# Vehicle API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/vehicle-api/  
**Website:** https://developer.edmunds.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

The Vehicle API by Edmunds provides comprehensive access to automotive datasets covering vehicle makes, models, trims, specs, media, pricing (TMV), incentives, dealer information, and reviews. Enables developers to build automotive shopping tools, vehicle configurators, and consumer research applications.

## Kin Score — 28.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 28.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 21.5 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 28.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **Vehicle API Inventory API** — Dealer vehicle inventory
- **Vehicle API Makes API** — Vehicle manufacturer make data
- **Vehicle API Media API** — Vehicle photos and videos
- **Vehicle API Models API** — Vehicle model information
- **Vehicle API Pricing API** — True Market Value pricing data
- **Vehicle API Specs API** — Vehicle technical specifications
- **Vehicle API Styles API** — Vehicle trim and style configurations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Vehicle Api Agentic Access** — 7 operations

## Security (2)

- **Vehicle Api Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Vehicle Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Vehicle Api Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Automotive Shopping Tools** — Build vehicle search and comparison tools that let consumers filter by make, model, year, price, and features with TMV pricing guidance.
- **Dealer Management Systems** — Power dealer websites and CRM systems with accurate vehicle specs, pricing, and inventory data synced from Edmunds.
- **Vehicle Configurator** — Enable consumers to build and price vehicles with available trims, packages, options, and colors with live pricing calculations.
- **Used Car Valuation** — Integrate used vehicle pricing into trade-in calculators, appraisal tools, and consumer value estimators using TMV data.

## Tags

Automotive, Cars, Edmunds, Pricing, Vehicles

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