vAuto

vAuto is a Cox Automotive brand providing new and used vehicle inventory management, appraisal, pricing, and merchandising software for automotive dealers (ProfitTime GPS, Provision, Conquest, Stockwave). vAuto exposes partner-gated APIs through the Cox Automotive Integration Platform (developer.coxautoinc.com) - notably the vAuto Inventory API and the vAuto Appraisal API - that let authorized integrators programmatically read vehicle inventory, update list price, and create and access appraisals in the vAuto ecosystem. Access is not open self-service; integrators must be approved partners, authenticate via Cox Automotive Bridge ID / OAuth with an issued API key, and endpoint-level reference documentation is behind the partner developer portal login. Per-path endpoints below are modeled from the published product summaries, not copied from public reference docs.

vAuto publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Automotive, Dealership, Inventory Management, Appraisals, and Vehicle Pricing.

vAuto’s developer surface includes documentation and 8 more developer resources.

16.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessPaidApproval
2 APIs
AutomotiveDealershipInventory ManagementAppraisalsVehicle PricingCox AutomotivePartner API

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 16.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

vAuto Inventory API

Partner-gated API that lets authorized integrators programmatically read vehicle information and update list price for inventory in the vAuto ecosystem. Listed as vAuto Inventor...

vAuto Appraisal API

Partner-gated API that lets authorized integrators programmatically create and access vehicle appraisals in the vAuto ecosystem, powering trade-in and used-vehicle valuation wor...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vauto Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Security Posture 2

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

Vauto Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Vauto Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: vauto
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vauto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: vAuto
kind: company
description: vAuto is a Cox Automotive brand providing new and used vehicle inventory management, appraisal, pricing, and
  merchandising software for automotive dealers (ProfitTime GPS, Provision, Conquest, Stockwave). vAuto exposes partner-gated
  APIs through the Cox Automotive Integration Platform (developer.coxautoinc.com) - notably the vAuto Inventory API and the
  vAuto Appraisal API - that let authorized integrators programmatically read vehicle inventory, update list price, and create
  and access appraisals in the vAuto ecosystem. Access is not open self-service; integrators must be approved partners, authenticate
  via Cox Automotive Bridge ID / OAuth with an issued API key, and endpoint-level reference documentation is behind the partner
  developer portal login. Per-path endpoints below are modeled from the published product summaries, not copied from public
  reference docs.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vauto.png
tags:
- Automotive
- Dealership
- Inventory Management
- Appraisals
- Vehicle Pricing
- Cox Automotive
- Partner API
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-07-10'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vauto:vauto-inventory-api
  name: vAuto Inventory API
  tags:
  - Inventory
  - Vehicles
  - Pricing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/marketingcontent/exploreproducts
  baseURL: https://api.coxautoinc.com
  endpointsModeled: true
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/marketingcontent/exploreproducts
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/
    type: DeveloperPortal
  - url: https://coxautoapi.statuspage.io/
    type: StatusPage
  description: Partner-gated API that lets authorized integrators programmatically read vehicle information and update list
    price for inventory in the vAuto ecosystem. Listed as vAuto Inventory API 1.x on the Cox Automotive API status page. Access
    requires an approved Cox Automotive Integration Platform partnership, Bridge ID / OAuth authentication, and an issued
    API key; per-endpoint reference docs are behind the partner developer portal. Endpoints are modeled, not sourced from
    public reference documentation.
- aid: vauto:vauto-appraisal-api
  name: vAuto Appraisal API
  tags:
  - Appraisals
  - Trade-In
  - Valuation
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/marketingcontent/exploreproducts
  baseURL: https://api.coxautoinc.com
  endpointsModeled: true
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/marketingcontent/exploreproducts
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/
    type: DeveloperPortal
  - url: https://coxautoapi.statuspage.io/
    type: StatusPage
  description: Partner-gated API that lets authorized integrators programmatically create and access vehicle appraisals in
    the vAuto ecosystem, powering trade-in and used-vehicle valuation workflows. Listed as vAuto Appraisal API 1.x on the
    Cox Automotive API status page. Access requires an approved Cox Automotive Integration Platform partnership, Bridge ID
    / OAuth authentication, and an issued API key; per-endpoint reference docs are behind the partner developer portal. Endpoints
    are modeled, not sourced from public reference documentation.
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/vauto-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vauto-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vauto
- type: Website
  url: https://www.vauto.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/marketingcontent/exploreproducts
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.coxautoinc.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://coxautoapi.statuspage.io/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/vauto-plans-pricing.yml
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://www.coxautoinc.com/brands/vauto/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com