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🚗 Cars.com Search Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape vehicle listings from Cars.com by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive vehicle information including prices, dealer details, specifications, and more.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract vehicle listings by providing a complete Cars.com search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically navigates through all pages until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Vehicle Data: Extract detailed information about each vehicle including:
  • Vehicle specifications (year, make, model, trim)
  • Pricing information (price, MSRP, monthly payment estimates)
  • Vehicle images
  • Dealer information (name, rating, reviews, phone)
  • Vehicle identification (VIN, listing ID)
  • Stock type (new/used)
• Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate listings
• Proxy Support: Optional proxy configuration for better reliability

Input Parameters

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to Cars.com
2. Use the search filters to find vehicles (make, model, location, price range, etc.)
3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
4. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URL:

https://www.cars.com/shopping/results/?stock_type=new&makes%5B%5D=nissan&models%5B%5D=nissan-rogue&maximum_distance=50&zip=

Output

The output is a dataset of vehicle listing objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• listingId: Unique listing identifier
• listingUrl: Direct link to the vehicle detail page
• title: Full vehicle title (e.g., "2026 Nissan Rogue Rock Creek")
• year: Vehicle year
• make: Vehicle make/brand
• model: Vehicle model
• trim: Vehicle trim level
• stockType: New or Used
• price: Current listing price
• msrp: Manufacturer's suggested retail price
• monthlyPayment: Estimated monthly payment
• imageUrl: URL of the vehicle image
• dealerName: Name of the dealer
• dealerRating: Dealer rating (out of 5)
• reviews: Number of dealer reviews
• location: Dealer location
• phone: Dealer phone number
• vin: Vehicle identification number
• dealerId: Dealer identifier
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the listing was scraped

Example output:

[
{
"searchUrl":"https://www.cars.com/shopping/results/?stock_type=new&makes%5B%5D=nissan&models%5B%5D=nissan-rogue&maximum_distance=50&zip=",
"listingId":"580b2f91-fcbe-4dfe-aaee-f8e7d1d2bd90",
"listingUrl":"https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/580b2f91-fcbe-4dfe-aaee-f8e7d1d2bd90/",
"title":"2026 Nissan Rogue Rock Creek",
"year":"2026",
"make":"Nissan",
"model":"Rogue",
"trim":"Rock Creek",
"stockType":"New",
"price":32895,
"msrp":35895,
"monthlyPayment":561,
"imageUrl":"https://platform.cstatic-images.com/large/in/v2/12eced4b-43c0-5d7b-838f-7859e42c55ca/d49db05b-691b-4335-bbdb-fc64eec2568f/lTdQiMoRZfpR7t7NV9oFvkLh1Hc.jpg",
"dealerName":"Mankato Motors",
"dealerRating":4.8,
"reviews":1244,
"location":"",
"phone":"8778117193",
"vin":"5N1BT3BBXTC693951",
"dealerId":"17672",
"scrapedAt":"2025-11-07T09:28:28.023Z"
},
 ...
]

Use Cases

• Vehicle price comparison and market research
• Inventory monitoring for dealerships
• Lead generation for car buyers
• Price trend analysis
• Dealer performance tracking
• Used car market analysis
• Competitive pricing research

Notes

• Results are saved incrementally as they are found
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• Price values are in USD
• Monthly payment is an estimate
• The actor respects pagination and will automatically navigate through all pages

Start scraping vehicle listings from Cars.com today!