Independence and funding
Commercial disclosure
Readers should be able to tell when money, access or another benefit is connected to a recommendation. This page records ItalianCar's current position and the disclosure standard for any future commercial work.
Editorial decisions are separate
Subjects, conclusions and the order in which cars or services are discussed are not currently purchased by outside organisations. A source may be linked because it supports a claim or gives a reader an official route to further information. Inclusion does not certify the source's services, prices or suitability for an individual reader.
The current ownership guides are source-led desk research. A workshop price is included only as a dated example of scope and market cost; it is not an advertisement, quotation or recommendation. Readers should obtain their own written estimates.
If advertising is introduced
An advertising unit would be labelled Advertisement in a position readers can see without opening another policy page. Advertising would not be styled to imitate an editorial card, source citation or navigation control.
Introducing advertising would also require the site's privacy information and consent controls to be reviewed before any advertising code is activated. This page does not mean that advertising technology is currently present.
If sponsorship is introduced
Paid editorial-style material would begin with a prominent Sponsored label and name the paying organisation. The disclosure would appear with the material itself, not only in the footer or on this page. A sponsor would not be allowed to turn a paid relationship into an undisclosed claim of independent testing.
Any supplied vehicle, free product, discounted service, hosted travel, early access or other benefit capable of affecting how readers judge coverage would be described near that coverage.
If commission links are introduced
A page containing links that can earn commission would place a plain-language notice before the first such link:
Commissionable links would be marked in the page code with rel="sponsored". A label such as “affiliate link” would not be relied upon by itself where it might not explain that payment is possible.
What commercial support cannot buy
- A higher ranking or favourable verdict presented as independent.
- Removal of a material limitation or known conflict from the disclosure.
- Approval of unsupported safety, performance, reliability or value claims.
- An undisclosed link, placement, supplied product or access arrangement.
Policy references
This standard follows the practical principle that a material connection should be clear where readers encounter the endorsement. The US Federal Trade Commission's current Endorsement Guides address unexpected payments and affiliate-funded review sites. Google Search Central's outbound-link guidance describes the sponsored link value.
See the wider editorial policy, the editorial desk profile and the public corrections record.