FactorySpecs is the UK's first tool that tells you exactly what factory options are fitted to a specific car — and what they cost when new.
You're looking at a used BMW on Autotrader. The ad says “M Sport, leather, nav.” But which M Sport package? The £2,200 one with adaptive suspension, or the base one? Is it the standard nav or the upgraded Harman/Kardon system? Is that leather actually leather, or “Sensatec” — BMW's word for vinyl?
The trade has had access to this data for years through expensive enterprise platforms. Dealers know exactly what's on a car. You don't. Until now.
FactorySpecs was built by one person in Plymouth who got fed up trying to figure out what was actually on a car before buying it. Not a venture-backed startup. Not a Silicon Valley play. Just someone who thought: this data exists, car buyers deserve to see it, and nobody's making it available at a price that makes sense.
We pull live data from manufacturer build records, cross-reference it against vehicle databases, and present it in a clear report with actual when-new pricing. We know the factory order code, the option description, and what it cost on the day the car was specced.
We currently support factory specification reports for 39 vehicle brands in the UK including Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Land Rover, Porsche, Ford, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Volvo, Hyundai, Kia, Mini, Peugeot, Renault, Skoda, SEAT, and many more.
Every lookup starts with a free MOT and tax check powered by DVLA and DVSA data. Full reports add factory options, valuations, performance data, and HPI checks.
We'd rather be upfront than have you find out the hard way.
We're not pretending to be a big company. We don't have a marketing budget or a sales team. What we have is a product that does something genuinely new, and a group of early users who believed in it enough to sign up before it was finished.
If your report is useful — if it helps you negotiate a better price, avoid a bad buy, or just understand what you're looking at — share it. Screenshot it. Post it. Tell the car forums. Tag us. That's how this grows.