Drive2.ru Data Parser & API
Drive2.ru is Russia’s largest car-enthusiast community — around 27M visits per month — with private classifieds attached, and Carapis can extract its listing data, including spec, mileage and photos, through one REST API. Community-led rather than a pure marketplace, Drive2.ru is a useful source for private-seller and enthusiast inventory that the mainstream portals undercount.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Drive2.ru right now. Activation takes 2–3 weeks of engineering and is quoted per source, because each one ships with dedicated proxies, anti-bot tuning and ongoing maintenance. Ask us to add it.
| Country | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type | Classifieds |
| Vehicle types | used, private |
| Monthly visits | ~27M/mo (Semrush Jan 2026) |
| Active listings | — (community-led) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Official site | www.drive2.ru |
What is Drive2.ru?
Drive2.ru is a Russian automotive community and blogging platform with a classifieds section attached. Its listings are private-seller and enthusiast-led, so its inventory mix differs from dealer-heavy portals. Drive2.ru draws an estimated ~27M visits per month (Semrush, Jan 2026), though its active-listing count is community-driven rather than reported.
Market Position
Drive2.ru is one of the highest-traffic Russian automotive sites by visits (~27M/mo, Semrush Jan 2026, est.), but most of that traffic is content and community rather than transactional listings. As a classifieds source it is secondary — valuable specifically for private-seller and enthusiast inventory that complements Avito Auto and the portals. Carapis can handle the JS rendering and serves the listing data through one unified endpoint.
What the API returns
Response schema
Indicative — this is the shape, not a guarantee. Every source returns the same structure, so what you build against does not change when you add one. Which fields carry a value depends on the source and on the individual listing: a site that does not publish mileage returns null there, and Drive2.ru is no exception.
List — GET /apix/api/vehicles/ — returns 30 fields per vehicle:
idstringsource_codestringbrand_namestringbrand_slugstringmodel_namestringmodel_slugstringtrimstringyearintegerprice_usdintegermileageintegerfuel_typeFuelTypeEnumtransmissionTransmissionEnumbody_typeBodyTypeEnumcolorColorEnumseller_typeSellerTypeEnumregionstringsource_locationobjecthas_accidentbooleanis_new_vehiclebooleanis_verifiedbooleanstatusVehicleStatusEnumis_availablebooleanfirst_seen_atstringlast_seen_atstringthumbVehiclePhotophotosarrayphotos_countintegerhas_valuationbooleanhas_llm_analysisbooleananalysisobject
Detail — GET /apix/api/vehicles/{id}/ — adds 23 more:
generationstringprice_originalstringprice_original_currencystringoriginal_msrpstringengine_ccintegerseat_countintegerdrive_typeDriveTypeEnumhas_simple_repairbooleanhas_recallbooleanrecall_fulfilledbooleanwarranty_typestringinspection_passedbooleanowner_countintegeris_undervaluedbooleanvaluation_scorenumberfeaturesarraydescriptionstringlisting_urlstringlisting_idstringvinstringvehicle_nostringavailability_checked_atstringstatus_changed_atstring
Abbreviated example:
{
"id": "0193f2c1-...",
"source_code": "encar",
"brand_name": "BMW",
"model_name": "320i",
"trim": "M Sport",
"year": 2021,
"price_usd": 28400,
"price_original": "38900000",
"price_original_currency": "KRW",
"mileage": 45000,
"fuel_type": "gasoline",
"transmission": "automatic",
"has_accident": false,
"listing_url": "https://...",
"photos": [{ "url": "https://cdn.carapis.com/..." }],
"first_seen_at": "2026-09-28T11:04:22Z",
"is_available": true
}Which sources you can actually query is answered by GET /apix/api/sources/ with your API key — it is the list your account can pull today, and it is the one to trust over any page on this site.
Drive2’s enthusiast base makes it a useful source for modified and niche vehicles underrepresented elsewhere.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "drive2-ru", "limit": 20},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])Get an API key at my.carapis.com and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .
Use Cases
- Market research — track enthusiast and private-seller inventory that mainstream portals undercount. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — private listings broaden the sample for pricing models for dealers.
- Import / export — source niche and modified vehicles from Russia remotely. See import & export.