Part of the vAutoStock suite

Hand over the keys with confidence.

vAutoHire manages your loan, demo and courtesy fleet and checks every driver's licence before they drive away. Fast handover, damage capture, instant check-in and group-wide reporting — built for franchise dealer groups with many rooftops.

Staff Login
1 in 3
dealers still log courtesy and demo vehicles on paper or spreadsheets.
£1,000s
in fines and uninsured-driver exposure from skipped licence checks.
<60s
to check a vehicle in — mileage, fuel and return condition, done.
The problem

A clipboard, a key safe, and a photocopied licence.

Most franchise groups still run their loan and courtesy fleet on paper. Nobody knows which demo is out, who has it, or whether their licence was ever properly checked. When a car comes back with a new scrape, there is no record of how it left.

  • No live view of which vehicles are out and with whom
  • Licence checks skipped, or kept as an unencrypted photocopy
  • Damage disputes with no agreed before-and-after record
  • Loans running for days past their return date, unnoticed
  • Every rooftop doing it differently, no group-wide reporting
The solution

vAutoHire puts the whole loan lifecycle in one place.

  • One fleet view across every site and brand in the group
  • Driver licence captured, checked and stored securely — encrypted
  • Guided handover with damage capture on an interactive diagram
  • Loans over three days flagged automatically, with reminders
  • Utilisation and financial reporting across the whole group
What's inside

Everything a dealer group needs to lend a car.

From the moment a vehicle joins the fleet to the second it's handed back — one platform, no add-ons.

Fleet management

Add vehicles auto-filled from the registration via DVLA. Tag by department, track mileage, defleet, transfer between sites and book off-road.

Driver licence checking

Capture licence details, run DVLA driver checks where enabled, or record "licence seen" evidence. Add additional drivers. Licence images stored encrypted.

Fast booking & handover

Guided check-out with customer and insurance eligibility questions, charges, and damage capture on an interactive vehicle diagram.

Signature, any way

Sign on screen, on paper, or send a QR code to the customer's own phone to sign there. Whatever suits the handover.

Check-in in seconds

Mileage, fuel level and return condition captured fast. Optional ANPR reads the plate on arrival so it's already matched to the booking.

Reporting

Utilisation by site, user and brand. Loans over three days, VIP vs non-VIP, and full financials — exportable across the whole group.

Multi-site, multi-brand

Built for dealer groups with many rooftops. One login across the whole vAuto suite, with per-site and per-brand control.

vAutoStock integration

Links to your vehicle tracking and writes customer records back to your DMS — Keyloop and Drive — so nothing is re-keyed.

Driver licence checking

Know who's driving — before they drive off.

  • Scan or key the licence; details captured against the booking
  • DVLA driver check where enabled — entitlements, points, validity
  • Or record dated "licence seen" evidence with a photo
  • Capture additional drivers on the same loan
  • Licence images encrypted at rest, access-controlled
Why it matters

Compliance, built in — not bolted on.

Lending a vehicle to an unlicensed or uninsured driver is a real liability. vAutoHire makes the check part of the handover, not an afterthought — and keeps a defensible, encrypted record of exactly what was seen and when.

  • GDPR-conscious by design — minimise, encrypt, control access
  • Audit trail on every check and every handover
  • Consistent process enforced across every rooftop
How it works

From request to return, in four steps.

Same data end-to-end — the booking, the licence check, the damage record and the financials all stay together.

Add

Add the vehicle by registration — DVLA auto-fills the make, model and details. Tag it to a department and it's ready to lend.

Check

Capture the driver's licence and run the check, or record licence-seen evidence. Confirm insurance eligibility on the same screen.

Hand over

Record charges, capture existing damage on the interactive diagram, then sign — on screen, on paper or by QR to the customer's phone.

Check in

Mileage, fuel and return condition in seconds, with optional ANPR. The record flows into reporting and back to your DMS.

Made for the whole group

Whoever holds the keys, vAutoHire fits.

Front-of-house at the desk. Service hands a courtesy car. The group office wants the numbers. Each gets what they need.

Front of house

Handover in minutes.

Greet the customer, check the licence, capture damage and sign — all on one guided screen, on a tablet or desktop.

  • Licence check baked into the flow
  • Damage on an interactive vehicle diagram
  • Sign on screen, paper, or QR to their phone
  • Charges and eligibility captured up front
Service & courtesy

Always know where the cars are.

See the courtesy fleet at a glance, who has each car, and which loans are running long — across every site.

  • Live fleet view, tagged by department
  • Loans over three days flagged automatically
  • Fast check-in with mileage and fuel
  • Optional ANPR on return
Group & compliance

One source of truth.

Utilisation, financials and a defensible audit trail of every licence check and handover, across the whole group.

  • Reporting by site, user and brand
  • VIP vs non-VIP and financial views
  • Encrypted, GDPR-conscious licence storage
  • Writes back to Keyloop / Drive
Built for compliance

Your licence data, handled properly.

vAutoHire is GDPR-conscious by design — capturing only what's needed, encrypting licence images, and keeping a clear audit trail of every check.

Encrypted at rest Licence images and driver details are encrypted and access-controlled — not photocopies in a drawer.
Full audit trail Every licence check and handover is timestamped and attributable, so disputes have a clear record.
One login, one suite Single sign-on across the vAuto suite, with per-site and per-brand permissions for the whole group.
Part of the suite

The vAutoStock ecosystem.

vAutoHire plugs into a family of products built for UK dealerships — one login across the lot.

Get started

Hand over the keys with confidence.

Book a demo and we'll show you how vAutoHire runs your loan, demo and courtesy fleet — licence checking and all — across every site in your group.