Carwow

Carwow is a UK-based online automotive marketplace that helps consumers buy, sell, lease, and finance cars without haggling or hidden fees. Buyers browse new and used car deals, compare dealer quotes, arrange leasing (including salary sacrifice and fleet through Carwow Leasey), find electric-vehicle deals, and access vehicle financing and credit brokering. Sellers get free car valuations, part-exchange, and van sales. Carwow also publishes professional car reviews and ratings, runs a large YouTube channel, and offers comparison tools, EV charging maps, a car history checker, and insurance services. Founded in London and backed by Accel, Balderton Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Carwow operates across the UK and Europe. It maintains a public GitHub organization of open-source engineering tooling but does not currently publish a public developer API.

Carwow is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Automotive, Marketplace, and Car Buying.

Carwow’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 8 more developer resources.

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13.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyConsumerAutomotiveMarketplaceCar BuyingCar SellingLeasingElectric VehiclesUnited Kingdom

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 13.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 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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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Carwow Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 About
About
 Careers
Careers
 Partners
Partners

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: carwow
name: Carwow
description: Carwow is a UK-based online automotive marketplace that helps consumers buy, sell, lease, and finance cars without
  haggling or hidden fees. Buyers browse new and used car deals, compare dealer quotes, arrange leasing (including salary
  sacrifice and fleet through Carwow Leasey), find electric-vehicle deals, and access vehicle financing and credit brokering.
  Sellers get free car valuations, part-exchange, and van sales. Carwow also publishes professional car reviews and ratings,
  runs a large YouTube channel, and offers comparison tools, EV charging maps, a car history checker, and insurance services.
  Founded in London and backed by Accel, Balderton Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Carwow operates across the UK and
  Europe. It maintains a public GitHub organization of open-source engineering tooling but does not currently publish a public
  developer API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carwow/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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- accel
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
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image: http://assets.carwow.co.uk/logos/carwow-logo-thumb.jpg
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Automotive
- Marketplace
- Car Buying
- Car Selling
- Leasing
- Electric Vehicles
- United Kingdom
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carwow-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
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- type: Blog
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/editorial
- type: GitHubOrganization
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- type: About
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/about-us
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/jobs
- type: Partners
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/partners/partner-with-carwow
- type: Support
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/contact-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.carwow.co.uk/terms-and-conditions
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence