Where Orto's data comes from
Orto combines several sources so you get one clear picture instead of a dozen tabs. Here is what powers a report.
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- NMVTIS: vehicle history. The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, the U.S. Department of Justice title database, accessed through our history provider. It powers title brands, salvage and total-loss records, odometer readings and rollback checks, and reported title events.
- NHTSA: recalls and safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Open safety recalls matched to the exact vehicle, plus government crash-test (NCAP) safety ratings for the model.
- NHTSA vPIC: VIN decoding. NHTSA's official, free VIN decoder for a vehicle's year, make, model, trim, and build specifications.
- License plate to VIN. Resolves a U.S. license plate and state to a VIN, so a lookup can start from a plate rather than a hand-typed VIN.
- Market context. Owner reviews, how a model ranks in its class, and comparable for-sale listings, so a vehicle's reputation and asking price have context.
- AI plate and VIN reading (Google Gemini). Reads a plate or VIN from a photo so you can scan a car with your phone camera. Images are used only to extract the plate or VIN and are processed on a no-training basis.
Good to know. Orto currently covers vehicles in the United States and uses U.S. conventions throughout: inspection and emissions records, NHTSA recalls, and values in USD and miles. An absence of records is not a guarantee of a clean history, and Orto is a research tool, not a substitute for a professional inspection. Where a source is unavailable, Orto tells you rather than guessing.