Are you planning to buy a used car or two-wheeler and would you like to know more about the vehicle you want to buy? Before deciding to buy, you can check the Histovec website, proposed by the Ministry of Interior. It gives you access to reliable information on the history of the used vehicle of interest to you. Since 12 January 2021, it has been enriched by data from technical inspections.
To do this, you must ask the seller to send you a link to the report on the history of his vehicle that he has generated through the site HistoVec.
This free and official service allows sellers and future buyers to share a certain amount of information about the vehicle:
date of first entry into service;
successive changes of ownership;
possible claims;
administrative status of the vehicle (pledge, opposition, theft);
dates and results of roadworthiness tests and mileage history;
technical characteristics of the vehicle (make, color, cylinder capacity, CV, sound level, pollution criterion, etc.).
Please note
According to studies by the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF), half of used vehicle sales involve minor or serious fraud. Since January 2019, the HistoVec website has been helping to address this.
