AutoWiki is a free online database with information about individual cars based on their VIN/ Chassis number. All information in the database is added by the AutoWiki community consisting of car enthusiasts, specialists, journalists and historians.
AutoWiki is currently only available as a website, but in the future will also be available as a smartphone app.
Yes, all information added by the AutoWiki community will always be available free of charge to anyone.
For viewing information you don't need an account.
If you want to add a car, or add or edit information an account is required.
An AutoWiki Name is the name that is used to show who added a car, or who edited information of a car.
When creating an AutoWiki account an AutoWiki Name can be chosen and isn't necessarily someone's own name.
A Contributor is someone who adds cars to the database and/ or edits car information. Contributors are car enthusiasts, specialists, historians and journalists from all over the world.
They like to share their knowledge to keep it alive for the future and also to make the car market more transparent.
Yes, at the moment AutoWiki is only in English. So all contributions should be in English.
You are required to have an AutoWiki account to add a car. To create an account click 'Login' in the upper right corner. Fill out the form and click 'Submit'. An email will be send to you to verify your email address. After verification of your email address, you can log in and add a car. To add a car, click 'Add a car' in the upper menu bar.