cars-data.com — Car Specs API
Search, compare & filter 103,372 car variants — 224 specs, 20 languages. Free demo, no key; x402.
التثبيت
أضف هذا إلى إعدادات MCP في عميلك (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json، وCursor: .cursor/mcp.json، ويستخدم VS Code وغيره الصيغة نفسها «mcpServers»).
claude mcp add --transport http cars-data-com-car-specs-api 'https://api.cars-data.com/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer <your cars-data.com API key> — OPTIONAL. Without it this server answers a fixed 40-car demo (every spec, every photo, 20 languages); a demo key, issued in one click, covers the same 40 cars over REST. Two tools reach the full 103,372-variant catalogue with no key and no account at all, paid per call under x402 v2 on Base (USDC): search_catalogue $0.005 and get_specs_full $0.05. Keys and licensed exports: https://cars-data.com/en/api/for-ai-agents>'
{
"mcpServers": {
"cars-data-com-car-specs-api": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<Bearer <your cars-data.com API key> — OPTIONAL. Without it this server answers a fixed 40-car demo (every spec, every photo, 20 languages); a demo key, issued in one click, covers the same 40 cars over REST. Two tools reach the full 103,372-variant catalogue with no key and no account at all, paid per call under x402 v2 on Base (USDC): search_catalogue $0.005 and get_specs_full $0.05. Keys and licensed exports: https://cars-data.com/en/api/for-ai-agents>"
}
}
}
}
التوثيق
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المحتويات
cars-data.com — Car Specs API + MCP server
REST API and remote MCP server over cars-data.com's multilingual vehicle-specs database: 102,191 vehicle variants, 1,300+ models, 5,299 generations, 180 spec types across 19 categories, in 19 languages (including Arabic, RTL).
- REST API:
https://api.cars-data.com/v1 - MCP server (streamable HTTP):
https://api.cars-data.com/mcp - OpenAPI spec:
openapi.yaml - Also distributed as an Apify Actor (pay-per-event, no API key needed)
MCP server
Connect directly from Claude, ChatGPT connectors, Cursor, or Windsurf:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cars-data": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Tools exposed:
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
search_cars | Free-text search across 102,191 variants, 116 brands, 19 languages |
get_specs | Full localized specs for one variant — 180 spec types across 19 categories (safety, comfort/interior, engine & fuel, performance, EV/hybrid, chassis, exterior, dimensions & weights, WLTP/NEDC consumption, and more), with a confidence score and last_synced_at freshness timestamp |
compare_variants | Side-by-side localized specs for 2-4 variants |
list_generations | Generations/facelifts of a model, with production years |
filter_cars | Structured filter: fuel, body, drive, power/price range, year, EV-only |
get_images | Image URLs (own CDN) for a vehicle variant |
The MCP server is unauthenticated for discovery (rate-limited per IP). No signup required to try it.
REST API
Base URL: https://api.cars-data.com/v1. Full reference in openapi.yaml.
curl https://api.cars-data.com/v1/variants/42164/specs?locale=de \
-H "X-Api-Key: cd_free_..."
| Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|
GET /brands, /brands/{slug}, /brands/{slug}/models | Catalog: brands and models |
GET /models/{id}/generations | Generations for a model |
GET /generations/{id}/variants | Variants for a generation |
GET /variants, /variants/{id} | Filterable variant listing / single variant |
GET /variants/{id}/specs?locale= | Full localized specs (180 types, 19 languages) |
GET /variants/{id}/images | Image URLs |
GET /variants/{id}/prices | Price snapshot (single point-in-time, not a history) |
GET /search?q= | Free-text search |
GET /compare?ids= | Side-by-side specs for 2-4 variants |
GET /specs/catalog | The full spec-type catalog (categories + counts) |
GET /usage | Self-check current quota usage for your key |
Get a free API key
curl -X POST https://api.cars-data.com/v1/keys \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"email": "you@example.com", "accept_tos": true}'
Free tier: 1,000 requests/month, 20 req/min.
Pricing
- Free — 1,000 req/month, instant self-serve key, no payment.
- Apify — pay-per-event, billed through the Apify Store listing, no API key needed.
- x402 — per-call USDC payment on Base for agents that want to pay without an account (not yet live — see the project roadmap).
There is no subscription/Stripe tier — Free and Apify (and, later, x402) are the only paid paths.
Data & attribution
Data comes from cars-data.com's multilingual vehicle-specs database. See cars-data.com/api/terms for the API Terms of Service (attribution required on Free tier; no bulk extraction / resale).
License
The API and its documentation in this repository are provided as-is. Access to the underlying dataset is governed by the API Terms of Service, not an open-source license — this repo documents and hosts the server implementation, not a redistributable dataset.
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Search, compare & filter 103,372 car variants — 224 specs, 20 languages. Free demo, no key; x402.
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يعمل كخادم بعيد. في Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http cars-data-com-car-specs-api 'https://api.cars-data.com/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer <your cars-data.com API key> — OPTIONAL. Without it this server answers a fixed 40-car demo (every spec, every photo, 20 languages); a demo key, issued in one click, covers the same 40 cars over REST. Two tools reach the full 103,372-variant catalogue with no key and no account at all, paid per call under x402 v2 on Base (USDC): search_catalogue $0.005 and get_specs_full $0.05. Keys and licensed exports: https://cars-data.com/en/api/for-ai-agents>'. وفي العملاء الآخرين، الصق إعداد JSON من هذه الصفحة في إعدادات MCP الخاصة بهم.
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