Car buyers in the UK should always obtain an official history check to avoid purchasing a used car misrepresented by its ...

A VIN is a unique string of 17 characters assigned to vehicles. welcomia/iStock via Getty Images Plus Every vehicle built after 1981 has a unique vehicle identification number, or VIN. The location of ...

These articles are brought to you in association with Pocket-lint and our partners. Before the 1950s, individual car manufacturers used to have their own systems for the identification of vehicles.