CarGurus UK Data Parser & API
CarGurus UK is a major British car portal — known for its fair-value deal ratings on every listing — and Carapis can extract its full inventory and price-rating data through one REST API. As the UK arm of the US CarGurus group (which also owns PistonHeads), it adds a derived value-rating layer on top of raw listings, and Carapis can serve it without you building a scraper.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl CarGurus UK 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 | UK |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer |
| Monthly visits | high |
| Active listings | large |
| API access | Partial / limited API |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.cargurus.co.uk |
What is CarGurus UK?
CarGurus UK is the British site of the US-based CarGurus group, a major car portal carrying used and new vehicles from dealers. Its signature feature is a deal rating on each listing — Great/Good/Fair/Overpriced — derived from market analysis. CarGurus also owns the UK enthusiast portal PistonHeads.
Market Position
CarGurus UK is a high-traffic UK portal that competes with AutoTrader UK and Motors.co.uk. Its standout asset is its deal-rating layer — a fair-value assessment computed across the market and attached to every listing. That derived analytics signal is itself resellable on top of the raw inventory, putting CarGurus UK alongside Comparis and AutoUncle as a price-intelligence source rather than just a listings feed.
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 CarGurus UK 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 deal rating is what sets CarGurus apart: a fair-value analytics layer, not just an asking price, valuable for pricing-intelligence buyers.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "cargurus-uk", "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
- Pricing intelligence — CarGurus’ deal ratings power residual-value models for dealers.
- Market research — track UK dealer inventory with fair-value context. See market research.
- Import / export — price-benchmark UK vehicles remotely. See import & export.