Changing keepers name (eg on marriage) or address or changing off/on a private plate does not increase V5 owners.

That. Exactly.

Bought our Skoda Superb in January as one previous owner. Moved it onto the 1951 vintage plate we inherited from Mrs B's Mum and it still says one previous owner.

Looking down the other end our first Berlingo was registered to Mrs B in 2005. After she passed it to me eight years later it became two owners but with zero difference as to it's role, usage and nuts behind the wheel!!

Probably a dealer pre-reg to meet a month end target or a demo type vehicle which probably did 6 miles before being sold "used".

Manufacturers use such tricks to shift cars and meet targets all the time.

Edited by pd on 18/05/2025 at 23:03

As most vehicles are now sold on main dealer PCPs I'd be asking questions about how it ended up in a car supermarket at less than 3 years old.

That would fit with it being an ex-demo car though. Those are more likely bought with cash, as on PCP they don't work out much less per month than a brand new one.

Car supermarkets do re-market decent cars they accept as trade-ins so the owner has probably just upgraded to something bigger and got a better deal at the supermarket than the main dealer.

Given the model, it's unlikely to be an ex-hire car, which is another way cars get two keepers in a relatively short period. I've been in a three month old hire car with over 11500 miles on the clock, and a sticker saying "do not exceed 12000 miles" - the next day I gave it back about 50 miles short of that, much to the hire company's relief as apparently they get charged by their lease company if the mileage is exceeded.

Edited by Ian_SW on 19/05/2025 at 11:02