Cartell.ie is now offering buyers a car history check on vehicles imported from the UK and Northern Ireland.
In 2007 Irish buyers imported 80,000 vehicles with some 60,000 originating from the UK. Cartell.ie has been offering an Irish service since 2006 but has now gone into partnership with HPI, the UK’s leading Car History Checking company. If the vehicle is imported Cartell.ie will obtain GB or NI vehicle history using the previous UK registration number, even if it is currently on an Irish registration plate.
According to HPI, one in three vehicles has a hidden history which can catch out the unsuspecting buyer.
A recent study of 4350 vehicles imported from the UK showed that in 2001 almost one in 10 was a write off.
