Cars.com Scraper (US Used & New Car Listings + Dealer Leads)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "listingId": "7de13928-bd52-4a75-8ae8-7f0af0a8c6b1",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/7de13928-bd52-4a75-8ae8-7f0af0a8c6b1/",
  "title": "Used 2020 Honda Accord Sport 2.0T",
  "stockType": "Used",
  "year": 2020,
  "make": "Honda",
  "model": "Accord",
  "trim": "Sport 2.0T",
  "price": 20243,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "msrp": null,
  "monthlyPaymentEstimate": 379,
  "priceDropped": true,
  "dealRating": "Good",
  "mileage": 121787,
  "vin": "1HGCV2F33LA001753",
  "exteriorColor": "Silver",
  "interiorColor": null,
  "bodyStyle": "Sedan",
  "drivetrain": "Front-wheel Drive",
  "transmission": "10-Speed Automatic",
  "fuelType": "Gasoline",
  "mpg": "22-32",
  "engine": "2.0",
  "cylinders": 4,
  "doors": 4,
  "certified": false,
  "stockNumber": "M260724410T1",
  "sellerType": "Dealer",
  "dealerName": "Southern Nissan Chesapeake",
  "dealerCity": "Chesapeake",
  "dealerState": "VA",
  "dealerZip": "23321",
  "dealerRating": 4.6,
  "distanceMiles": 2346,
  "dealerPhone": "(833) 289-3194",
  "financingType": "pre-qual",
  "photo": "https://platform.cstatic-images.com/in/v2/189e8ec0-11de-4ee4-9810-d49a1d543354/ee12db54-c88e-485b-a29b-972ec5c40f6a/-6t9-BIAtuimy-gBmyoAU1cVt2M.jpg",
  "photoCount": 30,
  "features": ["USB Port", "Adaptive Cruise Control", "Alloy Wheels", "Apple CarPlay", "Blind Spot Monitor", "Bluetooth", "Leather Seats", "Moonroof", "Backup Camera", "Heated Seats"],
  "featureCount": 20,
  "aiDealAssessment": "Strong deal for mileage",
  "aiConditionNotes": "Likely good condition with high mileage",
  "aiNegotiationTips": ["Use the high mileage as a negotiation point", "Ask if the price is flexible given the mileage"],
  "aiTargetBuyer": "Ideal for budget-conscious buyers seeking reliability",
  "source": "cars.com",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-20T06:37:37.979Z"
}

The most complete cars.com scraper available. It returns every field a cars.com listing exposes (price, year, make, model, trim, mileage, VIN, colors, body style, drivetrain, fuel type, deal rating, dealer name and rating), plus lead fields most scrapers miss (dealer phone, stock number, transmission, full feature list and all photos), and gives you six filters to target exactly the vehicles you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting
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What it does

This actor collects vehicle listings from cars.com. Search by make, model and ZIP code, or paste individual vehicle detail URLs. For every listing you get the full pricing and specification set, the cars.com deal rating (Great, Good or Fair), a recent price-drop flag, and the selling dealer with its name, city, state, distance from your ZIP and star rating.

Turn on the optional dealer contact add-on to also pull the dealer phone number, stock number, transmission, interior color, cylinders and doors, the complete factory and dealer feature list, and every photo on the listing. Turn on the AI deal summary add-on for a quick deal assessment, condition notes, negotiation tips and the ideal target buyer for each vehicle.

Highlights:

• Every listing field cars.com exposes, cleaned into flat columns for CSV and Excel.
• Dealer leads: name, city, state, ZIP, star rating, distance, and phone (add-on).
• Deal intelligence: the cars.com deal rating and a price-drop flag on every row.
• Six filters: make, model, ZIP, maximum price, maximum mileage and minimum year.
• Nationwide search with pagination, or direct scraping of specific listing URLs.
• You are never charged for a run that returns no listings.

Quickstart

Search used and new Honda Accords near a ZIP code:

{
  "make": "Honda",
  "model": "Accord",
  "zip": "90001",
  "maxResults": 25
}

Filter to newer, lower-mileage vehicles under a budget:

{
  "make": "Toyota",
  "model": "Camry",
  "zip": "10001",
  "maxPrice": 22000,
  "maxMileage": 60000,
  "yearMin": 2019,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Scrape specific listings with full dealer contact and photos:

{
  "listingUrls": [
    "https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/7de13928-bd52-4a75-8ae8-7f0af0a8c6b1/"
  ],
  "dealerContact": true
}

Input reference

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
make	string	no	Vehicle make to search	"Honda"
model	string	no	Vehicle model (requires make)	"Accord"
zip	string	no	US ZIP code to center the search on	"90001"
maxPrice	integer	no	Keep listings at or below this price (USD)	22000
maxMileage	integer	no	Keep listings at or below this mileage	60000
yearMin	integer	no	Keep listings from this model year or newer	2019
listingUrls	array	no	Individual cars.com vehicle detail URLs to scrape directly	["https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/<id>/"]
maxResults	integer	no	Maximum listings to collect (free plans capped at 10)	25
dealerContact	boolean	no	Paid add-on: add dealer phone, stock number, transmission, features and all photos	true
aiDealSummary	boolean	no	Paid add-on: add an AI deal assessment, condition notes and negotiation tips	true

Provide either a search (make, model and/or ZIP) or one or more listingUrls.

