roadster

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.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyAutomotiveDigital RetailCommerceE-CommerceDealershipAcquired

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 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
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/roadster: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

Security Posture 1

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

Roadster Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: roadster
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/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-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- slow-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
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: 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