Top 10 Best WordPress Car Dealer Themes in 2023

“If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will.” – Bob Hooey

Car dealers, like every business, need a strong web presence. The growth of online car sales, the increase in online research and comparison and the fact all your competitors are online, means you need to be online too.

That’s why we put this post together. To help car dealerships create a website that showcases their stock and delivers the features customers expect.

What follows are the 10 best WordPress car dealer themes we could find.

We have tried them, tested them and made sure they deliver the reliability, ease of use and features you expect.

If you’re launching a car dealer website or thinking of leveling up the theme you’re using, this is the post for you!

What’s in an automotive WordPress theme?

Before we get started showcasing those car dealer websites, let’s first discuss what to look for in a theme.

We consider the following to be essential ingredients in any car dealer WordPress theme:

Attractive design

Any web design you use to showcase your business needs to look the part. That means nice color combinations, modern fonts, good page balance, at least some white space and an overall appeal that is pleasing to the eye.

A competent web design needs to be both attractive and engaging but also able to stand back and let your content shine.

Easy to use

We don’t all have time to spend hours or days putting a website together. A car dealer theme that supports drag and drop page builders like the Elementor page builder, Brizy, Beaver Builder or others is also useful.

It minimizes the time it takes to design a website and ensures you can deliver a superb-looking result without needing to know code or spending forever putting it together.

Product showcases

A car dealer theme also has to sell without selling. That means being able to showcase cars, provide the information buyers require to make informed decisions and be able to paint the picture of a lifestyle to encourage visitors to engage.

Being able to effectively showcase cars in an attractive way is all part of the conversion process and is an essential ingredient in an automotive website.

Search and filter

Websites with lots of products become cumbersome without a search function. It can take time to find what you’re looking for and with attention spans shrinking all the time, many visitors just won’t bother.

A car dealer theme should definitely have a search function. If it has a filter function where you can select from make, model, year, or other criteria, even better!

The 10 Best WordPress car dealer themes

Now you know what to look for, let’s take a look at those 10 car dealer WordPress themes.

We think any of the following could make amazing car dealer websites with minimal effort!

Motors

Our own Motors car dealer theme stands head and shoulders above much of the competition thanks to its great eye for design. It comes with a selection of templates covering many types of layouts.

Each template includes lots of sections of images and products, a large hero section with calls to action and images, specific inventory areas, product highlight elements, search and filter, Mega Menu, engaging contact us page and a selection of attractive color schemes.

Pros of Motors

Selection of high quality car listing templates
Strong on images throughout
Bold hero section for instant engagement
Search and filter function
Very customizable

Cons of Motors

There are a lot of features to get to grips with

Opinion of Motors

Motors is a very competent auto dealer theme. It has a range of designs suitable for car dealerships, boats, bikes or other big ticket items. It’s well worth checking our if you’re planning as new car dealer website.

Divi Car Dealer

We feature Divi Car Dealer mainly for what Divi is capable of rather than this specific design. We think it misses a trick with all that empty space above the fold, but the flexibility of the theme means you can add a hero section if you need to.

Divi works with its own page builder, Divi Builder, and offers the chance to add Google Maps, an attractive contact page, brand color schemes, sections for car rentals as well as sales and a whole lot more.

It’s a very flexible car dealer theme, hence its place in this list.

Pros of Divi Car Dealer

Very flexible WordPress theme
Readymade auto dealer template
Divi Builder is fast and easy to use
Recent Divi updates means it’s faster than ever
Compatible with most WordPress plugins

Cons of Divi Car Dealer

Auto dealer template will need a little work
No search or filter function

Opinion of Divi Car Dealer

The Divi Car Dealer template may need a little work to bring it up to standard but Divi itself is more than up to the task. It’s fast, flexible and makes short work of building a car dealer website or any type of website for that matter.

AutoPro

AutoPro is a light, bright automotive WordPress theme that does a good job of selling the lifestyle. It’s modern, includes strong imagery, compelling colors and fonts and showcases the cars as soon as you land on the page.

The theme also includes search and filtering, product showcases, individual car pages and an attractive contact form with Google Map at the bottom. There are 8 distinct layouts that are all built with Visual Composer so there’s sure to be something here you’ll like.