Output reference

Name	Type	Description
listingId	string	cars.com listing id
listingUrl	string	Vehicle detail page URL
title	string	Condition, year, make, model and trim
stockType	string	Used, New or Certified
year	integer	Model year
make	string	Vehicle make
model	string	Vehicle model
trim	string	Trim level
price	integer	Listed price in USD
priceCurrency	string	Price currency (USD)
msrp	integer	MSRP when available
monthlyPaymentEstimate	integer	Estimated monthly payment in USD
priceDropped	boolean	True when the listing shows a recent price drop
dealRating	string	cars.com deal badge: Great, Good or Fair
mileage	integer	Odometer mileage
vin	string	Vehicle Identification Number
exteriorColor	string	Exterior color
interiorColor	string	Interior color (dealer contact add-on)
bodyStyle	string	Body style (Sedan, SUV, Truck...)
drivetrain	string	Drivetrain (FWD, AWD, RWD, 4WD)
transmission	string	Transmission (dealer contact add-on)
fuelType	string	Fuel type
mpg	string	Fuel economy MPG range (dealer contact add-on)
engine	string	Engine description (dealer contact add-on)
cylinders	integer	Number of cylinders (dealer contact add-on)
doors	integer	Number of doors (dealer contact add-on)
certified	boolean	Certified pre-owned indicator
stockNumber	string	Dealer stock number (dealer contact add-on)
sellerType	string	Seller type (Dealer or Private)
dealerName	string	Dealer name
dealerCity	string	Dealer city
dealerState	string	Dealer state (2-letter)
dealerZip	string	Dealer ZIP code
dealerRating	number	Dealer star rating (0 to 5)
distanceMiles	integer	Distance from the searched ZIP in miles
dealerPhone	string	Dealer phone number (dealer contact add-on)
financingType	string	Financing availability
photo	string	Primary photo URL
photos	array	All photo URLs (dealer contact add-on)
photoCount	integer	Number of photos captured (dealer contact add-on)
features	array	Vehicle feature list (dealer contact add-on)
featureCount	integer	Number of features captured (dealer contact add-on)
aiDealAssessment	string	AI deal assessment (AI add-on)
aiConditionNotes	string	AI condition notes (AI add-on)
aiNegotiationTips	array	AI negotiation tips (AI add-on)
aiTargetBuyer	string	AI ideal target buyer (AI add-on)
source	string	Data source
observedAt	string	ISO timestamp collected

Example output record

See the hero JSON at the top of this page for a full real record with every field populated, including the dealer phone number, stock number, full feature list and AI deal summary.

Run via API and CLI

Start a run with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~cars-com-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"make":"Honda","model":"Accord","zip":"90001","maxResults":25}'

Start a run with the Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/cars-com-scraper \
  --input '{"make":"Toyota","model":"Camry","zip":"10001","maxPrice":22000,"yearMin":2019}'

Fetch results

Download the dataset items as JSON, CSV or Excel:

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_TOKEN&format=csv" -o cars.csv

Replace DATASET_ID with the defaultDatasetId from the run response.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged one result event per listing returned, plus a small one-time actor-start event per run.
• The dealer contact add-on is off by default and is charged only when a real dealer contact or detail is returned. The AI deal summary add-on is off by default and is charged only when a usable summary is produced.
• You are never charged for a run that returns zero listings.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 results per run and cannot use the paid add-ons; upgrade for larger runs.
• Set a spend cap with the run option maxTotalChargeUsd. The actor stops emitting results once the cap is reached, so you never pay past your limit.

FAQ and troubleshooting

No results came back. Check that the make and model spellings match cars.com and that the ZIP code is a valid US ZIP. Very narrow filter combinations (low max price plus recent year) can legitimately return nothing.

How do I get the dealer phone number? Turn on the dealerContact add-on. It fetches each listing detail page and adds the dealer phone, stock number, transmission, full feature list and every photo.

Can I scrape a single listing I already have? Yes. Put its URL in listingUrls. Detail URLs look like https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/<id>/.

Which vehicles are covered? Used, new and certified pre-owned listings across cars.com's US inventory. Set stockType implicitly through your search; the actor returns all stock types near your ZIP.

Do I need proxies or any configuration? No. Everything is handled internally. You only provide the search or listing URLs.

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This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cars.com. It collects publicly available listing information for research and lead generation.