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KAR Auction Services (Historical)

KAR Auction Services was a leading provider of vehicle auction, vehicle remarketing, and salvage auction services in North America. The company divested its salvage business IAA in 2023 (now part of RB Global) and rebranded its remaining wholesale business as OPENLANE. This repository is retained for historical reference. For current activity see the OPENLANE repository.

KAR Auction Services (Historical) is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Auctions, Automotive, Historical, Remarketing, and Salvage.

KAR Auction Services (Historical)’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 5 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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AuctionsAutomotiveHistoricalRemarketingSalvageWholesaleFortune 1000

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 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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Security Posture 1

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

Kar Auction Services Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

TradeRev Unveils 'H' — Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Digital ...

2026-05-25

Data science, AI part of 'reimagined' OPENLANE

2026-05-25

KAR Global Announces Strategic Investment in AI ...

2026-05-25

KAR Global Announces Strategic Investment in AI-Powered ...

2026-05-25

PRESS RELEASE: Simplifying car remarketing through AI

2026-05-25

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Successor
Successor
 Divested
Divested

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kar-auction-services
name: KAR Auction Services (Historical)
description: KAR Auction Services was a leading provider of vehicle auction, vehicle remarketing, and salvage auction services
  in North America. The company divested its salvage business IAA in 2023 (now part of RB Global) and rebranded its remaining
  wholesale business as OPENLANE. This repository is retained for historical reference. For current activity see the OPENLANE
  repository.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kar-auction-services.png
tags:
- Auctions
- Automotive
- Historical
- Remarketing
- Salvage
- Wholesale
- Fortune 1000
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kar-auction-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kar-auction-services-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kar-auction-services-inc
- type: Successor
  name: OPENLANE
  description: KAR Auction Services rebranded its wholesale business to OPENLANE.
  url: https://www.openlane.com
- type: Divested
  name: IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions)
  description: Salvage auction business divested in 2023 to RB Global.
  url: https://www.iaai.com
- type: Website
  url: https://www.openlane.com
- url: https://www.openlane.com/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com