Is BIB The Deepest, Widest Vehicle Intelligence In The UK?
Every trait. Every trend. Every failure. We've analysed hundreds of millions of MOT records, model by model, so you can shortlist with real confidence.
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What's free in BIB
Enter any UK reg plate and see all of this before you pay for anything.
Want the full picture? One Bib (£3) unlocks 12 more intelligence sections for that specific car.
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BIB covers all vehicle types in the DVSA dataset. Data quality and depth varies by type - cars have the richest records, specialist vehicles may have thinner data.
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Which year of a model should you search for? Ranked by 289M real MOT results.
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Every UK model ranked by first-MOT failure rate - before age or wear become factors.
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What dealers know
They know exactly what's failed before. What's been flagged as a future problem. Whether the mileage looks genuine. The weak points for this exact make and model. Which questions you're unlikely to ask.
You're left guessing.
What BIB gives you
The full Vehicle Identity, raw MOT history, and a free Bib Rating are yours the moment you search - every test, every failure, every advisory, plus an instant star verdict on the car. Spend 1 Bib and BIB adds the deeper intelligence layer: reliability score, common failure areas, 3-Year Test, best year to buy, viewing checklist, and a class comparison against similar cars.
Walk in knowing what they know. £3.
What does a Car Check actually tell you?
Your free Vehicle Identity and Bib Rating come the moment you search. One Bib unlocks 12 more intelligence sections - a complete picture of the car before you commit. Raw MOT history is always free.
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What the data can and can't tell you
Owner care matters
MOT failures aren't just about the car - they're also about how well it's been looked after. A well-maintained Ford might pass every test, while a neglected BMW might fail repeatedly. One car's history doesn't tell you everything about the model.
This is the reality of MOT data. We won't pretend otherwise.
Scale changes everything
When you analyse 289 million inspections across 97,106 models, patterns emerge that individual cars can't show you.
See how every model performs against every other. If a model consistently ranks bottom, that's the model, not the owners.
A car's first test is at 3 years old - before owner neglect kicks in. If it's already failing, that's a design issue.
When thousands of the same model fail for the same reason, that's not coincidence - it's a weak spot.
If 2016 models fail more than 2018s, the manufacturer fixed something. BIB shows you which year to target.
This is intelligence that's never been available to ordinary car buyers before. Not perfect - but powerful.
Why some cars have gaps - and what we do about it
We do our very best to surface complete, accurate data for every car. But the government dataset has real-world imperfections outside our control.
MOT testers enter data manually. Spelling mistakes, typos, and inconsistent make/model labelling - especially on older or less common cars - create noise that's hard to fully clean.
The further back you go, the less consistent the data. Early-2000s make and model fields were often entered freehand, producing hundreds of variations for the same car.
A car's first MOT is due at three years old. Any vehicle younger has no record - not because something is wrong, but because the law doesn't require one yet.
The DVLA strips variant letters from model names. Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y all arrive as TESLA / MODEL - a very high test count, but not a BIB error.
What BIB does: We normalise make and model names, cross-reference registrations where possible, and are upfront when data is thin. If we can't give you a confident picture, we'll say so rather than guess.
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