Trader Interactive Data Parser & API
Trader Interactive runs CAR Group’s US specialty marketplaces — powersports, motorcycles, RVs and commercial trucks — across a mid/high-traffic network with large inventory, and Carapis can extract its listing, spec and dealer data through one REST API. Owned by CAR Group (the same parent as Encar and carsales.com.au), Trader Interactive covers the moto/RV/commercial verticals that mainstream car portals skip — delivered without you building or maintaining a scraper.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Trader Interactive 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 | USA |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | CAR Group |
| Vehicle types | moto, commercial |
| Monthly visits | mid/high (est.) |
| Active listings | large |
| API access | Partial / limited API |
| Parse priority | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Official site | www.traderinteractive.com |
What is Trader Interactive?
Trader Interactive is a US online-marketplace operator owned by CAR Group, running specialty verticals such as powersports/motorcycle, RV and commercial-truck classifieds (its brands include the ”…Trader” family of sites). Its listings span dealer and private inventory in vehicle categories outside the mainstream car portals. Public traffic is an estimate (mid/high) with large standing inventory across its network.
Market Position
Trader Interactive is part of CAR Group — the same corporate data model that runs Encar (Korea), carsales.com.au (Australia) and Webmotors (Brazil) — so the techniques used to structure its US powersports/RV/commercial listings transfer across the Carapis CAR Group cluster. Its differentiation is vertical, not scale: it owns the moto, RV and commercial-truck categories that CarGurus, Cars.com and AutoTrader.com largely do not cover, making it a complementary source rather than a competitor to the mainstream car portals.
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 Trader Interactive 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.
The category coverage — motorcycles, RVs and commercial trucks — is the standout: vehicle types the mainstream US car portals do not list.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "trader-interactive", "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
- Specialty-vehicle research — cover powersports, RV and commercial-truck markets the car portals skip. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — benchmark moto/RV/commercial pricing for dealers.
- Import / export — source specialty vehicles with spec and dealer data. See import & export.