Vehicle Smart - Car Check

Vehicle Smart

About this app

🏆 UK's most popular car check app, trusted by over 3 million drivers.
⭐ 91 million vehicle checks completed in 2023.

🔎 A free check reveals any UK vehicle's MOT and mileage history.
🔎 A free check shows when a vehicle's MOT & road tax are due to expire.
⚠️ Always get a full Vehicle Smart® check before buying a used car.

How does it work?

Simply enter a UK vehicle registration number, and Vehicle Smart® Car Check provides free DVLA MOT & tax data for all UK cars, motorbikes, vans, HGVs.

Within seconds, you can reveal:

✅ MOT status and history
✅ Mileage analysis
✅ Road tax status
✅ Last registered date
✅ Make & Model
✅ Colour
✅ Vehicle age
✅ Export marker
✅ Fuel type
✅ Engine size
✅ CO2 output and rating
✅ ULEZ & CAZ compliance

Found a used car you want to buy on Auto Trader?

Protect yourself when buying or selling used cars with a Vehicle Smart® check (also known as an HPI check) to reveal over 80 data points in total, including:

✅ Stolen (police & insurance databases)
✅ Written off
✅ Salvaged (with photos of damage)
✅ Outstanding finance (HP / Logbook loans)
✅ Imported/exported
✅ VIC inspected
✅ Plate changes
✅ Colour changes
✅ Previous owners
✅ Model specifications
✅ £30,000 data guarantee

When is your MOT or tax due?

Add your cars, bikes, and vans to the garage and receive reminders for important dates such as MOT, tax, insurance, breakdown, servicing, and more!

Download Vehicle Smart® Car Check today and take advantage of all features:

✅ Free DVLA MOT + tax status for all UK vehicles
✅ Free DVSA MOT history (excl. Northern Ireland)
✅ Provenance checks (stolen, written off, financed, and more)
✅ Police PNC stolen status
✅ ANPR technology (Automatic Number Plate Recognition)
✅ Car insurance quotes (Powered by Confused.com)
✅ Breakdown quotes (AA and RAC)
✅ Road Tax bands and costs (VED)
✅ Mileage analysis & insights
✅ Automatic MOT and tax reminders
✅ Reminders for insurance, breakdown, and servicing
✅ Store and manage multiple vehicles
✅ Personalise your vehicle collection with photos and nicknames
✅ Store notes for tyres, fluids, bulbs, and more for all your vehicles
✅ PCP / lease mileage tracker to view and predict expenses

Are you a car enthusiast? Do you love collecting cars?

Get detailed vehicle data and wow your mates with knowledge on any vehicle's engine & gearbox, speed & performance, fuel economy (motorway & urban), model specifics, tyre pressure, BHP, chassis, and dimensions.

Vehicle Smart® is the perfect companion for anyone using AutoTrader, Motorway, Carwow, or Car Guru apps and a better value alternative to HPI for vehicle history checks.

Vehicle Smart® Car Check - Your Garage in Your Pocket.

Any questions or feedback? Contact us at: [e-mail]

The Vehicle Smart logo and the terms 'Vehicle Smart' and 'Your Garage In Your Pocket' are registered trademarks in the UK under UK00003268245, UK00003604797, UK00003604844, and UK00003333523.

Ratings and reviews

Updated review since my 2016 one - I've been using this app for the last 8 years and it's an absolute game changer. Super easy to keep on top of maintenance bits on the cars in the family and the notifications for the cars' MOT's etc are so helpful! It's also quick with little additional pop ups and headaches so its epic for checking if the upbadged M3 is actually an M3 or a 318 with stick on tatty bumpers and exhausts :D Love this app!

Excellent App for keeping track of MOT, Service, Tax and a host of other useful features. Great communication if there are any issues. Wouldn't be without it and the Premium is definitely worth the money. Keep up the excellent work 👍

Update - Well I can't restore it as my Gmail account has changed due to being hacked. I'm absolutely gutted, the last update has caused my cars photos to now not show, lost all my details I had in the notes section, and why because now it's a chargeable section.