Pros of AutoPro

8 attractive automotive WordPress theme templates
Great use of colors and fonts
Nice layouts with everything an auto dealer needs
Build with Visual Composer page builder
Includes finance calculator element

Cons of AutoPro

Websites built with Visual Composer are not usually the fastest
ThemeForest themes include minimal support

Opinion of AutoPro

AutoPro is a great option if you’re an experienced WordPress user and can find your way around a theme. It’s bright, modern and attractive, all things a car dealer website needs to be.

Car Dealer

Car Dealer is another ThemeForest theme that would make an awesome car business website. It’s rich, vibrant and uses dark and light colors very effectively. The theme comes with a number of templates that all share the same design aesthetic.

Each template includes logical layouts with simple navigation, strong images, search and filter sections, product showcases, vehicle listing sections, social proof, well-designed car pages and everything you could need to build a car dealer website.

Pros of Car Dealer

Strong designs with bold colors and fonts
Great page balance with bold elements and whitespace
Individual car pages are particularly good
Built with the Elementor page builder
14 different layouts

Cons of Car Dealer

You will need some WordPress experience to get the best out of it

Opinion of Car Dealer

The Car Dealer template is an excellent option with a bold color scheme, attractive car listing sections and all the ingredients you need to create a website to sell big ticket items.

Neve Car Rental

Neve Car Rental is a little different. It uses the very flexible Neve multipurpose theme to create a car rentals website rather than a car dealership. The design is much more laid back than many in our list and that works in its favor.

The color and design are calm, using white and dark elements throughout. It includes modern sans serif fonts, lots of white space interspersed with bolder content elements with stronger colors. The overall impression is professional as well as attractive.

Pros of Neve Car Rental

Uses the very flexible Neve multipurpose theme
Great layout with plenty of white space
Modern fonts and bright colors
Compatible with the Elementor page builder and others
Translation-ready

Cons of Neve Car Rental

Primarily for car rentals but could be tweaked for sales

Opinion of Neve Car Rental

Neve is like a breath of fresh air compared to some of the louder, more styled car dealer themes here. It may be a niche theme for car rentals only but it could easily be tweaked thanks to its page builder compatibility.

Automobile

The Automobile car dealer theme is a quick and easy way to create a website. It’s a boxed design, which is different to many of these others and uses a more relaxed color scheme.

The design delivers on user intent right away with logical navigation, an image slider, filter and search and manufacturer listing on the right side. Along with a concise car listing page, straightforward contact form and support for custom fields, this template provides everything you could need for an auto dealer website.

Pros of Automobile

Boxed design sets it apart from the mainstream
Delivers user intent immediately
Search and filter options
Attractive page designs
Search engine friendly

Cons of Automobile

A little work will be needed to modernize it for some

Opinion of Automobile

Automobile stands out on its own as a car dealer theme and that’s why it’s here. The boxed layout is novel, so makes you pay attention right away, while the page unfolds to deliver a quality auto dealer landing page.

Automotive

Automotive is the best-selling car dealer WordPress theme on ThemeForest. It’s a well-designed car business website that’s more of a slow burn than instant impact. It’s attractive, uses the now familiar strong color scheme and opens with a strong image.

It does make you wait until you get to the search, filter and car listings though. This can be tweaked easily as it is built using WPBakery, which makes short work of customization.

Pros of Automotive

Nice layout with white space
Compelling color scheme and modern fonts
Built with the WPBakery page builder
Uses the responsive Bootstrap 4 framework
Includes lots of page elements, forms and options

Cons of Automotive

May need some tweaking for some car dealerships

Opinion of Automotive

Automotive has an attractive design and delivers a professional-looking car dealer WordPress template. It may need some tweaking to bring the car listing elements closer to the top, but otherwise delivers on its promise.

Car Dealer

his is the second auto dealer WordPress theme called ‘Car Dealer’ but it is worth checking out. This is a more refined design with elegant blues and well-chosen fonts to deliver a completely different feel.

The boxed slider up top has a filter element and search front and center. The car listing elements underneath means the information you’re likely there for is immediately available, which is what we, and users, like to see. Overall, we think this is an excellent option for car dealerships.