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Car Dealership Test Drive & Inquiry Form

Dealership leads are stock-specific — the customer wants to know about VIN 1G1ZD5ST5LF... not 'a Malibu in general'. The form captures stock number, contact, and a test-drive slot.

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form.htmlhtml41 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New test drive request">
04 
05  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Priya Patel" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="priya@example.com" required>
09  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
10  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
11  <label for="vehicle">Vehicle you want to test *</label>
12  <input id="vehicle" type="text" name="vehicle" placeholder="2026 Honda Civic Sport" required>
13  <label for="preferred_date">Preferred date *</label>
14  <input id="preferred_date" type="date" name="preferred_date" required>
15  <label for="preferred_time">Preferred time</label>
16  <select id="preferred_time" name="preferred_time">
17    <option value="">Choose…</option>
18    <option>Morning</option>
19    <option>Midday</option>
20    <option>Afternoon</option>
21    <option>Evening / weekend</option>
22  </select>
23  <label for="trade_in">Have a trade-in?</label>
24  <select id="trade_in" name="trade_in">
25    <option value="">Choose…</option>
26    <option>No</option>
27    <option>Yes — already have valuation</option>
28    <option>Yes — need valuation</option>
29  </select>
30  <label for="notes">Anything else?</label>
31  <textarea id="notes" name="notes" placeholder="Color, financing, lease vs buy…"></textarea>
32 
33  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
34  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
35 
36  <button type="submit">Send</button>
37</form>
38 
39<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
40  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
41</p>

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Car Dealership Test Drive & Inquiry Form — example splitforms template with submissions inbox

§ 01Why it mattersthe qualifying-fields argument

Auto dealer leads come from VDP (vehicle detail page) clicks — every form should pre-fill stock number, VIN, and price from the page the customer is on. Without that, the BDC has to ask 'which one?' which kills conversion. Beyond stock, the form qualifies on test-drive intent (today / this week / shopping around) and trade-in (yes / no / VIN). Trade-in leads are the most valuable — they're committed shoppers, not browsers, and you've got a second car to sell.

ADF / XML output for VinSolutions / eLEAD / DealerSocket — wire up in 15 minutes.

✦ at a glance

→Car dealership test drive · 8 fields
→HTML, JS, React, PHP, cURL outputs
→One POST endpoint, no SDK
→Honeypot + classifier, no CAPTCHA

§ 02Live previewinteractive · sandboxed · no key required

See exactly what your visitors see — and you’ll receive.

Left: the rendered form, fully interactive in a sandboxed iframe. Right: the email and dashboard view that lands the moment a visitor submits.

preview · car-dealership-contact-formlocalhost:3000

✦ what you’ll see in your inbox

Every submission becomes an email plus a dashboard row. The fields below are the exact payload your form will send. Reply-to is wired to the visitor’s email so hitting reply goes back to them.

dashboard · new submission14ms · 200 OK

SUBJECT · New test drive request

Full name: Maya Iyer
Email: maya@studio71.co
Phone: +1 415 555 0142
Vehicle you want to test: —
Preferred date: 2026-05-15
Preferred time: Morning
Have a trade-in?: No
Anything else?: Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

Iframe is sandboxed — submit doesn’t actually fire. Get your access key to wire it up live.

§ 03Three steps3 steps · ~60 seconds

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first lead. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Pre-fill stock and VIN

Hidden fields populated from the VDP — stock number, VIN, price, year/make/model. The BDC sees exactly which car they were looking at.

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STEP 02EMBED

Capture test-drive slot

Date and preferred time (morning / afternoon / weekend). Webhook into your CRM (VinSolutions, eLEAD, DealerSocket) to schedule and SMS confirm.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Trade-in flag

Optional 'I have a trade-in' checkbox revealing year/make/model/mileage fields. Trade leads convert at higher rates and the appraisal team gets a head start.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New test drive request

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved your last open house in Hayes — looking for similar with parking. Pre-approved through Wells Fargo.

§ 04Copy & ship5 languages · same endpoint

Five outputs. One backend.

HTML by default. Click open the language you ship in — every variant POSTs to the same /api/submit endpoint.

01HTMLform.html41 lines

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New test drive request">

  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Priya Patel" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="priya@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
  <label for="vehicle">Vehicle you want to test *</label>
  <input id="vehicle" type="text" name="vehicle" placeholder="2026 Honda Civic Sport" required>
  <label for="preferred_date">Preferred date *</label>
  <input id="preferred_date" type="date" name="preferred_date" required>
  <label for="preferred_time">Preferred time</label>
  <select id="preferred_time" name="preferred_time">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Morning</option>
    <option>Midday</option>
    <option>Afternoon</option>
    <option>Evening / weekend</option>
  </select>
  <label for="trade_in">Have a trade-in?</label>
  <select id="trade_in" name="trade_in">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>No</option>
    <option>Yes — already have valuation</option>
    <option>Yes — need valuation</option>
  </select>
  <label for="notes">Anything else?</label>
  <textarea id="notes" name="notes" placeholder="Color, financing, lease vs buy…"></textarea>

