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VIN check in Poland

Buying a used car in Poland? A large share of the cars on sale here were bought damaged at a US or Canadian auction, shipped over, repaired and put back on the market. Enter the VIN to see the photos taken the day that car crossed the auction block — the damage, the odometer reading and the title brand recorded then, before anyone repainted anything.

VIN history beyond the auction

Look past the final bid on any car in Poland

Title brands, accident reports and odometer entries: the VIN history behind any auction lot.

Example VIN history →
Currency
PLN
Drives on
the right
Registers with
Wydział Komunikacji
Roadworthiness test
Przegląd techniczny
Official registry
historiapojazdu.gov.pl

What to check before you pay

  1. 01Odometer — a car exported with 180,000 miles can be advertised here with 90,000. The auction record shows the reading on sale day.
  2. 02Accident damage — repaired panels hide what the auction photos show: which side took the hit, whether the airbags fired, how deep it went.
  3. 03Title brand — salvage, flood and total-loss records do not always survive re-registration in a new country. The VIN does.

Largest cities

CityRegionPopulation
WarsawMazovia1,702,139
KrakówLesser Poland816,614
WrocławLower Silesia672,545
ŁódźŁódź Voivodeship639,890
PoznańGreater Poland536,151
GdańskPomerania487,371
SzczecinWest Pomerania395,513
LublinLublin336,339
BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie330,038
BiałystokPodlasie295,683

Population data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

Latest auction results

Auction archive FAQ

How do I check a car before buying it in Poland?

Take the VIN from the windscreen, the door pillar or the registration document and run it here. If the car passed through a US or Canadian auction you get its photos, recorded damage, odometer reading and final bid.

The seller says the car was never in an accident. Can I verify that?

Yes — if it was sold at auction, the listing photos and the recorded damage type are in the archive, regardless of what the car looks like today in Poland.

What if the VIN is not in the archive?

Then that car has no US or Canadian auction record we hold, which is itself useful to know. The full history report also covers accidents, ownership and odometer readings reported outside the auction lanes.