Used Car Intelligence, Backed by Data

Around one in five used cars has a write-off marker. What each category means, how to check for one, how much it knocks off the value, and what the different categories actually involve.

Listing times, price reductions, fuel mix and stocking patterns from UK dealer forecourts during May 2026.

Government MOT data reveals which UK cars fail most, what breaks first, and the mileage at which everything starts going wrong. 1 in 4 Ford Kas. Half of all Defenders. The Suzuki Jimny. The results are genuinely surprising.

HPI, AA, RAC. They all pull the same two government databases. They will tell you if the car was written off. None of them will tell you what is about to go wrong. Here is the gap nobody talks about.

The sticker price is the easy part. What catches buyers out is everything that arrives in the months afterwards. Here is how to calculate the true cost before you hand over any money.

Dealer margins are at 5.4%. Cap HPI costs £800 a month. Warranty companies are pricing policies on gut feel. Finance firms are underwriting on historical data that tells them nothing about forward risk. There is a better way.