AutoTrader UK Car Scraper (Listings & Prices)

What is AutoTrader UK Car Scraper?

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper collects car listings from AutoTrader UK (autotrader.co.uk) for any make, model, postcode and price range. For each listing it returns the title, the asking price in GBP, the year, the mileage, the location with its distance from your postcode, whether the seller is a private person or a dealer, AutoTrader's price rating, the main image and the listing link. It opens the public search pages in a real Chromium browser, reads the rendered results, and pages through them. No login is used.

What data does AutoTrader UK Car Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
advertId	string	AutoTrader advert number
title	string	Make and model as shown on the card, e.g. "Ford Focus"
subtitle	string or null	Trim and engine line, e.g. "1.0T EcoBoost Zetec Euro 5 (s/s) 5dr"
attentionGrabber	string or null	Seller's short highlight, e.g. "3 MONTHS WARRANTY"
price / priceText	number / string	Asking price in GBP and as shown, e.g. 2700 and "£2,700"
currency	string	"GBP" when a price is shown
year	number or null	Registration year
mileage	number or null	Odometer reading in miles
location	string or null	Place name as shown, e.g. "Feltham (12 miles)"
distanceMiles	number or null	Distance from the postcode, when shown
sellerType	string or null	"Dealer" or "Private" when the card shows it
priceRating	string or null	AutoTrader's price indicator, e.g. "Great price"
featured	boolean	True for featured adverts
imageUrl	string or null	Main listing image
url	string	Listing page link
make, model, postcode, page, position, scrapedAt	mixed	The search that produced the row

Engine fuel type and gearbox are not on the search card in the pages this Actor reads, so they are not returned. They are on each listing page.

How to use AutoTrader UK Car Scraper

1. Enter a Make (for example Ford) and, optionally, a Model.
2. Enter a Postcode. Distances are measured from it.
3. Optionally set a Minimum and Maximum price in pounds.
4. Set Max listings and click Start.
5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

Example input

{
    "make": "Vauxhall",
    "model": "Corsa",
    "postcode": "M1 1AE",
    "minPrice": 1000,
    "maxPrice": 8000,
    "maxItems": 30
}

Example output

Real row from a run on 2026-10-23 (Vauxhall Corsa, postcode M1 1AE, price 1,000 to 8,000 GBP). Values are as shown on AutoTrader at that time.

{
    "advertId": "202610157010431",
    "title": "Vauxhall Corsa",
    "subtitle": "1.4i ecoTEC Griffin Euro 6 5dr",
    "attentionGrabber": "3 MONTHS WARRANTY",
    "price": 7580,
    "priceText": "£7,580",
    "currency": "GBP",
    "year": 2019,
    "mileage": 42188,
    "location": "York (59 miles)",
    "distanceMiles": 59,
    "sellerType": "Dealer",
    "priceRating": "Great price",
    "featured": true,
    "imageUrl": "https://m.atcdn.co.uk/a/media/w480/23eea5cc0e744ce7b32a88b7667ca2c5.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202610157010431",
    "make": "Vauxhall",
    "model": "Corsa",
    "postcode": "M1 1AE",
    "page": 1,
    "position": 1,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-23T02:57:06.079Z"
}

Input parameters

• Make (make): car make as AutoTrader writes it. Default Ford. Empty means all makes.
• Model (model): optional model within the make.
• Postcode (postcode): UK postcode for distances. Default SW1A 1AA.
• Minimum price (minPrice) and Maximum price (maxPrice): optional, in GBP.
• Max listings (maxItems): 1 to 500. Default 50.

Pricing

Pay per listing: one event for each listing row written to the dataset. Prices in USD.

Plan	Price per 1,000 listings
Free	$1.10
Bronze	$1.04
Silver	$0.99
Gold, Platinum, Diamond	$0.92

Measured platform usage on 2026-10-23: 30-listing runs took 28 to 29 seconds on a 2 GB browser and were billed at $0.003 to $0.004 each (rounded by the platform), about $0.0001 per listing. That is an upper estimate that includes the run start.

AutoTrader UK Car Scraper vs. alternatives

Other AutoTrader actors in the Apify Store list their per-result price at about $0.0009 to $0.0011 at the free tier (checked on 2026-10-23). This Actor reads the search cards in a real browser and returns the card data; it does not open each listing, so fuel type and gearbox are not included.

Using AutoTrader UK Car Scraper with AI agents and MCP

Each listing is one dataset row with flat fields, so an agent can filter by price, year, mileage or distanceMiles without parsing nested data. Call the Actor through the Apify MCP server or the REST API with {"make": "Ford", "postcode": "SW1A 1AA", "maxItems": 30}.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Actor reads public search pages without logging in, without a cookie of your own and without solving any challenge. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with AutoTrader's terms and local law.

Why are fuel type and gearbox missing? They are not on the search card. This release does not open listing pages.

Why do some images come back null? AutoTrader shows a placeholder when a photo is not available.

Why do featured adverts appear? They are paid placements. The featured flag tells them apart.

What happens when AutoTrader shows a check page? The Actor retries the page up to three times. If the results still do not render, it records the page in the ERRORS record and stops that search. A run with no listings at all fails, so you are not billed for an empty run.

Can it run on the free Apify plan? Browser runs need about 2 GB of memory. Check your plan's limits before scheduling large searches.

Limits. Large limits (hundreds of listings) were not measured in this release.

Related Actors

• Other webdatatools Actors are listed on the publisher profile.

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Include the make, model, postcode, the run ID and the ERRORS record if one exists.