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Know what a car
is really worth.

Scan a plate or paste an advert. Motor-IQ reads the car's MOT history, prices the prep from its last MOT, and gives you a straight Buy, Maybe or Pass with the margin, before you commit a penny.

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The verdict

Scan a plate.
Get the number.

What it retails for, the most to pay after your prep and margin, and a straight Buy, Maybe or Pass. Drag the price and watch it change, exactly as it does in the app.

UKKX19 ABCExample
BMW 3 Series
320d M Sport
2019 · Grey · Diesel · 58,200 mi
Buy+£3,140margin after prep
Retails for
£18,150
Buy it under
£15,600
Medium confidence · matched on spec
£13,950Check
Try an asking price
Retails for
From comparable cars, adjusted for its miles
£18,150
Your standard prep
Valet, service, warranty
−£750
Tyre
From its last MOT: nearside front worn close to legal limit
−£90
Brake discs and pads
From its last MOT: front discs worn, pitted or scored
−£220
Asking price
−£13,950
Your margin
+£3,140

Buy when the margin clears your target (£1,500 here, set in the app), Maybe when it's thin, Pass when it doesn't pay. An example car: your numbers, your prep and your margin set the answer.

Three ways in

However you find the car.

On the forecourt, at auction, or scrolling adverts at night: every car gets the same answer.

UKLK18 XYZ
✓ LK18 XYZ
01
Scan the plate

Point your phone at the car. The plate is read on your phone, then its MOT history, mileage check and value come back in seconds.

🔒autotrader.co.uk
BMW 3 Series 320d M Sport
£15,995or £259 per month
Read from autotrader.co.uk
Asking
£15,995
Mileage
58,200
Year
2019
Get the verdict →
02
Paste the advert

Copy a link from Auto Trader, eBay or any dealer site. Motor-IQ reads the price, mileage and spec off the page and gives you the verdict.

03
Watch your forecourt

Every car you've bought, lit by days in stock. Told when one is ageing or priced above the market, and what to drop it to.

Behind every car
0m

UK MOTs, built into every valuation.

Every UK MOT from 2005 to 2024. See whether a car's miles are high for its age, what that model fails on at that age, and what its own MOT advisories will cost you before it goes on the forecourt.

Normal mileage for a 9-year-old 320d
LowTypical 90,800High
98,000 miles, compared with 1,037,918 MOTs of this model.
Prep£440
Tyre
Nearside front worn close to legal limit
£90
Tyre
Offside front worn close to legal limit
£90
Brake discs and pads
Front discs worn, pitted or scored
£260

Priced from the car's last MOT at trade rates. An example car.

The app

Run the forecourt from your phone.

The tools you pay for separately, in the same app as the valuation.

Part-ex in a minute
Scan, tap the damage, get a costed offer. Send the customer an offer page with your name on it.
Stock tracker
Days in stock, money tied up, profit per car, and a morning alert when one needs repricing.
Customer MOT reminders
Every buyer hears from you a month before their MOT, so the work and their next car come back to you.
Deal alerts
Tell it what you buy. Get told when an underpriced one is listed, with the margin worked out.
History checksComing soon
Finance, stolen and write-off, in the same scan.
Straight answers

Before you trust a number.

The three questions every dealer asks us, answered plainly.

Where does the retail value come from?

From comparable cars advertised for sale, matched on model, engine, trim, year and mileage. Every valuation shows how confident it is and the cars it was compared with, so you can check it against Auto Trader yourself.

MOT data doesn't set the price. It checks the car: its mileage history, its advisories, and how that model holds up at that age. Where there aren't enough comparable cars, Motor-IQ says so and asks for your figure instead of guessing.

Is the prep figure realistic?

It's your own standard prep, which you set, plus what the car's last MOT flagged, priced at trade rates. A worn tyre or pitted discs show up; a slipping clutch, a tired gearbox, a stretched timing chain or a blocked DPF don't, because an MOT doesn't test them.

So it tells you what that model most often fails on at that age, and you still look the car over and drive it. Motor-IQ prices what the records show; it doesn't replace your eyes.

Does it actually work?

It's in beta, and free while we prove it with independent dealers. The verdict, prep, part-ex, stock and MOT reminder tools work in the app today. Live DVLA and MOT lookups are being switched on; until then the app shows sample cars, clearly labelled.

If it can't value a car properly, it says so. Test it against cars you've just bought and sold: that's the only proof that counts.

Working now
  • Buy, Maybe or Pass with the margin
  • Prep from the car's last MOT
  • Value from an advert link
  • Part-ex offers
  • Stock tracker
  • Customer MOT reminders
Switching on
  • Live DVLA and MOT lookups
  • Mileage check on every plate
Coming next
  • Licensed trade and retail valuations
  • Finance, stolen and write-off checks
  • Parts and labour priced per model

Know the number
before you buy.

Motor-IQ is in beta with independent dealers. Join the list and we'll be in touch when your place opens.

£99/month when it launches. We only email you about your place. No spam.