Cars and Bids Scraper for Auction Results and Listings

Cars & Bids auctions run seven days and close as Sold for or Bid to, so even a car that misses its reserve leaves a price. Our Cars and Bids scraper records both outcomes.

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Cars and Bids Scraper for Auction Results and Listings
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Delivery

API, JSON feed or CSV, XLSX and JSON files

Schedule

One-time, monthly, weekly, daily or 3 times a day

Scrape Cars and Bids as a Managed Service

  1. You send

    Cars & Bids pages, filters, fields and a schedule

  2. We run the scrapers

    Built, monitored and repaired by our team

  3. You receive the data

    API, JSON feed or CSV, XLSX and JSON files

You tell us which part of Cars & Bids matters - live auctions, the Auction Results archive, a few makes and models, a body style or a price range - and our team builds the crawlers, keeps them running through each bidding week and repairs them when the site changes. Proxy rotation, pacing, CAPTCHA handling and rendering of the script-driven pages are part of the service, so there is nothing to install on your side.

Live lots are revisited until the auction closes, because the end time moves while bidding goes on; closed lots are captured with their final result and then left alone. You choose a one-off backfill or a daily, weekly or on-demand schedule. A free assessment and a sample come first, and field documentation ships with the dataset.

Cars and Bids Data: Fields We Extract

A Cars & Bids auction page has a fixed shape: a title with year, make and model, a subtitle of selling points such as the mileage, 6-Speed Manual, Unmodified or Reviewed By Doug DeMuro, a quick facts block, the auction stats and a long description in named sections. The address carries a short alphanumeric auction id and a slug - /auctions/3RZePjqm/2024-porsche-911-gt3 - and that id is the key we keep from one run to the next.

  • Identityauction id, URL, title, subtitle, year, make, model and the VIN printed in the quick facts.
  • Quick factsmileage exactly as the seller states it, approximate figures and odometer notes included, engine, drivetrain, transmission, body style, exterior and interior colour, and location.
  • Title and sellerTitle Status with the issuing state in brackets, such as Clean (CA), other statuses as the listing labels them, and Seller Type: Private Party or Dealer.
  • Auction statscurrent bid on a live lot, end date, bid count, comment count and view count, the No Reserve tag, and the closing result: Sold for with the final price, or Bid to with the highest bid when the reserve was not met.
  • Description sectionsDoug's Take, Highlights, Modifications, Known Flaws, Recent Service History, Other Items Included in Sale, Ownership History and Seller Notes, each in its own column instead of one block of text.
  • Media and historyphoto gallery addresses and whether a Carfax report is attached to the lot.

Keeping the sections apart is what makes the text usable: a model can count the items under Known Flaws, read the dates in Recent Service History or flag a car whose Modifications list is longer than its Highlights. Seller and bidder usernames are left out by default, since many sellers are private people.

Cars and Bids Data: Fields We Extract
Cars and Bids Auction Results and Price History

Cars and Bids Auction Results and Price History

One live auction shows what a car is bid to today. Closed auctions show what enthusiasts actually paid, and that archive is where most projects begin.

  • Past auctionsclosed lots keep their pages, so a backfill by make and model returns sold prices, reserve-not-met high bids, bid counts and end dates as far back as the archive reaches.
  • Make, model and body stylethe archive is crawled by make and model, and the Body Style value from quick facts, Coupe, Sedan or Wagon for example, splits a model line further, so it is covered in full rather than sampled.
  • The bidding weekrepeated passes over a live lot record its bid curve from launch to close, including the final minutes, when each late bid pushes the end time back.
  • Collections and notable lotscurated groups such as the Velocity Collection and Doug Reviews, and cars named on the Notable Results page, are tagged, so they can be separated from ordinary consignments.
  • Community questionsbidders put questions to sellers in the comments while the auction runs; the questions and answers can be delivered as text without usernames.

Scheduled runs turn all this into a price history by VIN and by model - the record behind any serious estimate for a modern enthusiast car.

About Cars & Bids and Its Auction Format

Source
carsandbids.com
Category
car marketplaces
Delivery
API, JSON feed, CSV, XLSX
Plans
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Cars & Bids is an online auction marketplace for enthusiast vehicles, founded by car reviewer Doug DeMuro, and it presents itself as a mix of marketplace and entertainment. Its focus is cars, trucks and SUVs for the modern enthusiast, from manual sports sedans to rare imports such as a right-hand-drive Autozam AZ-1 kei coupe with a U.S. title. Only vehicles located in the United States and Canada are offered, and every bid is in US dollars, Canadian cars included.

