Kavak Data Parser & API

Kavak is Latin America’s largest certified used-car platform — operating across Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Chile on one stack — and Carapis extracts its full listing data, including 140-point inspection results, VIN/history, certified status and algorithmic pricing, through one REST API. Kavak owns the richest single-source used-car dataset in the region: because it buys, inspects and reconditions every car itself, each listing carries structured condition data that ordinary classifieds never expose.

What is Kavak?

Kavak is a Mexico-born online used-car dealer (instant-buy and sell) that reconditions and certifies its own inventory. It operates one platform across Mexico — its #1 market, roughly 54% of global traffic — plus Argentina, Brazil and Chile in Latin America, and the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Turkey beyond. Across all markets it draws ~6.7M monthly visits (SimilarWeb, 2026), and it has reported around $3.2B in GMV (2025 est.).

Market Position

Kavak is the dominant pure-play online used-car dealer in Latin America. SimilarWeb puts its global traffic at ~6.7M visits/mo with Mexico at ~54% of that, Argentina ~19%, Chile ~8% and Brazil ~7% (April 2026) — so a single Kavak parser spans four LatAm markets of certified, data-rich inventory. Because Kavak controls every vehicle end-to-end, its listings are far more structured than typical regional classifieds, making it the single most valuable resale dataset Carapis covers in the region.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a complete structured record from each Kavak listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, trim, model year, fuel type, transmission, VIN
• Condition — mileage, 140-point inspection results, reconditioning details, certified status and warranty
• Pricing — Kavak’s algorithmic listed price
• Listing context — location/yard, photo gallery

The inspection report, VIN and certified/warranty fields are Kavak’s standout data — the closest thing Latin America has to a CARFAX-style condition record, generated by Kavak itself and delivered as structured fields rather than free text.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "kavak", "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=kavak&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=kavak&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 — Kavak’s inspection-backed, algorithmically priced inventory is a clean benchmark for residual-value and market-pricing models for dealers.
• Import / export — VIN and condition data let buyers vet certified Latin American cars remotely. See import & export.
• Market research — track certified-inventory mix and pricing across four LatAm markets from one source. See market research.

Frequently asked questions

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