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Move your records into Motorvar from spreadsheets or your current system's CSV exports.

Import your cars, customers, leads and past deals from CSV files that use our template's column names. Motorvar checks every row before it saves anything, so a mistake in the file never leaves you with half an import.

Import vehicles from CSVExample

Import vehicles from CSV

5,000 rows
Choose CSV file
Import customersExample

Import customers

5,000 rows
Choose CSV file
Import leadsExample

Import leads

5,000 rows
Choose CSV file
Import dealsExample

Import deals

1,000 rows
Choose CSV file

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Bring your records over in this order.

Start with your cars, then customers, then leads, then past deals. A past deal is matched to a car by its VIN or stock number and to a customer by email, so those need to be in Motorvar first.

  1. Cars
  2. Customers
  3. Leads
  4. Past deals

Your cars come over with their costs and prices.

The template has 18 columns, from the VIN, stock number and mileage to what you paid, the asking price, your notes and the description shoppers see.

Motorvar catches duplicate VINs and stock numbers, and it won't import the same file twice.

Vehicle import templateExample

18 columns, ready for your records

YearVINStock #MakeModelTrimMileageExterior ColorBody StyleDrivetrainTransmissionFuel TypeStatusAcquisition DateAcquisition CostList PriceNotesPublic Description

Customers and leads come over with their contact details and notes.

Customers import with first name, last name, email, phone and notes, and a customer export from Motorvar can be imported back as it is. If a customer's email is already in Motorvar, the import stops and lists the rows to fix.

Leads import with name, email, phone, source, stage, notes and inquiry date, and arrive unassigned. The same lead file can't be imported twice, and each import tells you which columns it ignored.

Import customersExample

Note the following about this import:

  • The "Customer ID" column was ignored.
Import complete · 12 rows saved

Past deals bring your sales history with them.

Deal files carry the status, the dates and the money, including the sale price, fees, tax, trade and down payment. Motorvar shows how many rows will import and saves nothing until you confirm, and closed deals mark their car sold.

Only owners and managers can import the vehicle cost and expected gross columns, or deals that are already closed or cancelled.

Deals / ImportExample

Import past deals

3 rows will import. Nothing has been written yet.

Import 3 dealsChoose a different file

You can see each inventory import and undo it later.

Motorvar lists your recent inventory imports with how many cars each one brought in and how many of those cars are still in Motorvar. If one was wrong, undo it from that list after seeing how many cars will be deleted, archived or kept.

Inventory importExample

Import vehicles from CSV

Choose CSV fileDownload template

Recent imports

Oct 7, 2026

128 imported · 128 remaining

Undo import
Undo importExample

Undo this import?

96 vehicles will be permanently deleted. 31 vehicles will be archived. 1 vehicle will be kept unchanged.

CancelUndo import

Photos and paperwork go on the record they belong to.

Upload a car's photos in one batch from a phone or a computer, and file documents on a car, a customer or an item on a deal's checklist.

Vehicle photosExample
  • IMG_2041.jpg
    Uploaded
  • IMG_2042.jpg
    Uploaded
  • IMG_2043.jpg
    Uploaded
  • IMG_2044.jpg
    Uploading
DocumentsExample

Documents

  • Purchase invoice.pdf
  • Odometer photo.jpg

Fill in your dealership's details in Settings.

SettingsExample
BusinessPeopleSign-in activityPublic listingsTemplates and programsExport everything
  • Your business name, phone number and address
  • Your time zone
  • Booking hours for each day of the week, and any closed dates
  • Your website and Google review link
  • The reply-to address customers write back to
  • Your dealer license number
  • Your floor plan rate, daily holding cost and stuck threshold
  • Your readiness and deal checklists
  • Your lender programs
  • Website lead alerts
  • Then invite your team

If you ever leave, everything comes with you.

An owner can download the whole dealership from Settings. The archive holds every record as a spreadsheet, plus the original photos, documents and attachments, in ZIP files. Owners and managers can also export inventory, leads, customers, deals and the rest to CSV at any time.

How the free trial works
Settings / Export everythingExample

Export everything

Complete dealership archive

Every record and file your dealership has in Motorvar, as spreadsheets and the original files, in one or more ZIP downloads. Your files come to about 126 MB, and the spreadsheets add a little to that. The archive doesn't count toward your storage limit.

It keeps building while Settings is open, and otherwise carries on once a night until it's done. We'll email you when it's ready, or if it can't finish. You then have 7 days to download it.

Anything you change while it's being built may or may not be in the archive.

No archive has been requested yet.

Download everything (ZIP)

Large exports over a cap are refused: no file is produced, and a page explains why. Most exports stop at 5,000 rows, the messages export at 100, and the appointments export at 500. The reports export is refused when any section exceeds its separate cap, from 500 to 5,000 rows. For leads, lead activity, customers, deals and recon exports, the refusal page offers a date range to export in parts.

This dealership is using 126 MB of measured storage: 18 MB of documents and 108 MB of private vehicle photos. Public listing photo copies and backup copies are not included.

No storage limit is set for this dealership, so uploads are not capped by total size.

Inventory CSVLeads CSVLead activity CSVMessages CSVCustomers CSVDeals CSVAppointments CSVRecon CSVReadiness CSVActivity log CSVStaff roster CSVReports CSVSettings CSV

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