UPDATED Caranalytics

DESPITE the new bundle options to reduce the price if you are checking more than one car, Caranalytics is more expensive than our best buy and we can’t see it offers an advantage in any area You also have to pay an extra £2 per check for a £30,000 guarantee that is standard with TotalCarCheck

While Caranalytics flagged concerns about our crashed Kia, there’s no salvage auction search to show pictures. This also meant it gave a clean bill of health to our mangled Mercedes, because it had not yet been officially listed as a write-off

The site’s search got confused about the mileage info on a Bentley, and we noticed errors in basic info, such as an Insignia listed with the wrong emissions data, which made it appear more expensive to run. Some of the site’s explanations are bafflingly worded, too