The used car check that tells you what to offer.
Every MOT, the faults this exact model is known for, and a guided walkaround that ends in a price.
Illustrative image. A studio render, not a photo of a real listing.
Every MOT, the faults this exact model is known for, and a guided walkaround that ends in a price.
A car is the second most expensive thing most people ever buy, and the decision usually comes down to twenty minutes in a stranger’s driveway. AutoSpect is a used car check and a guided pre-purchase inspection in one.
One example car, followed from the registration to the offer. Every panel is read from the example report: an invented car, real behaviour, illustrative figures.
Every MOT test and advisory, tax status, the mileage trail and open safety recalls, from DVLA and DVSA. Free, in a few seconds.
The official records show what the advert will not: outstanding finance, an insurance write-off and where the damage was, a salvage auction sale, a stolen marker, keeper and plate changes, and the faults this exact engine is known for. It settles into a first score, before you have seen the car, and a guide price.
Every check in order on your phone, the camera where a photograph matters, an advisor on every step. It holds your place if the viewing is cut short.
What you found, weighed against what the car is worth, turned into a figure with the evidence attached. The conversation is about the car, not about haggling.
A mechanic’s pre-purchase inspection costs around £150 and needs booking. The Decision Report is £19.99, for one car, ready in about a minute. The free check needs no account and no card.
One payment for that car, not a subscription. Nothing is charged if we cannot find the registration.
Data provided by Experian: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen vehicle marker, scrapped and certificate of destruction markers, import and export markers, colour changes, V5C log-book issue dates, keeper change history, plate change history, vehicle identity check, previous searches and salvage auction records.
Start with the free check. You see the car’s record first, and pay only if you want the full report.
The Decision Report: a verdict on the car before you travel, its market value, the vehicle history checks, the faults this exact engine and variant are known for with what each costs to put right, and a guided walkaround that turns what you find at the car into a Purchase Score and a set of negotiation points.
The Decision Report is £19.99 including VAT, paid once, for one car. It is not a subscription: nothing renews, and there are no credits to buy. Looking up a registration is free, with no account and no card, and the free check is not a trial that runs out.
No. Everything runs in your browser, the guided inspection included. Open AutoSpect on your phone at the car and it walks you through the checks, opening the camera when there is something worth photographing.
No. Most of the report is built from records, and it is worth reading before you decide whether the car is worth the journey at all. The guided walkaround is the part you do at the car, and you can stop partway and pick it up again, so a viewing that gets cut short is not lost.
DVLA and DVSA records for tax, MOT history and technical detail, Euro NCAP for safety ratings, and Experian for the vehicle history checks: outstanding finance, write-off and stolen markers, and mileage verification.
No. It runs the register checks a history check runs, finance, write-off, stolen and mileage, and goes further: what the model is known for, what the car is worth, and a guided inspection at the car that produces a Purchase Score and an offer. See the full comparison →
Every Decision Report includes the £10,000 Experian Data Guarantee for 12 months. Claims are made to and handled by Experian. Experian’s own terms set out what it covers and how to claim. Read Experian’s terms →
The free check takes a few seconds. No account, no card, nothing to install.