No - not necessarily, the way the car has been treated and used is more important than the number of owners, in my opinion. But, similarly, a 1-year-old car that's marketed as having one previous owner could have been owned by a hire company the entire time.

You can only check the V5C and pay for a comprehensive car history check. The V5 will list the former keeper's details on the logbook, so you can check if it's potentially been owned by a business that way. But the dealer won't be able to tell you about the previous owners other than that.

You can see all your legal rights when buying a used car from a dealer here, though - which should put your mind at rest in regards to the possibility of something going wrong once you've bought a car: www.honestjohn.co.uk/problems-with-a-new-or-used-c.../