# CarGurus

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cargurus/  
**Website:** https://www.cargurus.com  
**APIs profiled:** 8

CarGurus is an automotive marketplace providing REST APIs for dealer inventory management, vehicle pricing and market valuation, dealer performance analytics, consumer vehicle research, and dealer communications including SMS messaging.

## Kin Score — 22.6 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Requires approval — onboarding: approval, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (8)

- **CarGurus Dealer Stats API** — Retrieves daily performance statistics for dealer inventory including search result page views, vehicle detail page clicks, and lead generation metrics across email, phone, chat...
- **CarGurus Instant Market Value API** — Returns vehicle market valuations and deal ratings (Great Price, Good Price, Fair Price, etc.) based on VIN, make, model, trim, mileage, and location data, enabling real-time pr...
- **CarGurus Dealer Reviews API** — Provides access to consumer dealer reviews including ratings, review text, author information, timestamps, and dealer management responses, supporting reputation management and ...
- **CarGurus Dealer SMS API** — Enables dealers to send SMS and MMS messages to consumers, supporting text and media content up to 1600 characters and 10 media attachments for direct dealer-to-consumer communi...
- **CarGurus Car Selector API** — Provides vehicle make and model lookup capabilities and generates search result URLs for new and used vehicle listings, supporting affiliate and partner integration for vehicle ...
- **CarGurus SEM Ad Landing Page URL Generator API** — Generates targeted landing page URLs for Search Engine Marketing ad campaigns, enabling partners to create deep-linked pages pointing to relevant vehicle search results on CarGu...
- **CarGurus SEM Filter Values API** — Supplies filter values used for constructing SEM campaigns and search configurations on the CarGurus platform, supporting dynamic ad targeting and search filter integration.
- **CarGurus Body Type Groups API** — Provides vehicle body type classification and translation data, mapping CarGurus body type identifiers to human-readable labels for use in vehicle search and filtering interfaces.

## Security (1)

- **Cargurus Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Cargurus Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Automotive, Marketplace, Vehicle Pricing, Dealer Inventory, Market Insights, Consumer Research

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cargurus/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.