Most modern vehicle theft is an authorisation attack, not a mechanical one. Adding a barrier the vehicle manufacturer never published means there is no standard bypass for it, and the time and uncertainty involved is usually enough for a thief to leave the vehicle alone.

Day to day the car behaves as normal for you. The extra step is designed to be quick and habitual — the inconvenience should be measured in seconds, not in dreading getting into your own vehicle.

Keyless-entry cars, models with known theft patterns, and work vans carrying tools benefit most. Send your registration and we will tell you honestly whether an extra immobiliser is the right spend for your vehicle or whether something simpler covers you.

A ghost immobiliser is the best-known example of this type of product: a device that requires a sequence on the vehicle's existing buttons before the engine will start, with no key fob and nothing for a scanner to find. Other aftermarket immobilisers work with a separate tag or a hidden switch instead. Tell us your registration and how the vehicle is used and we will explain which approach suits it and what fitting involves.