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HPI is a Uk vehicle record examining company established in 1938. The business was set up to prevent the unlawful sale of hire-purchase automobiles and were the initial organization of its kind. HPI works together with the Police, DVLA, Finance houses and also insurance business to produce comprehensive automobile record reports for customers in the pre-owned automobile market. The report, called HPI Check, educates customers whether a car has superior financing been stolen, crossed out (Total loss), has a mileage inconsistency (clocked), had a plate adjustment, been duplicated, has an outstanding logbook financing and a number of others. The HPI Check could be done on any kind of automobile that is signed up in the UK with the DVLA, consisting of Caravans and Quad bikes.