# KAR Auction Services (Historical)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kar-auction-services/  
**Website:** https://www.openlane.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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 This repository is retained for historical reference.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.

## Kin Score — 5.5 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (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 | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Kar Auction Services Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Auctions, Automotive, Historical, Remarketing, Salvage, Wholesale, Fortune 1000

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