CarsGuide Data Parser & API
CarsGuide is one of Australia’s leading car portals — part of the Gumtree Group network that carries 2M+ live listings — and Carapis can extract its dealer, private, new and used listing data through one REST API. Owned by the Australian Gumtree Group, CarsGuide now shares inventory with Gumtree and Autotrader AU in a three-brand network reaching 5M+ Australians per month.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl CarsGuide 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 | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | Gumtree Group |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer, private |
| Monthly visits | ~mid-tier (SW #2 in vehicles-other, AU, Jun 2025) |
| Active listings | part of 2M+ Gumtree network listings |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.carsguide.com.au |
What is CarsGuide?
CarsGuide is an Australian automotive portal combining editorial car reviews with new and used vehicle listings from dealers and private sellers. It is part of the Gumtree Group, which operates Gumtree, CarsGuide and Autotrader AU as a single three-brand network; CarsGuide selling listings now redirect into Gumtree. SimilarWeb ranks it #2 in the AU vehicles-other category (Jun 2025).
Market Position
CarsGuide sits in the Gumtree Group three-brand network (Gumtree + CarsGuide + Autotrader AU) that reaches 5M+ Australians per month with $3B+ in monthly gross listing volume across 2M+ live listings — the #2 cluster behind carsales. CarsGuide itself is ranked #2 in the AU vehicles-other category by SimilarWeb (Jun 2025). Because the three brands share inventory, parsing CarsGuide and Gumtree together gives broad coverage of the non-carsales half of the Australian market.
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 CarsGuide 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.
CarsGuide’s overlap with Gumtree and Autotrader AU makes it a useful complement to carsales for full-market AU coverage.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "carsguide", "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 — complements carsales for full-market AU coverage. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — dealer and private prices feed residual-value models for dealers.
- Import / export — benchmark Australian retail prices against source markets. See import & export.