Illustrative composite sample
What a report looks like
This page shows the structure and sourcing of an Expert Car Check report using a made-up vehicle. The layout, section order and source labelling are real. The values are not — they are an illustrative composite, not a live lookup on any registration.
Example outcomes · illustrative only
Report coverage & freshness
Section coverage states · illustrative example · not a live lookup
A real report opens with exactly this block: what each source returned, and when. In this fictional sample every section below returned data, so all four rows read Checked and every section on this page shows example results.
Vehicle identity
Checked
DVLA vehicle record · illustrative example · Checked 04 Aug 2025, 09:12
MOT & mileage
Checked
DVSA MOT history · illustrative example · Checked 04 Aug 2025, 09:12
Core vehicle history
Checked
Primary paid history dataset · illustrative example · Checked 04 Aug 2025, 09:12
Valuation guide
Checked
Indicative guide band · illustrative example · Checked 04 Aug 2025, 09:12
The five coverage states
Reference legend · illustrative states · not part of this sample vehicle's results
On a real registration a section can come back in any of these five states. Temporarily unavailable, not included and not assessed all mean unknown — none of them mean clear.
Checked
The source responded and returned entries.
Checked at the recorded time
No matching record
The source responded and held nothing for this vehicle. That is not a guarantee.
Checked at the recorded time
Temporarily unavailable
The lookup was attempted but no result came back. Unknown, not clear.
Source attempted at the recorded time
Not included
This tier does not cover the section, so it was never queried.
Not queried
Not assessed
No evidence of a check was captured for this section.
No check timestamp captured
Vehicle identity
DVLA vehicle record · illustrative example · not a live lookup
- Registration
- AB•• •••
- Make
- BMW
- Model
- 320d M Sport
- Year of manufacture
- 2018
- Colour
- Mineral Grey
- Fuel type
- Diesel
- Engine capacity
- 1995 cc
- CO₂ emissions
- 118 g/km
Plate anonymised. Identity values on this page are example data.
Finance & ownership
Contracted UK finance-record provider · illustrative example · not a live lookup
Outstanding finance
Example outcome: no finance marker returned. In this sample the most recent agreement is shown as settled on 04 Aug 2023.
Keepers on V5C
Example data: 3 previous keepers, current keeper since 12 Aug 2023.
Plate transfers
Example data: no transfer recorded; the sample vehicle is shown on its original registration from 04 Sep 2018.
Write-off & theft
MIAFTR category + contracted UK stolen-vehicle provider · illustrative example · not a live lookup
Write-off (Cat A/B/S/N)
Example outcome: no insurance write-off marker returned against the sample VIN.
Stolen-vehicle marker
Example outcome: no theft marker returned. Theft data reaches us through a contracted UK data provider — we do not query the Police National Computer directly.
Scrapped / exported
Example outcome: no scrap notification and no export marker returned.
Mileage record
DVSA MOT records + keeper declarations · illustrative example · not a live lookup
Readings on file
Example data: 7 readings, all ascending in this sample. No discrepancy is shown between the example readings.
Average per year
Example data: roughly 10,500 miles a year across the sample readings.
MOT timeline
DVSA MOT history · illustrative example · not a live lookup
- 12 Mar 2025Pass
Mileage 84,210
Notes Advisory: nearside rear tyre 2.1 mm.
- 08 Mar 2024Pass
Mileage 76,940
Notes No advisories.
- 14 Mar 2023Fail
Mileage 69,580
Notes Front pads below 1.5 mm. Re-tested same day — pass.
- 11 Mar 2022Pass
Mileage 61,220
Notes Advisory: minor oil weep, sump.
Valuation guide
Illustrative guide band · example figures · not a live market valuation
Trade
£11,250
Private
£12,900
Retail
£14,400
Illustrative example figures for layout only. They are not drawn from live market data and should not be used to price a vehicle.
Physical inspection / AI damage evidence
Physical inspection state · illustrative example · not a live lookup
No physical inspection attached to this history report
A history report reads records. Nobody has looked at the car and no AI damage scan is attached to it. Photographic panel scans are run separately and are kept separately.
See the damage scannerWhat this sample does not prove
- Every value on this page is fictional composite example data. It does not describe a real vehicle and was not produced by a live lookup.
- Record coverage varies by vehicle, by provider and by record type. A section that returns nothing here may return entries on a real registration, and the reverse is equally true.
- A history check reads records. It is not a physical or mechanical inspection, and it cannot describe the condition of a vehicle in front of you.
- The absence of a marker is not a guarantee. It means no matching record was returned by the sources available at the time of the check.
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