Manheim Australia Data Parser & API
Manheim Australia is one of the country’s two major vehicle-auction houses — a Cox Automotive wholesale, salvage and fleet auction drawing ~3M monthly visits to the global Manheim brand — and Carapis extracts its auction listing and condition data through one REST API. Manheim is login-gated wholesale infrastructure, so its grading, damage and sale-price data is hard to access directly but highly valued by dealers and remarketers.
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Auction |
| Owner | Cox Automotive |
| Vehicle types | used, auction, salvage, commercial, moto, fleet |
| Monthly visits | ~3M (Jun 2025, global Manheim brand) |
| Active listings | tens of thousands rotating |
| API access | Partial / limited API |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.manheim.com.au |
What is Manheim Australia?
Manheim Australia is the Australian arm of Manheim, the global vehicle remarketing business owned by Cox Automotive. It runs wholesale, salvage, fleet and government vehicle auctions for trade buyers, with tens of thousands of vehicles rotating through its lanes. The global Manheim brand drew roughly 3M monthly visits (Jun 2025). Access is login-gated to registered trade and dealer accounts.
Market Position
Manheim Australia and Pickles are the two majors in the Australian wholesale and salvage auction market. 2025 saw AU auction sales hit a five-year high, with dealer cars selling roughly 8.3% above valuation in about 10.9 days — a signal of how tight wholesale supply has been. Manheim is part of Cox Automotive, the global remarketing group, which means its grading and condition schema aligns with international auction-data conventions. Its login-gated, JS-rendered surface makes it a high-difficulty parse with high-value output.
Data Fields Available
Carapis extracts a structured record from each Manheim AU auction lot:
- Vehicle identity — make, model, variant, year
- Condition — odometer (mileage), condition grade, damage type (salvage lots)
- Auction — auction/sale price, sale date, lot status
- Registration — VIN and rego where published
- Listing context — location (auction site), photo gallery
The wholesale auction price plus condition grade and damage type are the standout fields — direct wholesale-value signals that retail portals do not expose.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "manheim-au", "limit": 20},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])Get an API key at my.carapis.com and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.
Use Cases
- Pricing intelligence — wholesale auction prices anchor trade-in and residual-value models for dealers.
- Market research — track wholesale supply, condition mix and clearance trends. See market research.
- Import / export — salvage and fleet lots feed vehicle sourcing and rebuilds. See import & export.