A system, apparatus and method for analyzing a condition of a vehicle is provided. The system, apparatus and method are directed to obtaining vehicle information used for analyzing select vehicle data obtained from a vehicle, wherein after obtaining this information, the analysis may be carried out. The apparatus includes a computing platform having logic to obtain, via an interface that is communicatively coupled to the vehicle, select-vehicle data associated with an operation of the vehicle, ascertain that the computing platform lacks particular information for analyzing the select-vehicle data, communicatively couple to a remote node via a network to obtain the particular information for analyzing the select-vehicle data, obtain from the remote node via the network the particular information for analyzing the select-vehicle data, and analyze the condition of the vehicle using at least a portion of the particular information for analyzing the select-vehicle data.