Get hindsight before you buy the car.
Type the registration. See every MOT, every recorded mileage and what the advisories mean, free. Pay only if you want the finance, write-off and theft records too.
Hindsight is in preview. Until live records are switched on, every lookup shows our sample car.
What you see, and what costs money
MOT and tax records are public, so we show them for nothing. Finance, write-off and theft records sit on licensed registers that charge for every search, so that part is paid.
Free check £0
- Every MOT testPasses, fails and the reasons, back to the first test
- Mileage at each testCharted, with any reading that goes backwards marked
- Advisories in plain EnglishWhich ones keep coming back and what that usually means
- Tax status and MOT expiry
Full report £19.99
- Outstanding financeA car on finance can be repossessed from its new owner
- Insurance write-offsCategory A, B, S or N, with the date and damage area
- Stolen markerChecked against police records
- Salvage auction recordsCars sold as damaged that never got a write-off marker
- Keepers, plate and colour changesPlus scrapped, imported and exported markers
- Questions to ask the sellerWritten from what this car's records show
A report that tells you what it found
Most checks hand you forty rows of data. Hindsight opens with the things worth asking about, then shows the records behind each one.
“The mileage went down by 6,821 miles between March 2023 and March 2024, 7 weeks after the car changed keeper. Ask the seller why.”
Questions people ask
Is this an HPI check?
HPI is one company's brand name. People use it to mean any car history check. Hindsight is a separate service that searches the same kinds of record: finance agreements, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers.
What can't a history check tell me?
Anything nobody recorded. Damage repaired without an insurance claim, servicing done at home and a mileage change made between MOT tests won't appear. A clear report lowers the risk. It doesn't replace looking at the car and its paperwork.
Do I need the logbook or the VIN?
No. The registration is enough. When you view the car, check that the VIN on the car matches the one on the V5C logbook.
Can I check a van or a motorbike?
Yes. Any vehicle with a UK registration and MOT records will show in the free check.