CarsGuide Data Parser & API

CarsGuide is one of Australia’s leading car portals — part of the Gumtree Group network that carries 2M+ live listings — and Carapis extracts its dealer, private, new and used listing data through one REST API. Owned by the Australian Gumtree Group, CarsGuide now shares inventory with Gumtree and Autotrader AU in a three-brand network reaching 5M+ Australians per month.

What is CarsGuide?

CarsGuide is an Australian automotive portal combining editorial car reviews with new and used vehicle listings from dealers and private sellers. It is part of the Gumtree Group, which operates Gumtree, CarsGuide and Autotrader AU as a single three-brand network; CarsGuide selling listings now redirect into Gumtree. SimilarWeb ranks it #2 in the AU vehicles-other category (Jun 2025).

Market Position

CarsGuide sits in the Gumtree Group three-brand network (Gumtree + CarsGuide + Autotrader AU) that reaches 5M+ Australians per month with $3B+ in monthly gross listing volume across 2M+ live listings — the #2 cluster behind carsales. CarsGuide itself is ranked #2 in the AU vehicles-other category by SimilarWeb (Jun 2025). Because the three brands share inventory, parsing CarsGuide and Gumtree together gives broad coverage of the non-carsales half of the Australian market.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a complete structured record from each CarsGuide listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, variant/badge, year, body type, fuel type, transmission
• Condition & pricing — odometer (mileage), listed price
• Specification — options and feature lists
• Listing context — dealer or private seller, location (state/suburb), photo gallery

CarsGuide’s overlap with Gumtree and Autotrader AU makes it a useful complement to carsales for full-market AU coverage.

API Quick Start

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

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=carsguide&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

• Market research — complements carsales for full-market AU coverage. See market research.
• Pricing intelligence — dealer and private prices feed residual-value models for dealers.
• Import / export — benchmark Australian retail prices against source markets. See import & export.

Frequently asked questions

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