Car Data API for OEMs & Manufacturers
Automakers (OEMs) and their captive finance and remarketing arms use Carapis to track residual values, benchmark against competitors and read live used-car demand — pulling normalized prices, price history and inventory data from marketplaces like Encar, Mobile.de and AutoScout24 through one REST API. A model’s used-car performance shapes its new-car pricing, lease terms and brand strength, and Carapis supplies that secondary-market signal as structured cross-market data.
Who they are
Vehicle manufacturers, their captive finance and leasing units, and remarketing teams care deeply about what happens to their cars after the first sale. Strong residual values support lease pricing and protect the brand; weak ones erode margin. Competitive and product teams need to see how rival models are priced and how fast they move on the used market, across the countries where they sell.
What data they pull
- Residual tracking — used asking prices and price history by model, trim and age to monitor how values hold over time.
- Competitive benchmarking — rival makes/models priced side by side in the same market.
- Demand signals — inventory depth and listing turnover as a read on used-car demand by model and region.
- Trim and options mix — which configurations the market lists and rewards.
- Cross-market coverage — the same model across multiple countries through one schema, for global product and pricing teams.
Why Carapis
OEM analytics teams need consistent data across every market they sell in — not a patchwork of regional scrapers. Carapis normalizes make, model, trim, year, mileage and price across sources and countries, so a residual or competitive dashboard reads one schema worldwide. Switching markets is a source parameter, not a new integration. See the markets we cover and pricing.