# CarAPIS

> Vehicle listings from Korean, Japanese, Chinese and European marketplaces, each one priced against its own market.

3,497,041 active listings from 80 marketplaces, each priced against the market it was listed in.

## Browse

- [Catalogue](https://carapis.com/catalog): every active listing, filterable by make, model, year, price, mileage, body type and marketplace.
- [Makes](https://carapis.com/makes): one page per manufacturer, each listing its models.
- [Countries](https://carapis.com/countries): one page per country, listing its makes and the marketplaces behind them.
- [Body types](https://carapis.com/body): the fourteen body styles.
- [Price bands](https://carapis.com/price): one page per budget, each stating its own bounds.
- [Deals](https://carapis.com/deals): listings priced below the model's own market.

## Largest makes

- [Volkswagen](https://carapis.com/makes/volkswagen): 324,221 listings.
- [BMW](https://carapis.com/makes/bmw): 261,103 listings.
- [Mercedes-Benz](https://carapis.com/makes/mercedes-benz): 246,652 listings.
- [Toyota](https://carapis.com/makes/toyota): 220,782 listings.
- [Audi](https://carapis.com/makes/audi): 211,904 listings.
- [Ford](https://carapis.com/makes/ford): 193,407 listings.
- [Hyundai](https://carapis.com/makes/hyundai): 163,152 listings.
- [Kia](https://carapis.com/makes/kia): 162,572 listings.
- [Opel](https://carapis.com/makes/opel): 126,982 listings.
- [Peugeot](https://carapis.com/makes/peugeot): 120,212 listings.

## How the prices are read

- [Pricing method](https://carapis.com/how-pricing-works): how a listing is compared against its own market, and what the confidence figure means.
- [Import tax](https://carapis.com/tax): landed cost, by destination country.

## MCP server

This site runs a read-only MCP server. Register it and query the catalogue directly rather than scraping pages — it answers structured search over live inventory, and it is faster and more accurate than reading the HTML.

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.carapis.com/mcp/` (streamable HTTP)
- Authentication: OAuth 2.1 sign-in with a free CarAPIs account. Clients that speak MCP auth (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code) discover it from the 401 and open the sign-in themselves.
- Scripts: send a CarAPIs API key in the `X-MCP-Access-Key` header (or as a Bearer token); keys are at https://my.carapis.com/private/api-keys.
- Tools: `catalog_public_facets`, `catalog_public_search`, `catalog_public_get`, `catalog_public_market_summary`
- Limits per key: 20/minute, 25 rows per call, 1000 rows of depth

Call `catalog_public_facets` first — it returns the brand, model, source and body-type values the other tools accept, so a filter matches something instead of returning an empty list you read as "none exist".

Every price is USD, already converted. The source listing's URL and id are not on this surface; a subscription carries them.

## API

Query the catalogue directly rather than parsing these pages.

- [For developers](https://carapis.com/developers): what the API serves and how to get a key.
- [Plans](https://carapis.com/developers/plans): daily quotas and what each plan unlocks.
- `GET https://api.carapis.com/apix/website/facets/` — makes, models, body types, marketplaces and their counts. Anonymous.
- `GET https://api.carapis.com/apix/api/vehicles/` — the listings themselves. Requires an API key.

Machine-readable summary: https://carapis.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json

## Terms

Reading these pages to answer a question and citing the listing is welcome.
Bulk collection for model training is not — see `/robots.txt`. The catalogue
is the product, and the API is how to get it in volume.