Check any European vehicle's theft status, mileage history, accident records, and auction history through a single API — powered by CarVertical, AutoDNA, and European auction registries.
3 Sources
Databases
CarVertical, AutoDNA, Auction
5–15 Min
Turnaround
Fully automated lookup
All of Europe
Market Coverage
40+ countries covered
PDF Report
Delivery Format
Stream or base64 file
Age measured two ways — from the production date and model year, and from the date the vehicle was first put on the road.
A statistical estimate from comparable vehicles — same make, model, fuel type and age. It is not a reading taken off this car, and the report says so.
Eleven checks run at once — stolen databases, recalls, vehicle information, official records, price history, odometer, damage, liens, equipment, archive photos and VIN check.
Fourteen decoded fields — model, body type, fuel, displacement, emissions standard, power, dimensions, kerb weight and CO2 output.
Outstanding manufacturer safety recalls registered against the VIN.
The VIN checked against twelve national police and insurer databases across Europe and North America, each reported separately.
Every event recorded against the vehicle with the odometer reading where one was taken — registration, pre-registration and each reported reading.
Around fifty photographs captured against this VIN by inspection and trade sources — bodywork from every angle, interior, boot, paint-depth gauge readings and the service documents that came with the car.
Every section comes from a European vehicle history report — a 2020 Volvo V90 first registered in Belgium, with 208,936 km on the last recorded reading.
Age measured two ways — from the production date and model year, and from the date the vehicle was first put on the road.
A statistical estimate from comparable vehicles — same make, model, fuel type and age. It is not a reading taken off this car, and the report says so.
Estimate only · 81,367 kmEleven checks run at once — stolen databases, recalls, vehicle information, official records, price history, odometer, damage, liens, equipment, archive photos and VIN check.
1 of 11 unavailableFourteen decoded fields — model, body type, fuel, displacement, emissions standard, power, dimensions, kerb weight and CO2 output.
Euro 6 · 190 hpOutstanding manufacturer safety recalls registered against the VIN.
No recall recordedThe VIN checked against twelve national police and insurer databases across Europe and North America, each reported separately.
12 of 12 clearEvery event recorded against the vehicle with the odometer reading where one was taken — registration, pre-registration and each reported reading.
208,936 km recordedAround fifty photographs captured against this VIN by inspection and trade sources — bodywork from every angle, interior, boot, paint-depth gauge readings and the service documents that came with the car.
53 photographs on filestitchedEvery service returns a finished report file. Here's the real request-to-file pipeline, and what's typically inside each report.
1. Order
POST /api/vehicle-reports/request
Send the VIN and service key. We create a job and return a shortReportId with status "pending".
2. Lookup
Automated database lookup
Your request runs against the selected European database — typically finished in 5–15 minutes.
3. Delivery
Report is finalized
Once the lookup completes, the finished report file is attached to your job and its status flips to "ready".
4. Retrieve
GET /:shortReportId/file
Pull the finished report as a raw PDF stream, or add ?format=base64 to get it as JSON.
Illustrative — the exact fields present depend on the vehicle and what each database has on file. Reports arrive as a PDF file.
Europe — All Brands
Typically includes
Three independent European databases, available individually or together through one API key.
Aggregated European vehicle records: theft status, mileage history, and damage records pulled from national and international registries.
Independent European history check covering ownership, service, and damage records, cross-referenced against theft databases.
Auction-house history for the vehicle: lot listings, sale pricing, and any damage disclosed at auction.
Order reports with a single POST request and poll for status. Finished report files are retrieved as base64-encoded strings or raw binary streams ready to be integrated into your application.
# 1. Place a vehicle report order
curl -X POST 'https://api.globalvin.co/api/vehicle-reports/request' \
-H 'x-api-key: your_supplier_key_here' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"vin": "WAUZZZ4G3LN12XXXX", "service": "carvertical"}'
# Response:
# {
# "success": true,
# "data": {
# "vin": "WAUZZZ4G3LN12XXXX",
# "service": "carvertical",
# "shortReportId": "GV-CF93D0",
# "status": "pending"
# }
# }
# 2. Poll until the report is ready
curl 'https://api.globalvin.co/api/vehicle-reports/GV-CF93D0' \
-H 'x-api-key: your_supplier_key_here'
# 3. Retrieve the finished file
curl 'https://api.globalvin.co/api/vehicle-reports/GV-CF93D0/file?format=base64' \
-H 'x-api-key: your_supplier_key_here'
# Response:
# {
# "fileBase64": "JVBERi0xLjQKJ...",
# "fileFormat": "pdf"
# }From dealerships checking European imports to custom brokers verifying vehicle history.
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