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289 million MOT results: what they reveal about the used cars we buy
BIB has processed every DVSA MOT result since 2005 across 97,000+ UK model profiles. The data shows patterns most buyers never see: which makes fail fastest, where mileage fraud clusters, which advisory items escalate into failures. There are stories buried in this dataset that have never been written.
The used car market is still broken. BIB is trying to fix it with data.
Hundreds of thousands of UK buyers purchase used cars each year with almost no reliable intelligence. They rely on friends, forums, and dealers whose interests are not aligned with theirs. BIB gives any buyer the kind of data that was previously only available to trade insiders, and makes it readable in seconds.
MOT data is public, but nobody was making it useful. Until now.
The DVSA publishes raw MOT data, but in a form that's completely inaccessible to ordinary buyers. BIB transforms millions of cryptic failure codes and test dates into plain-English intelligence: reliability scores, advisory trend tracking, mileage consistency checks, and model-by-model failure rankings. The data was always there. The context wasn't.
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About BIB
BIB is a UK used car intelligence platform built on 289 million official DVSA MOT records. It turns raw government data into plain-English insights that any buyer can act on, from reliability scores and mileage consistency checks to advisory trend tracking and model-by-model failure rankings.
Founded by AJ Scorey, a car enthusiast who has owned 51 vehicles and still found buying a car one of the most stressful experiences imaginable, BIB exists to close the information gap between buyers and sellers. No spin. No commissions. Just the data, made legible.
BIB covers every UK make and model with MOT history from 2005 onwards. It is available at app.bibapp.io.
Full bios for AJ and Jon are below, or read the complete story on our About page.
Superhero Panda Ltd
UK-registered company. Fully independent, with no dealer relationships, no affiliate commissions, and no vested interest in which cars you buy.
DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency)
All MOT intelligence is derived from official government records. Every result, every failure, every advisory. Real tests on real cars.
Two people. A lot of cars. One mission.
AI generated. To be clear: I don't own that car, I haven't driven into Monaco, and that hair is doing things mine stopped doing years ago.
Why I Built Bib
I've loved cars since I was old enough to know what one was. Not just owning them - driving them. There's something deeply therapeutic about a long road stretching ahead, whether that's heading to Norfolk to see family or winding down into Briançon for a summer in the old town.
I've driven just about everything. Ferraris to Montego, yes Montego, and they were brilliant. I've owned more than I probably should have, and once bought a BMW 435 xDrive entirely online, never seen, never driven. It was one of the best cars I've ever had.
And yet, buying a car? I hate it. Always have.
It's unnecessarily hard, riddled with risk, and at its worst involves the kind of characters that make you want to bring a lawyer and a lie detector. More jeopardy than wrestling a Nile crocodile, and considerably less fun.
If I, someone who genuinely loves cars, finds it that painful, what chance does everyone else have?
That's Bib. My attempt to arm every buyer with the kind of data and transparency that makes the whole thing a little less terrifying, and a lot more fair.
Jon's idea of the perfect must-have features: a steering wheel, a bow tie and a smile!
Jon is the engineer AJ turns to when something needs to be right rather than just plausible. He stress-tested the thinking behind Bib, asked the awkward questions early, and brought the kind of judgement you only get from someone who has watched these things fall over. He also has strong opinions about hot hatches, which around here counts as a qualification.
Why I Got Involved
I haven't owned anywhere near as many cars as AJ. Seven, to his fifty-odd. Which makes me the normal one, and probably the better test of whether any of this actually helps.
Because I'm the buyer Bib is built for. Someone who loves cars, likes to think he's careful, and still got well and truly stitched up.
The last hot hatch I bought was a nightmare. The warning signs were all there. I just didn't know which questions to ask, and the dealer was more than happy to keep it that way. He was, to put it politely, a scoundrel. It got bad enough that I took him to court to get my money back. I won. It still cost me fourteen months I'd rather have spent driving.
That's the thing about buying a car. You don't know what you don't know, and there's usually someone across the desk counting on exactly that. Bib is the tool I wish I'd had that day. If it stops one person making the phone call I had to make to a solicitor, it has earned its place.
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