We apologize for any inconvenience. Our data provider NMVTIS will be performing routine maintenance as scheduled: Daily: 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM EST;
Sunday: 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM EST;
First Sunday after of the month 1:00 AM - 5:00 AM EST and 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST (if that Sunday is a holiday, it will be the following Sunday).
VINsmart is available for all other functions except for purchasing new reports.

Our Story

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VINsmart is an easy, inexpensive way to get vehicle history and valuation data.

A VINsmart vehicle history report hands you the keys to your automotive future. The website started its engine in 2012 and since then we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of customers and dealers make smarter choices about the cars they’re interested in. Since 1984, our parent company, NOBEL systems, has been at the forefront of software solutions for local, county and state governments.

Today, VINsmart is an industry-leader, partnering with the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), J.D. Power and other trusted data providers to offer consumers and dealers protection when buying and selling cars.

So when you partner with us during your automotive search, you're getting high-performance, industrial-strength results. Quite simply, we're like a 60s Shelby Cobra, faster than everything else in the field for less money than anyone believed was possible.

Our mission

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We love cars and want our customers to know all the details and history of any car they’re about to get into a committed relationship with. So we give you the confidence and power to get highly accurate vehicle history reports that can not only save you thousands but can also save lives, prevent fraud and prevent injuries due to recalls. That’s our mission and we’ve been doing exactly that since 1984.

Fastest in the field

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Speed is key and we're committed to being the fastest company to bring major innovations that benefit our customers. We were the first to include recall data in our vehicle history reports, the first to offer supplemental lien info from the National Vehicle Service, and the first to offer with desktop and mobile apps.

We're proud to be the first to implement a credits that never expire. When you buy multiple reports, you can purchase extra credits at a steep discount and use them whenever you need to. Last, but not least, we were the first to offer valuations on vehicle history reports, so you can get the e car value by VIN as a part of the report. Each of these features gives you the extra horsepower you need to make the best choices in your automotive search.

Our culture

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We’re a small team that goes to work every day because we love what we do and care about you the customer that we work for. Our management works hard to empower us to be sincerely empathetic, ardent and to show real personal interest not only in you as a customer but in each of our teammates. We come in each day into a diverse, creative environment that supports our personal goals and helps us to develop new skills so that we can better ourselves and give back more.

These days it can be hard to love where you work but we truly do. Exceeding customers’ goals fuels us to continue innovating and improving. While we are a small team, we strive to make a big positive impact on your day. We have fun here and do our utmost to bring that sense of enjoyment to every interaction with you. We don’t want you to just survive during your automotive information quest, we want you to thrive.

  • OUR TRUSTED DATA PROVIDERS

  • NMVTIS National Motor Vehicle Title Information Systems
  • NHTSA
  • J.D. Power
  • NVS - National Vehicle Service