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Backlotcars

BacklotCars, Inc. is a dealer-to-dealer wholesale used-vehicle marketplace, founded in Kansas City and acquired by KAR Global (now OPENLANE, Inc.), whose technology was consolidated into the OPENLANE US marketplace. It connects thousands of franchise and independent dealers through a 24/7 bid-ask marketplace, "Buy It Now" listings, and timed auctions scheduled throughout each week, backed by native mobile apps, in-lane vehicle inspections with AI-analyzed engine recordings, transportation, and floor-plan financing. Commercial sellers and dealer groups can push inventory straight from their own systems into OPENLANE Sell via OPENLANE Connect, a lightweight dealer integration API with a dedicated test environment. This profile began as a 500 Global portfolio lead surfaced into the API Evangelist network and was enriched from OPENLANE's public marketing and product surface; the platform publishes no public OpenAPI or open developer portal.

Backlotcars is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Automotive, Wholesale, Vehicle Auctions, and Marketplace.

Backlotcars’ developer surface includes engineering blog, support, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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14.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyAutomotiveWholesaleVehicle AuctionsMarketplaceDealerUsed CarsRemarketingTwo-Sided Marketplace

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.5/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: backlotcars
name: Backlotcars
description: BacklotCars, Inc. is a dealer-to-dealer wholesale used-vehicle marketplace, founded in Kansas City and acquired
  by KAR Global (now OPENLANE, Inc.), whose technology was consolidated into the OPENLANE US marketplace. It connects thousands
  of franchise and independent dealers through a 24/7 bid-ask marketplace, "Buy It Now" listings, and timed auctions scheduled
  throughout each week, backed by native mobile apps, in-lane vehicle inspections with AI-analyzed engine recordings, transportation,
  and floor-plan financing. Commercial sellers and dealer groups can push inventory straight from their own systems into OPENLANE
  Sell via OPENLANE Connect, a lightweight dealer integration API with a dedicated test environment. This profile began as
  a 500 Global portfolio lead surfaced into the API Evangelist network and was enriched from OPENLANE's public marketing and
  product surface; the platform publishes no public OpenAPI or open developer portal.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backlotcars/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://www.openlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Featured-Image-OPENLANE.com-final.png
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Wholesale
- Vehicle Auctions
- Marketplace
- Dealer
- Used Cars
- Remarketing
- Two-Sided Marketplace
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://backlotcars.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://info.openlane.eu/en/start-to-sell/openlane-connect/
  name: OPENLANE Connect – dealer integration API
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.openlane.com/insights/
  name: OPENLANE Insights
- type: Support
  url: https://www.openlane.com/contact-us/
  name: Contact OPENLANE
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.openlane.com/sign_up?step=0
- type: Login
  url: https://app.openlane.com/sign_in
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.openlane.com/privacy_policy/
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backlotcars/refs/heads/main/llms/backlotcars-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence