CarGurus

CarGurus is an automotive shopping and dealer marketing platform that connects car shoppers with franchise and independent dealers through data-driven listings, its Instant Market Value (IMV) deal ratings, and dealer reviews. For developers and partners, CarGurus publishes a small set of documented HTTP APIs under /Cars/api/ - an open Car Selector API for building new/used search widgets, and partner/dealer-gated APIs for Instant Market Value, dealer reviews, and dealer performance statistics (leads, VDPs, SRPs, impressions). Dealer inventory itself is ingested through inventory feeds (feed providers / IMT), not a documented public pull API, and leads are delivered to dealer CRMs rather than exposed as a public REST endpoint.

CarGurus publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Car Selector API, Dealer Reviews API, Dealer Stats API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Marketplace, Car Listings, Dealer, and Vehicle Pricing.

CarGurus’ developer surface includes documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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33.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 15/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-24 · rubric v0.13.0

AccessFree

4 APIs

Automotive MarketplaceCar ListingsDealer Vehicle Pricing Reviews Inventory

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scored 2026-08-24 · rubric v0.13.0

Composite quality — 33.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Access Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 15/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cargurus-dealer
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cargurus-dealer/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CarGurus
kind: company
description: CarGurus is an automotive shopping and dealer marketing platform that connects car shoppers with franchise and
  independent dealers through data-driven listings, its Instant Market Value (IMV) deal ratings, and dealer reviews. For developers
  and partners, CarGurus publishes a small set of documented HTTP APIs under /Cars/api/ - an open Car Selector API for building
  new/used search widgets, and partner/dealer-gated APIs for Instant Market Value, dealer reviews, and dealer performance
  statistics (leads, VDPs, SRPs, impressions). Dealer inventory itself is ingested through inventory feeds (feed providers
  / IMT), not a documented public pull API, and leads are delivered to dealer CRMs rather than exposed as a public REST endpoint.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cargurus-dealer.png
tags:
- Automotive
- Marketplace
- Car Listings
- Dealer
- Vehicle Pricing
- Reviews
- Inventory
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-07-10'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: cargurus-dealer:cargurus-dealer-car-selector-api
  name: CarGurus Car Selector API
  description: Open API for building new/used listing search widgets.
  humanURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  baseURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0
  tags:
  - Car Selector
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargurus-dealer-car-selector-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
- aid: cargurus-dealer:cargurus-dealer-dealer-reviews-api
  name: CarGurus Dealer Reviews API
  description: Retrieve sales reviews for a specific dealer.
  humanURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  baseURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0
  tags:
  - Dealer Reviews
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargurus-dealer-dealer-reviews-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
- aid: cargurus-dealer:cargurus-dealer-dealer-stats-api
  name: CarGurus Dealer Stats API
  description: Retrieve dealer inventory performance statistics.
  humanURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  baseURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0
  tags:
  - Dealer Stats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargurus-dealer-dealer-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
- aid: cargurus-dealer:cargurus-dealer-instant-market-value-api
  name: CarGurus Instant Market Value API
  description: Retrieve CarGurus Instant Market Value and deal rating for cars.
  humanURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  baseURL: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0
  tags:
  - Instant Market Value
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cargurus-dealer-instant-market-value-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/InstantMarketValue.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerReviews.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/DealerStatsV2Daily.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cargurus-dealer-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cargurus-dealer-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/cargurus
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargurus
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cargurus.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/developers/docs/CarSelector.html
- type: SignUp
  url: https://dealers.cargurus.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cargurus-dealer-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://dealers.cargurus.com/drc
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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APIs 4

CarGurus Car Selector API

CarGurus Dealer Reviews API

CarGurus Dealer Stats API

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