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motinfo.co.uk is a UK vehicle-data tool that takes a single registration and returns what the official records actually say about the car behind it. No upsold marketing copy in front of the data, no fabricated "risk indicators" pulled from nothing — the report shows what is on file and where it came from. MOT information for UK drivers. Check status, learn the rules and book your next test in minutes. Everything below is written for the UK market specifically: UK registers, UK categories, UK law.
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.
Work top-down: outstanding finance first, because it is the only finding that can cost you the car and the money. Then theft and write-off markers, which decide whether the vehicle is legally and commercially what the advert claims. Mileage, plate history and MOT advisories come next — they rarely end a purchase on their own, but together they tell you how honestly the car has been described.
Bulbs, wipers, screenwash, tyre pressures and a clear view of the plates account for a large share of avoidable failures and cost very little to fix beforehand. Checking them the evening before the test is the difference between an advisory and a retest fee.
Diesel vehicles with a factory-fitted particulate filter fail outright if the filter has been removed or if the exhaust emits visible smoke of any colour. The tester will also fail a vehicle where there is evidence the filter has been tampered with, which is worth knowing before buying a car advertised as having had a 'DPF delete'.
/ Brand consolidation
motinfo.co.uk 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 motinfo.co.uk continue to resolve here. If you were referred to motinfo.co.uk 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
Bulbs, wipers, screenwash, tyre pressures and obscured plates account for a large share of avoidable fails and cost very little to sort the evening before the test.
First-year VED on cars after 2017 is calculated on CO2 emissions. Year-two onwards uses a flat standard rate plus a £390 supplement for cars over £40,000 list price (years 2-6 only).
An untaxed vehicle on a public road attracts an automatic penalty and can be clamped or removed. Driving without a valid MOT risks a substantial fine and can affect insurance if the vehicle is found unroadworthy.
VED rates are reviewed annually at the Budget. Premium-vehicle supplements, alternative-fuel discounts and standard rates all shift independently. The check shows the current applicable rate.
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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.