cars-data.com — Car Specs API

Search, localized specs (180 spec types across 19 categories: safety, comfort/interior, engine/fuel, performance, EV/hybrid, chassis, dimensions & weights…

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What it can do

  • Search Cars: Free-text search across 102k+ vehicle variants, 115 brands, 19 languages. Returns candidate variant_ids to pass to get_specs/get_images/compare_variants.
  • Get Specs: Full localized specs for one vehicle variant, in any of 19 languages — 180 spec types covering engine & fuel, performance, EV/hybrid, safety (30 specs), comfort & interior (47), exterior, c
  • Compare Variants: Side-by-side localized specs for 2-4 vehicle variants.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Search, localized specs (180 spec types across 19 categories: safety, comfort/interior, engine/fuel, performance, EV/hybrid, chassis, dimensions & weights, WLTP/NEDC consumption, and more), side-by-side compare, and structured filters over 102,190+ vehicle variants, 1,300+ models, and 5,299+ generations — in 19 languages including Arabic (RTL) — from cars-data.com's multilingual vehicle-specs database. Each spec value carries a confidence score and last_synced_at freshness timestamp.

How to connect

How to connect cars-data.com — Car Specs API to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://car-specs-api--marius114w.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect cars-data.com — Car Specs API to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://car-specs-api--marius114w.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect cars-data.com — Car Specs API to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://car-specs-api--marius114w.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (6)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_carsFree-text search across 102k+ vehicle variants, 115 brands, 19 languages. Returns candidate variant_ids to pass to get_specs/get_images/compare_variants.
get_specsFull localized specs for one vehicle variant, in any of 19 languages — 180 spec types covering engine & fuel, performance, EV/hybrid, safety (30 specs), comfort & interior (47), exterior, chassis, dimensions & weights, consumption (WLTP/NEDC). Each spec carries a confidence score; the response carries last_synced_at — surface both so you don't overstate certainty.
compare_variantsSide-by-side localized specs for 2-4 vehicle variants.
list_generationsGenerations/facelifts of a model, with production years.
filter_carsStructured catalog filter: fuel type, body type, drive layout, power/price range, model year, EV-only.
get_imagesImage URLs (own CDN, no attribution burden) for a vehicle variant.