KCar Data Parser & API

KCar is South Korea’s #2 used-car platform with roughly 21% market share — a certified online dealer that inspects every car and sells at a fixed price — and Carapis extracts its full inventory data, including inspection results, mileage and warranty, through one REST API. Unlike a classifieds portal, KCar owns and reconditions its stock, so its listings carry consistent, dealer-grade condition data, served by Carapis without you scraping it yourself.

What is KCar?

KCar (케이카) is South Korea’s largest certified online used-car dealer, holding about a 21% share of the Korean used-car market (Consumer Insight 2025). Rather than aggregating third-party ads, KCar buys, inspects and sells vehicles directly at fixed prices with a warranty and a return policy. That direct-dealer model means every listing comes with a standardized inspection result and condition record, making KCar data unusually clean and consistent.

Market Position

KCar ranks second in Korea’s used-car market at roughly 21% share, between Encar (~53%) and KB Chachacha (~13%) according to Consumer Insight 2025. Its certified, fixed-price, own-inventory model is closer to Carvana or AUTO1 than to a classifieds portal, which makes its data the cleanest signal in Korea for actual transaction-grade pricing on inspected cars. Because KCar controls its own stock, listing data is first-party rather than dealer-submitted.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a structured record from each KCar listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, trim, model year, fuel type, transmission
• Condition — mileage, standardized inspection result, accident & repair history
• Pricing — fixed listed price (transaction-grade, not negotiable estimates)
• Specification — factory options and trim packages
• Listing context — warranty terms, location, photo gallery

KCar’s fixed prices and uniform inspection results make it the benchmark dataset for residual-value modelling in Korea: prices reflect what a certified dealer actually charges, not an asking-price estimate.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "kcar", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=kcar&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=kcar&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Use Cases

• Pricing intelligence — KCar’s fixed certified-dealer prices anchor residual-value and market-pricing models for dealers.
• Import / export — inspected, warranty-backed Korean cars are a clean export pool. See import & export.
• Market research — benchmark certified-dealer pricing against classifieds portals. See market research.

Frequently asked questions

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