Car inspections

Specialised car inspections

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

We are a specialised UK-wide inspection service with long standing and experienced experts on call for for buyers of Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati, Lotus, Jaguar, Rolls Royce and Bentley, TVR, kit cars and other specialist motor cars. We also inspect classics, from E-Types to Rolls Royce, Scimitar to BMW, Riley to MG.

Our inspectors are practical, and will give you the benefit of their expertise and opinion to give you teh comfort that you are driving away a sound car worth the money. Many of our cleints use us as their eyes and ears wher ethey have no mechnaical or marque knowledge, and in a good many cases never see the car before committing to it. We have inspected many cars for prospective owners overseas.

See below to browse examples of the service we provide, select from the links for information on particular marques or use the search box to track down specific information.

Alternatively, call us for chat about your intended purchase and how we might help you narrow down your shortlist or select a car. We are also prepared to take on problem cars, pre-litigation engineers report and warranty claims.

Case Study - Silver Shadow 1978

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

We’re seeing growing interest in these cars, and recently inspected a London car with well over 120,000 miles which the owner intended to drive to Southern Europe. Our engineer owns one of exactly the same age and advised (more…)

Lotus Elise (2002) - Inspection report extract

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Lotus Elise (2002), £16,000, under 6,000 miles, London

This vehicle displays evidence of body and paintwork repairs which have been carried out to a poor standard for any USED vehicle let alone one that has a low recorded mileage such as this.

Even with the vehicle dirty and inspected in low light conditions the paintwork defects are very easy to see. To rectfiy these problems will result in (more…)

Case study – Bentley Arnage 2005

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Client about to purchase a 12 month old car from a main dealer in Essex, with 2,500 miles and a price tag of £150,000. (more…)

Case study – Bentley Turbo R

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Our client from Surrey found a 1996 car advertised 150 miles from home at what seemed bargain price of £24,000. (more…)