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Vehicle Identification

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Track down information about specific vehicles

Need to certify VIN and interpret the information?

These automotive intelligence services help OEMs, dealers, insurance companies, parts retailers, service centers, and governments properly verify vehicles and drivers. S&P Global Mobility leverages its comprehensive vehicle registration database with industry-leading expertise, helping you:

  • Identify exact vehicle specifications using VIN or license plate
  • Accurately assess risk and speed up the insurance quoting process
  • Reduce trade in fraud, incentive fraud or dealer fraud
  • Discover damage that reduces resell value
  • Leverage fleet management or recovery services
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Products & Solutions

VINtelligence

Correctly identify vehicle specifications including make, year model, model, trim level, engine detail and 600 other vehicle data elements including insurance rating symbols, pre-1981 decoding, ACES (Aftermarket Catalog Enhanced Standard) and RV Decoding. VINtelligence combines multiple data sources including decode specifications and OEM build data to provide great coverage, accuracy, and standardization for vehicles on the road.  Coverage is currently available in the United States, Canada, Australia and Mexico with new regions to be added in the coming years. 

Vehicle Identification System (VIS)

Obtain detailed information about US vehicles and their ownership. The system provides alternative methods of matching vehicle information against state vehicle records using a variety of different input options ranging from license plate or VIN to name and address.

FleetFind

Locate vehicles based on Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) and provides owners of fleet and leased vehicles with detailed US state registration information, including expiration dates and license plate numbers.

Branded Title

Identify vehicles in the United States that have suffered damage that could significantly reduce the value of the vehicle, including categories for:

  • Dismantled 
  • Flood 
  • Junk and salvage 
  • Rebuilt 
  • Reconstructed 
  • Not Actual Mileage 
  • Exceeds mechanical limits

VIN Trace

Verify the sale of a vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle) in the United States that has been reported by a dealer through state title and registration records.

Recover

Match (US) license plates to allow parking enforcement divisions to quickly identify the names and current addresses of people with outstanding parking and toll violations. 

Incentive Verification Service

Validate and/or qualify incentive-program use at a (US) dealership, which can reduce incentive fraud and automate the incentive verification process at the OEM. 

ACES VIN Specific

The automotive space has evolved over the past several years with new technologies, capabilities, and configurations. These changes have created challenges in accurately identifying vehicle specifications using historic VIN decoding methodologies. To address this, S&P Global Mobility has curated a set of VIN Specific (Build data, Window Sticker data) that is now mapped to the ACES standard.

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Holger Hausmann

Holger joined S&P Global (now part of S&P Global) in 2013 as Senior Data Analyst within the Light Vehicle Sales Forecasting division. In thi

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