Identify the vehicle
Enter a VIN for specifications from NHTSA. Add mileage and condition where requested.
VIN identity is not a history report, valuation or inspection.
AUTO-CATION · AUTO EDUCATION
Clarity for
every mile.
Know the vehicle. Understand the deal.
Choose your next step before you sign.
Use our free tools to identify a vehicle and explore the cost of a purchase or lease.
Available now: browser tools and an optional home-screen web app. Demonstration findings require independent verification.
ONE CLEAR STARTING POINT
From vehicle to understandable next step.
Review the terms
Enter the price, trade, fees and financing or lease figures. Check estimates against your paperwork.
Understand the findings
Review the costs, reasons, limitations and conditions. Compare changes before making a commitment.
SEE THE AVAILABLE EXPERIENCE
Your vehicle journey, on screen.
Start with VIN specifications. Explore the terms. See the reasons behind a demonstration finding.
Open the browser tools →
KNOW WHAT YOU CAN USE
Useful today. A broader vision ahead.
Your browser tools
VIN specifications, manual purchase and lease review, and ownership-cost education. Free for now.
Open the web app →Add it to your home screen →Android preview
An older testing build includes VIN barcode capture and report export. Phone acceptance testing remains outstanding.
Not a public app-store release.
A connected vehicle journey
Secure paperwork capture, licensed history and values, saved cases, provider comparisons and authorized lender sharing.
These are not connected production services today.
Explore the app vision →EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE PURPOSE
Automotive knowledge. Clearer decisions.
Lee V. Putney
CEO & Co-Founder
Lee reports more than 45 years in automotive and more than 10,000 vehicles sold. His experience in sales, finance and dealership leadership shapes Auto-Cation’s educational purpose.
Shanise Craft
President & Co-Founder
Shanise brings 30 years of dealership experience across finance and insurance, sales management and general management, with a commitment to confident, informed customers.
Independent findings come first.
Provider compensation must not influence scores, findings or rankings. Experience informs the product; software outcomes still require testing and validation.
Read our evidence and independence standards →ONE PURPOSE. DISTINCT WORKFLOWS.
Clarity for the people around the transaction.
For dealerships
Explore title and funding exceptions, assigned next actions and operating-intelligence demonstrations.
Explore dealership tools →For banks & credit unions
Discuss a defined transaction-review or historical portfolio study. Institutions retain credit and pricing authority.
Explore the lender pathway →Business pilots require agreed scope, data rights, safeguards and delivery readiness. No paid checkout is active.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Start with the vehicle.
Bring clarity to the commitment.
No loan approval, guaranteed savings or verified vehicle condition is provided by the public demonstrations.
