Roadster was a Palo Alto digital automotive retail commerce platform (its Express Storefront let dealers sell and finance vehicles fully online) that was acquired by CDK Global in 2021 and folded into CDK's automotive digital-retailing suite. The roadster.com domain now serves CDK Global's Automotive Digital Retailing product and no longer exposes a standalone Roadster developer portal, API reference, or public API surface. Surfaced as a portfolio company of slow-ventures and profiled in the API Evangelist network; no public API artifacts are discoverable.
roadster is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Automotive, Digital Retail, Commerce, and E-Commerce.
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aid: roadster
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source:
- url: https://roadster.com
status: 301
note: declared website redirects to https://www.cdkglobal.com/automotive-digital-retailing — a different registrable domain
(roadster.com -> cdkglobal.com), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/roadster.png
name: roadster
description: Roadster was a Palo Alto digital automotive retail commerce platform (its Express Storefront let dealers sell
and finance vehicles fully online) that was acquired by CDK Global in 2021 and folded into CDK's automotive digital-retailing
suite. The roadster.com domain now serves CDK Global's Automotive Digital Retailing product and no longer exposes a standalone
Roadster developer portal, API reference, or public API surface. Surfaced as a portfolio company of slow-ventures and profiled
in the API Evangelist network; no public API artifacts are discoverable.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/roadster/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-api-posture: no-product-api
x-api-posture-basis: observed
x-api-posture-note: Surfaced as a portfolio company of slow-ventures and profiled in the API Evangelist network; no public
API artifacts are discoverable.
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- slow-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Digital Retail
- Commerce
- E-Commerce
- Dealership
- Acquired
x-acquired-by: cdk-global
x-status: acquired-no-public-api
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
url: https://apis.io/providers/cdk-global/
name: CDK Global
x-relationship: acquired
x-evidence: Roadster was a Palo Alto digital automotive retail commerce platform (its Express Storefront let dealers sell
and finance vehicles fully online) that was acquired by CDK Global in 2021 and folded into CDK's automotive digital-retailing
suit
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/roadster-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://roadster.com
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-21'
status: minimal
artifacts_added: 1
pass: local-v1
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