The format is uniform, which is what makes the data comparable. Each auction runs for seven days, and inside the last minute every new bid resets the clock, so the close is set by the bidders rather than by a timer. Sellers choose a reserve or no reserve. Reserve prices are never published; a lot that misses its reserve closes as Bid to with the highest bid on display. Sellers list for free, and the winning bidder pays a buyer's fee on top of the final bid - worth remembering when results are set against dealer retail prices.

Many listings open with Doug's Take, DeMuro's own commentary, and cars he has reviewed carry Reviewed By Doug DeMuro in the subtitle. Private sellers and dealers sell side by side, and the Seller Type field tells them apart.

25Developers
500+Customers
1.5BPages extracted
15,000+Hours saved for our clients

Cars & Bids scraping plans and pricing

Airplane

€199one-time

Setup fee included

100,000
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Up to 5 days
7 days

Helicopter

€169/ mo

Setup fee €499

250,000
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Up to 5 days
14 days

Glasses

€229/ mo

Setup fee €499

1,000,000
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€349/ mo

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2,000,000
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Same day
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DNA

€549/ mo

Setup fee €799

3,000,000
3 times daily
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Delivery: CSV, JSON or XLSX files, our API or a JSON feed. MCP server on request.

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Why Teams Buy Cars & Bids Auction Data

Cars & Bids results are a public price signal for the cars that price guides handle worst: manual sports cars, limited trims, modified examples and the imports enthusiasts chase.

  • Valuation modelsSold prices joined with mileage, Title Status, Seller Type and the length of the Known Flaws list give a training set with the condition variables already split out.
  • Dealer sourcingDealers see what a manual gearbox adds over an automatic in the same model year, and which reserve-not-met lots leave a seller open to an offer.
  • Insurance and lendingAgreed-value insurers and specialty lenders check a declared value against recent closes for the same model, trim and mileage band.
  • Demand researchBid counts, view counts and the share of no reserve lots by make show where enthusiast interest is rising or cooling.
  • Modification premiumThe Modifications section shows whether a turbo kit or a lift raises or cuts the final bid compared with stock cars of the same model.

About ScrapeIt

ScrapeIt is a managed web scraping company: we build, run and maintain the crawlers and deliver finished datasets, so your team works with results instead of code. On auction sites like Cars & Bids the job is following each lot from launch to close, keeping its final state and marking which sections a seller left empty. Data arrives as CSV, Excel or JSON, through our API or straight into your database. Personal data is handled under GDPR, and usernames stay out of the files by default.

FAQ

Still unsure? Write to info@scrapeit.io

Do you offer a Cars and Bids API for auction results?

Yes. The ScrapeIt Cars and Bids API returns auction id, VIN, mileage, Title Status, the sold price or reserve-not-met high bid and the bid count as JSON from an endpoint we host, refreshed on the schedule you set. The same records also come as CSV or XLSX files, a JSON feed or a load into your database.

Is it legal to scrape Cars & Bids?

Yes. Auction pages, quick facts, results and description sections on Cars & Bids are open to any visitor without an account. We collect only publicly available data - everything a visitor can see on Cars & Bids - and we collect it legally. Seller and bidder usernames are left out by default.

Can you deliver Cars & Bids sold prices and reserve-not-met results?

Yes, both. A closed lot shows either Sold for with the final price or Bid to with the highest bid when the reserve was not met, and we keep the two in separate columns with a status field, so an unsold high bid never passes for a sale. The bid count and end date come with every result.

How often should live Cars & Bids auctions be refreshed?

A daily pass is enough for the description and quick facts. Bids are different: the auction runs seven days and late bids push the end time back, so for bid curves we revisit lots more often on the final day and record the result once the clock has stopped.

Can you build a Cars and Bids dataset for one model line?

Yes. We start from the past auctions archive and the live lots of that make and model, collect every closed lot of that model with VIN, year, mileage, transmission, colours, Title Status and result, then add each new close as it happens. The dataset ships with field documentation, and the same schema works for one model or a whole make.

How it works

  1. 1

    Make a request

    You share your needs, expectations, and desired timeframe. We'll suggest the best solution based on your request and budget.

  2. 2

    We configure the crawlers

    Our specialists configure the crawlers and extract a sample dataset for your review before proceeding with the full-scale extraction.

  3. 3

    Collect and deliver

    Once you approve the sample, we launch the project and start full data collection. We gather, filter, and structure the data for easy use, delivering it on time in your preferred format.

  4. 4

    Maintain and support

    Our team manages ongoing processes, monitors website changes, and supports all data extraction cycles. We can also help integrate data into your systems or create dashboards to simplify analysis.

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