$ ecc query --domain cheapmotorcheck.com --category motor / trade
› cheapmotorcheck.com exists because most UK buyers do not want to pay £20 to find out whether a car has tax. The free or low-cost summary here covers the questions that matter first, and only escalates to a paid report when the data behind it actually warrants one. Cheap UK motor checks from £4.99. Full vehicle history including finance, theft and write-off data. Further down, the specifics: which registers are searched, how current they are and what remains invisible to all of them.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
The report stops where the public and licensed data ends. It does not contain information from any single insurer's internal claims database beyond what insurer has shared with MIAFTR. It does not contain manufacturer service records unless the manufacturer participates in the relevant data-sharing scheme.
The data shown here is pulled at lookup time from DVLA's vehicle record, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency MOT history, the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR) for write-offs and contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers. Finance information is matched against the UK lender register. Nothing is cached for more than 24 hours, so a check run today reflects the record as it stood today rather than a stale snapshot.
For trade users, the lookup is callable via API with batch endpoints for auction-lane workflows. The same report data, the same risk scoring methodology, parameterised to return JSON for integration into stock management systems and bid-decision tools.
/ Brand consolidation
cheapmotorcheck.com is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to cheapmotorcheck.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to cheapmotorcheck.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
Visit expertcarcheck.com →/ Common questions
Theft and insurance markers are checked live. Registration detail is refreshed on a short cycle. Because records can change between viewing and collection, a second lookup on handover day is worth the cost.
It is written for exactly that. Every finding names its source register and date, so the document stands on its own without a covering explanation from whoever ran it.
Usually the registration is mistyped, newly issued, held on an unassigned personal plate, or belongs to an exported or scrapped vehicle. The report distinguishes those cases where the record allows.
Yes — the inspection booking is offered separately, with vetted UK independent inspectors covering all postcodes. The inspector is independent of the report and the costs are not shared.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.