Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper

Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper

Scrape Drive.com.au car reviews by category, keyword, author, tag, or year, up to a million per run. Each review comes with its title, author, publication date, category, tags, and full review text. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Drive.com.au publishes expert car reviews for every segment, from electric and hybrid to family SUVs and sports cars. This Actor reads the public review listings directly, filters them by category, keyword, author, tag, or publication year, and returns each match in one fixed schema. No official API access is required.

Who uses it	What they scrape Drive.com.au for
Automotive market researchers	Track which models and categories Drive.com.au reviewers are covering this quarter.
Car dealerships and brokers	Monitor expert reviews of the makes and models they sell to inform sales messaging.
Content marketers and SEO agencies	Build a dataset of Drive.com.au review titles, authors, and tags for content gap analysis.
Data journalists	Analyze review volume and category trends over time for automotive industry stories.

What it does

This Actor collects Drive.com.au car reviews by category, keyword, author, tag, or publication year, and returns each one as a flat row.

• 🔍 Keyword search: filter reviews by car or model name, like "Toyota" or "Tesla".
• 🏷️ Category and tag filters: narrow to electric-hybrid, family, sports, or any Drive.com.au tag slug.
• 👤 Author filter: collect reviews by a specific Drive.com.au author using their slug.
• 📅 Publication year filter: restrict results to reviews published in a given year.
• ⚡ Concurrency control: adjust parallel requests from 1 to 20 to balance speed and rate limits.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Drive.com.au data

📊 Track electric vehicle review coverage.

An automotive analyst runs the Actor with reviewType set to electric-hybrid and year 2024 to compile all EV reviews Drive.com.au published this year for a market report.

🔎 Monitor reviews for a specific brand.

A dealership marketing manager sets search to "Toyota" and collects every recent Toyota review to extract quotes and ratings for local advertising.

👤 Follow a favorite reviewer.

A car enthusiast uses authorName "andy-enright" to scrape all reviews by that journalist and build a personal reading list.

🏷️ Build a tag-based content dataset.

An SEO specialist filters by tag "hybrid" to gather all hybrid-related reviews and analyze title patterns for keyword research.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No official API needed	Reads Drive.com.au public review listings directly, no registration or keys.
Flexible filtering	Combine category, keyword, author, tag, and year to target exactly the reviews you need.
Scalable collection	Collect up to 1,000,000 reviews per run with configurable concurrency.
Structured output	Every review returns as a flat row with title, author, date, category, tags, and full text.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Drive.com.au the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Drive.com.au changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from category, keyword, author, tag, and publication year, alone or together, and filters run as each review is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
}

A larger pull:

{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "reviewType": "electric-hybrid"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.01599 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$1.60
1,000 results	$15.99
10,000 results	$159.90

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Drive.com.au Car Reviews Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Drive.com.au through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/drive-reviews-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that your filters are not too restrictive. Try clearing the search, author, tag, and year fields, or set reviewType to empty to collect all reviews.

Why are some reviews missing?

Drive.com.au may paginate or update listings. Increase maxItems and ensure your filters match the site's current categories and tags.

I'm getting rate limited. What should I do?

Lower the maxConcurrency setting to 1 or 2 and retry. This reduces parallel requests and avoids triggering Drive.com.au's rate limits.

The author filter isn't working.

Make sure you are using the author slug, not the display name. The slug is the last part of the author's profile URL, like "andy-enright".

FAQ

Question	Answer
What data does this Actor return for each review?	Each review returns as a flat row with fields like title, author, publication date, category, tags, and the full review text. The exact field list is shown in the sample output.
Can I filter reviews by car model?	Yes, use the search input to filter by keyword in the review title, such as "Tesla" or "SUV".
How do I find an author slug?	Go to a Drive.com.au author profile page and copy the last part of the URL. For example, "andy-enright" in drive.com.au/author/andy-enright.
What is a tag slug?	Tag slugs are short identifiers used in Drive.com.au URLs, like "lexus" or "hybrid". You can find them by browsing tag pages on the site.
Can I collect all reviews without any filters?	Yes, leave all filter inputs empty and set maxItems to your desired number. The Actor will collect the most recent reviews up to that limit.
Is there a rate limit?	The Actor uses configurable concurrency (default 5, max 20). If you encounter rate limiting, lower the maxConcurrency value.
What export formats are supported?	You can export the results to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform.
Does this Actor require login or an API key?	No, it reads public Drive.com.au review listings directly without authentication.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Drive.com.au. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.