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DVLA holds registration, keeper counts, VED and technical detail. DVSA holds MOT tests and advisories. MIAFTR is the insurance industry's own total-loss register. Stolen-vehicle markers come from contracted UK data providers, which aggregate insurer theft notifications and police-issued alerts. The finance position comes from participating UK lenders. Each finding in the report names the register it came from, so nothing is presented as fact without a source.

For any vehicle over £5,000, anything ex-fleet, anything advertised as recently imported and anything where the seller is in a hurry to complete — the summary is the start of the diligence rather than the end. Pair it with a full vehicle history check and, where the value justifies it, an in-person inspection.

Tax and MOT status, the make, model and colour against the advert, and the stolen marker. If any of those four contradict the listing, the conversation is over before travel costs are incurred. Everything else can wait until the car is worth a closer look.