  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

02JavaScriptform.js57 lines

<form id="lf-form">
  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Priya Patel" required>
  <label for="email">Email *</label>
  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="priya@example.com" required>
  <label for="phone">Phone *</label>
  <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required>
  <label for="vehicle">Vehicle you want to test *</label>
  <input id="vehicle" type="text" name="vehicle" placeholder="2026 Honda Civic Sport" required>
  <label for="preferred_date">Preferred date *</label>
  <input id="preferred_date" type="date" name="preferred_date" required>
  <label for="preferred_time">Preferred time</label>
  <select id="preferred_time" name="preferred_time">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>Morning</option>
    <option>Midday</option>
    <option>Afternoon</option>
    <option>Evening / weekend</option>
  </select>
  <label for="trade_in">Have a trade-in?</label>
  <select id="trade_in" name="trade_in">
    <option value="">Choose…</option>
    <option>No</option>
    <option>Yes — already have valuation</option>
    <option>Yes — need valuation</option>
  </select>
  <label for="notes">Anything else?</label>
  <textarea id="notes" name="notes" placeholder="Color, financing, lease vs buy…"></textarea>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

<p style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
  Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" style="color:#888;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener">splitforms</a>
</p>

<script>
  document.getElementById('lf-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New test drive request');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    if (json.success) {
      e.target.reset();
      alert('Sent!');
    } else {
      alert('Error: ' + (json.message || 'Try again'));
    }
  });
</script>

03React / Next.jsForm.tsx72 lines

'use client';

import { useState, type FormEvent } from 'react';

export default function CarTestDriveForm() {
  const [status, setStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'sending' | 'sent' | 'error'>('idle');

  async function onSubmit(e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
    e.preventDefault();
    setStatus('sending');

    const data = new FormData(e.currentTarget);
    data.set('access_key', 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY');
    data.set('subject', 'New test drive request');

    const res = await fetch('https://splitforms.com/api/submit', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: data,
      headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
    });

    const json = await res.json();
    setStatus(json.success ? 'sent' : 'error');
    if (json.success) e.currentTarget.reset();
  }

  if (status === 'sent') return <p>Thanks — we&rsquo;ll be in touch.</p>;

  return (
    <>
    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
      <label htmlFor="name">Full name *</label>
      <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Priya Patel" required />
      <label htmlFor="email">Email *</label>
      <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="priya@example.com" required />
      <label htmlFor="phone">Phone *</label>
      <input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 555 0142" required />
      <label htmlFor="vehicle">Vehicle you want to test *</label>
      <input id="vehicle" type="text" name="vehicle" placeholder="2026 Honda Civic Sport" required />
      <label htmlFor="preferred_date">Preferred date *</label>
      <input id="preferred_date" type="date" name="preferred_date" required />
      <label htmlFor="preferred_time">Preferred time</label>
      <select id="preferred_time" name="preferred_time">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>Morning</option>
        <option>Midday</option>
        <option>Afternoon</option>
        <option>Evening / weekend</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="trade_in">Have a trade-in?</label>
      <select id="trade_in" name="trade_in">
        <option value="">Choose…</option>
        <option>No</option>
        <option>Yes — already have valuation</option>
        <option>Yes — need valuation</option>
      </select>
      <label htmlFor="notes">Anything else?</label>
      <textarea id="notes" name="notes" placeholder="Color, financing, lease vs buy…" />

      <button type="submit" disabled={status === 'sending'}>
        {status === 'sending' ? 'Sending…' : 'Send'}
      </button>

      {status === 'error' && <p>Something went wrong. Try again.</p>}
    </form>

      <p style={{ marginTop: 12, fontSize: 11, color: '#888', textAlign: 'right' }}>
        Powered by <a href="https://splitforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style={{ color: '#888', textDecoration: 'none' }}>splitforms</a>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

04PHPsubmit.php28 lines

<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
    $allowed = ['name', 'email', 'phone', 'vehicle', 'preferred_date', 'preferred_time', 'trade_in', 'notes'];
    $payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
    $payload['subject'] = 'New test drive request';

    foreach ($allowed as $f) {
        if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
    }

    $ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $status   = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);

    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    http_response_code($status);
    echo $response;
    exit;
}
?>

05cURLtest.sh12 lines

curl -X POST https://splitforms.com/api/submit \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d "access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
  -d "subject=New test drive request" \
  -d "name=Jane Builder" \
  -d "email=jane@example.com" \
  -d "phone=+15555555555" \
  -d "vehicle=Jane Builder" \
  -d "preferred_date=2026-05-15" \
  -d "preferred_time=Morning" \
  -d "trade_in=No" \
  -d "notes=Hello from cURL"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. That’s the only edit.

§ 04bUse this template with…17 frameworks · same backend

One template. Every framework.

The same field set works on every framework splitforms supports. HTML, React, Next.js, Vue, Astro, Hugo, WordPress — same POST, same backend.

§ 06FAQ4 answered

Things people ask before they ship.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Will this work with VinSolutions / eLEAD / DealerSocket?

Yes — webhook the form JSON to your CRM via ADF/XML or native webhook. Most dealer CRMs accept ADF; we have a recipe to format the splitforms payload as ADF on the way out.

02How do I avoid spam from auto-shopping bots?

Honeypot plus spam classifier. Auto verticals get scraped heavily; we automatically drop submissions with link-stuffed messages or non-matching VIN patterns.

03Should I gate the price behind the form?

No. Hiding the price triples bounce rate and flag-tags you in Google's listing quality scores. Show the price; use the form to capture test-drive intent and trade-ins, which is where the real qualification lives.

04What about financing pre-qualification?

Pair this form with a soft-pull pre-qual provider (700Credit, Route One). The form captures the lead; the pre-qual link in the auto-responder email handles the credit check. Pre-qualified leads close 4-6x more often.

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