One in five second-hand cars imported from Britain are clocked

ALMOST one in five cars imported from Britain was clocked and dodgy dealers are using this country as a dumping ground for mileage altered and written-off vehicles, according to an AA survey.

The investigation focused on 3,000 imported secondhand vehicles of which 18.5% were found to have had their odometer readings altered.

And modern vehicles have been found to be easier to tamper with than their forerunners.