’s random number generator, draws run within seven days of closing, and — importantly — the terms commit the promoter to drawing on schedule regardless of ticket sales, with no extensions. Open to UK and Ireland residents 18+.
Free entry and cash alternatives
Free postal entry is an unenclosed postcard to the registered address (Unit 1b Thorney Mill Road, Iver SL0 9AQ) with your name, address, phone, email, the competition name and answer — one entry per postcard, and you need a matching registered account. On paper the cash alternative is discretionary (substitution only if the prize is unavailable), but in practice winner reviews consistently report cash alternatives being offered and paid within about 24 hours — a Range Rover winner took £40,000 cash, an RSQ8 winner was paid inside a day.
Pros and cons
Pros
- The best odds in the sector — car draws capped around 1,200 tickets
- Draws go ahead on schedule regardless of sales, by written commitment
- Winners consistently report cash alternatives paid within ~24 hours
- 4.6 Trustpilot (3,872 reviews) earned without ever soliciting reviews — the profile is unclaimed
Cons
- Very low recent review volume (about 15 in the last year) makes current reputation hard to read
- Long-time entrants say the site is quieter than in its heyday, and some allege repeat winners (reviewer opinions, unproven)
- Reports of the website going down close to draw times
- No formal cash-alternative right in the terms — it is custom, not contract
Our verdict
If your priority is odds rather than glamour, The Car Competition’s 1-in-1,200 car draws are about the best value proposition in the UK — verify it yourself with our odds calculator. The operation is smaller and quieter than it once was, so keep stakes modest, but the payout record among reviewed winners is genuinely good.
Sources: thecarcompetition.co.uk and its terms (checked 28 July 2026), Trustpilot (uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.thecarcompetition.co.uk), Companies House records for Redline Prestige & Performance Ltd. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.