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Issue 68

Motor / Trade — A field study

Expert Motor Checkon expertmotorcheck.com

expertmotorcheck.com sits at the heavier end of UK vehicle intelligence. Beyond the standard provenance flags, the report layers in risk scoring, mileage forensics and the kind of follow-on detail that an experienced inspector would normally have to compile by hand. Expert motor checks combining DVLA, MIAFTR and finance data with AI risk scoring on every report.

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Data sourced live from DVLA, MIAFTR, PNC and the UK lender register at lookup time.

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Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.

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Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.

/ Insurance shortcuts

Cover for the situation you're actually in

Most people checking a vehicle on expertmotorcheck.com need cover for it within the same day or week. Rather than send you back to a comparison site, the four panels below route directly to UK specialists for the most common short-notice insurance situations.

We earn a commission on policies bound through these partners. The commission does not affect the price you are quoted.

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Risk scoring methodology

The 0-100 risk score is a weighted composite: 35% outstanding finance, 25% write-off markers, 20% mileage anomalies, 10% theft markers, 5% plate change pattern, 5% MOT advisory pattern. The component weights are listed beside the score in every report so you can see why a number moved.

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Where third-party data ends

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.

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What a clean report does and does not mean

A clean check confirms that, at the moment of lookup, no UK insurer has filed a total-loss marker, no lender has registered an open agreement and no police force has reported the vehicle stolen. It does not confirm mechanical condition, repair quality, or work carried out in cash and never declared to an insurer. Treat the report as the legal and financial backstop to an in-person inspection, not a replacement for one.

/ Brand consolidation

expertmotorcheck.com is now Expert Car Check

expertmotorcheck.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, the Police National Computer feed for theft markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team, the underwriting partners 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 expertmotorcheck.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to expertmotorcheck.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.

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/ Common questions

Questions buyers ask about expertmotorcheck.com

Can I download a PDF?+

Yes. The PDF is one page of summary at the top followed by the underlying detail for every flag. Designed to be shareable with insurers, brokers and solicitors without further explanation.

Can I book an inspection through the service?+

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.

How long are reports stored?+

12 months for consumer accounts, for the duration of the agreement for trade accounts. Raw inputs are available on request for any dispute.

What does the lookup cover?+

Cars, vans, motorbikes and HGVs through a single registration entry point. The report adapts to the vehicle class returned by DVLA so commercial-specific fields appear for commercials and bike-specific fields for motorcycles.

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/ Begin

Enter a registration. See the record.

One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.