# cars-data.com — Car Specs API (remote · api.cars-data.com)

Search, compare & filter 102,191 European car variants — 180 specs, 19 languages, EV data.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +6
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-04

## Components

- remote · `api.cars-data.com`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.cars-data.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 6 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 66/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 464 tokens (~77/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 30/100
  - Stability observed for 9 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 75/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 25% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-cars-data-car-specs-api https://api.cars-data.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-cars-data-car-specs-api]
url = "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-cars-data-car-specs-api": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-cars-data-car-specs-api --url https://api.cars-data.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-cars-data-car-specs-api:
    url: "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-cars-data-car-specs-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.cars-data.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-01 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 63, +2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 61, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 61, +2)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 59, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_cars” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-07-26 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_cars` (~104 tokens)

Free-text search across 102,191 vehicle variants, 116 brands, 19 languages. Returns candidate variant_ids to pass to get_specs/get_images/compare_variants. Each result carries generation_id and year_from/year_to so same-named variants from different generations can be told apart.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `locale` (string)
- `query` (string, required): e.g. 'bmw 3 series' or 'tesla model s'

### `get_specs` (~112 tokens)

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, 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.

Input parameters:

- `locale` (string)
- `variant_id` (integer, required): from search_cars or filter_cars

### `compare_variants` (~37 tokens)

Side-by-side localized specs for 2-4 vehicle variants.

Input parameters:

- `locale` (string)
- `variant_ids` (array, required)

### `list_generations` (~38 tokens)

Generations/facelifts of a model, with production years.

Input parameters:

- `locale` (string)
- `model_id` (integer, required)

### `filter_cars` (~142 tokens)

Structured catalog filter: fuel type, body type, drive layout, power/price range, model year, EV-only.

Input parameters:

- `body` (string): body_slug, e.g. suv, sedan, hatchback
- `drive` (string): substring match, e.g. 'front', 'rear', 'all'
- `ev` (boolean)
- `fuel` (string): e.g. petrol, diesel, electric, hybrid
- `limit` (integer)
- `locale` (string)
- `power_max` (integer)
- `power_min` (integer)
- `price_max` (integer)
- `year` (integer)

### `get_images` (~31 tokens)

Image URLs (own CDN, no attribution burden) for a vehicle variant.

Input parameters:

- `variant_id` (integer, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-04: 65
- 2026-08-03: 65
- 2026-08-02: 64
- 2026-08-01: 64
- 2026-07-31: 63
- 2026-07-30: 61
- 2026-07-29: 61
- 2026-07-27: 59
- 2026-07-26: 59

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.cars-data.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/mariusmmmmm/car-specs-api
- Website: https://cars-data.com/en/api/for-ai-agents
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-cars-data-car-specs-api/api