Free instant car check by registration

Enter a UK registration and Dealerly returns an estimated value band, the MOT position and the things worth checking. No account, no card.

What a logged-out check gives you

Everything below comes back without signing in and without a card:

• An estimated value band — a low-to-high range from current market comparables. It is an estimate, not a formal valuation. Where the valuation chain cannot anchor the car to honest comparables, the page says no estimate available and explains why; it never invents a range to fill the gap.
• The MOT position — a plain-language summary of where the car stands on its MOT, read from the DVSA record.
• Top things to check — what to look at on this particular car before you hand over money.
• Risk flags — shown when the record carries something worth knowing about, and absent when it does not.

What it is not

It is not a formal valuation, and it is not an HPI check. Outstanding finance, theft markers and full write-off register access come from commercial sources that no free tool legitimately covers — a clean result here means nothing showed up in the free, official DVLA and DVSA data, which is a narrower statement. For anything of real value, run a paid history check before you commit money. The split is set out in free versus paid car history checks.

What an account adds

Signing in unlocks the detailed MOT test history, the full analysis, market comparables and the scored sourcing board itself — the same board that ranks every listing Dealerly scans. Each car is priced against real dealer-retail comps — similar cars for sale at dealers, matched like-for-like — and the comp count behind every number is shown.

Where the data comes from

MOT history and test records come from DVSA. Vehicle details and tax status come from DVLA. Both are official sources, and both are free — Dealerly automates the lookups rather than replacing them. See how to spot a clocked car for what the MOT mileage trail can tell you on its own.