Autotrader Scraper — US Car Listings, Prices, Specs & Dealers

Scrape vehicle listings from US Autotrader.com by ZIP, make, model, and filters. Get structured price, mileage, year, trim, VIN, full specs, dealer contact, and photos — with optional per-vehicle detail enrichment (seller comments, full feature list, all images). Built HTTP-only over residential proxy and MCP-ready for AI agents.

What you get

• Search by location + vehicle — ZIP code + radius, make, model, condition (used / new / certified), price range, model-year range, and max mileage.
• Rich per-vehicle data — price, KBB fair price, deal rating, mileage, year/make/model/trim, body style, engine, transmission, drivetrain, fuel type, MPG, color, doors, VIN.
• Dealer / seller info — dealer name, phone, city, state, and a private-seller flag.
• Optional detail enrichment — seller comments, the full features/options list, and every listing photo, pulled from each vehicle's detail page.
• Power-user mode — paste ready-made Autotrader search URLs to use any filter the structured inputs don't expose.

When to use it

• Dealer & market price intelligence — track inventory, pricing, and days-on-lot in any US metro.
• Lead generation — build lists of dealers and private sellers with contact info.
• Automotive market research — model availability, price distribution, mileage trends by region.
• Feeding an AI agent — single ZIP/make/model in, clean structured JSON out.

This actor scrapes the US site (autotrader.com). It does not cover Autotrader UK or Canada.

Output

One dataset row per vehicle. Core fields:

Field	Type	Description
listingId	string	Autotrader listing ID
vin	string	Vehicle Identification Number
title	string	Full listing title
year / make / model / trim	int / string	Vehicle identity
bodyStyle	string	Sedan, SUV, Truck, …
condition	string	USED / NEW / CERTIFIED
price	int	Sale price (USD)
priceRating	string	Deal rating: Great / Good / Fair
kbbFairPrice	int	Kelley Blue Book fair price
mileage	int	Odometer (miles)
exteriorColor / interiorColor	string	Colors
engine / transmission / driveType / fuelType	string	Powertrain
mpgCity / mpgHighway	int	EPA fuel economy
doors	int	Door count
daysOnSite	int	Days listed on Autotrader
dealerName / dealerPhone / dealerCity / dealerState	string	Seller info
privateSeller	bool	Private-party flag
vdpUrl	string	Listing detail page URL
primaryImage / imageCount / images	string / int / array	Photos
sellerComments	string	Seller description (detail mode)
features	array	Features / options (detail mode)
detailScraped	bool	Whether detail enrichment ran
rank / searchZip / scrapedAt	int / string / ISO 8601	Search context

Example record

{
  "listingId": "768905204",
  "vin": "1HGCV1F47NA086022",
  "year": 2022,
  "make": "Honda",
  "model": "Accord",
  "trim": "Sport Special Edition",
  "condition": "USED",
  "price": 24072,
  "priceRating": "Great",
  "kbbFairPrice": 25810,
  "mileage": 34479,
  "exteriorColor": "Still Night Pearl",
  "engine": "4-Cylinder Turbo",
  "transmission": "Continuously Variable Automatic",
  "fuelType": "Gasoline",
  "mpgCity": 29,
  "mpgHighway": 35,
  "dealerName": "Keyes Toyota",
  "dealerState": "CA",
  "vdpUrl": "https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/768905204",
  "imageCount": 39,
  "detailScraped": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T11:25:06.781Z"
}

Pricing (pay-per-event)

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005
Vehicle scraped (search card)	$0.004
Vehicle scraped + detail enriched	$0.009

Detail enrichment (enrichDetails: true, the default) charges the higher rate because it loads each vehicle's detail page for seller comments, the full feature list, and all photos. Set enrichDetails: false for fast, cheaper search-card data. Pay-per-usage (compute + proxy) is also available — pick at run time.

Input

{
  "zipCode": "90064",
  "make": "Honda",
  "model": "Accord",
  "condition": "Used",
  "searchRadius": 50,
  "minPrice": 10000,
  "maxPrice": 35000,
  "minYear": 2019,
  "maxMileage": 60000,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "enrichDetails": true
}

• zipCode — 5-digit US ZIP to center the search (required unless you pass searchUrls).
• make / model — single-word makes work directly (Honda, Toyota, Ford, BMW, Subaru…). For makes with non-obvious codes, use searchUrls.
• condition — All / Used / New / Certified.
• searchUrls — advanced: paste full Autotrader search-results URLs to use any filter; overrides the structured inputs.
• maxResults — cap on total listings (each is billed). Autotrader limits deep pagination to ~1,000 per search.
• enrichDetails — visit each vehicle's detail page for seller comments, full features, and all photos.

Reliability

Autotrader is protected by Akamai and blocks datacenter IPs, so this actor runs over Apify Residential (US) proxy by default — leave it as-is. Each request uses a consistent Chrome-TLS session warmed against the homepage; blocked sessions are rotated automatically (up to 8 attempts), so transient blocks don't fail your run. If a search legitimately has no matches, the run completes successfully with an empty dataset and a clear status message.

MCP / AI agents

This actor is MCP-ready. Exposed as apify--autotrader-scraper, it takes a narrow input (ZIP + make/model/filters) and returns flat, structured JSON — a clean tool call for Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client.

FAQ

Does it cover Autotrader UK or Canada? No — US autotrader.com only.

Can I get every listing for a search? Up to Autotrader's own deep-pagination ceiling (~1,000 results per search). Narrow with filters to go deeper into a segment.

Why is detail mode more expensive? It loads an extra page per vehicle (the detail page) for seller comments, the full feature list, and all photos.

How do I scrape a single vehicle? Use a search that returns it, or paste a search URL. The detail page is also reachable at https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/{listingId}.

Legal

This actor scrapes only publicly available listing data from Autotrader.com. Use it responsibly and in compliance with Autotrader's Terms of Service and all applicable laws (including data-protection regulations) in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for how you use the scraped data. This tool is intended for legitimate market research, price intelligence, and lead generation. Do not use it to send unsolicited communications in violation of applicable law.