vAuto API
vAuto is a Cox Automotive inventory management platform that helps franchise and independent dealers source, appraise, price, recondition, and merchandise vehicles using live market data across the full vehicle lifecycle. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull inventory, appraisals, pricing recommendations, reconditioning status, and wholesale sourcing data—and push updates like new appraisals, price changes, recon tasks, and merchandising content back into vAuto.
What is vAuto?
vAuto is a Cox Automotive inventory management platform that helps franchise and independent auto dealers optimize profitability by applying real-time market data across the complete vehicle lifecycle. Dealers use vAuto to source vehicles across auctions, trade-ins, and dealer trades; appraise and price units against live market data; manage reconditioning; and merchandise inventory across online marketplaces—spanning used cars, new cars, and wholesale buying.
Core product areas include:
- Provision and ProfitTime GPS (used-car appraisal, pricing, and inventory management driven by live market data)
- Conquest (new-car inventory management, competitive pricing, rebates and incentives)
- Stockwave (wholesale vehicle sourcing across auctions and online marketplaces)
- iRecon (reconditioning workflow management integrated with Provision)
- Merchandising (Intelligent Promotion, Snaplot360 360° imaging, Syndication to automotive marketplaces)
Common data entities:
- Vehicles, VINs, Inventory, Stocking Status, Age/Days-in-Stock
- Appraisals, Market Valuations, Pricing Recommendations, Price Changes
- Reconditioning Tasks, Recon Status, Holding Costs (iRecon)
- Wholesale Listings, Sourcing Channels, Auction Data (Stockwave)
- Merchandising Content, Photos, 360° Media, Syndication Feeds
- Stores/Rooftops, Users/Appraisers, Performance Metrics
The vAuto Integration Challenge
Dealers run pricing and inventory decisions through vAuto daily, but turning its portal-driven workflows into API-driven automation is non-trivial:
- No public developer API: vAuto exposes its functionality through web portals and partner integrations rather than open, self-serve API documentation
- Cox Automotive ecosystem gates: Data often flows through Cox Automotive partner programs and connected-solution agreements before integration access is granted
- Multi-product spread: Provision, Conquest, Stockwave, and iRecon each have distinct object models, screens, and lifecycle states
- Authentication complexity: Single sign-on and MFA across the Cox Automotive bridge complicate headless automation
- Live market data semantics: Appraisal and pricing values are time-sensitive and tied to live market feeds, requiring careful freshness handling
- Per-rooftop configuration: Stocking rules, pricing strategies, and recon workflows vary by store, so generic integrations break across dealer groups
How Supergood Creates vAuto APIs
Supergood reverse-engineers vAuto's authenticated browser flows across Provision, Conquest, Stockwave, and iRecon to deliver a resilient API layer for your dealership account—without waiting on a Cox Automotive partner gate.
- Handles single sign-on and MFA across the Cox Automotive bridge securely
- Maintains session continuity with automated refresh and change detection
- Normalizes responses across inventory, appraisals, pricing, reconditioning, and wholesale objects so you integrate once and rely on consistent records
- Aligns with per-rooftop stocking rules, pricing strategies, and entitlements to keep access compliant across dealer groups
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Getting Started
- Schedule Integration Assessment
Book a 30-minute session to confirm your vAuto products, rooftops, and authentication model.
- Supergood Generates and Validates Your API
We deliver a production-ready vAuto adapter tailored to your dealership configuration and entitlements.
- Deploy with Monitoring
Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as vAuto evolves.
API Endpoints
Authentication
/authenticateAuthenticate to a vAuto dealership account using single sign-on or MFA and obtain a session token for downstream calls.
Inventory
/inventoryList used and new vehicle inventory with filters for VIN, stocking status, age in stock, and rooftop.
Appraisals
/appraisalsRetrieve appraisals and market valuations with pricing recommendations from Provision and ProfitTime GPS.
Appraisals
/create_appraisalSubmit a new appraisal for a VIN and return market-based valuation and recommended pricing.
Pricing
/pricingUpdate retail price or pricing strategy on an inventory unit across Provision or Conquest.
Reconditioning
/recon_tasksPull reconditioning tasks, recon status, and holding-cost data from iRecon for inventory in process.
Use Cases
Sync inventory and pricing into your warehouse
- Pull used and new vehicle inventory with age, status, and VIN-level detail across rooftops - Stream appraisal values and pricing recommendations from Provision and ProfitTime GPS into BI and pricing tools - Reconcile inventory records against the DMS for a unified stock view
Automate appraisal and pricing workflows
- Submit VINs for appraisal and pull market-based valuations back into trade and acquisition tools - Apply price changes and pricing strategies programmatically across Provision and Conquest - Surface aged or mispriced units to retention and markdown workflows
Track reconditioning and holding costs
- Pull iRecon task status and holding-cost data to monitor vehicle readiness - Trigger downstream alerts when recon stalls or exceeds target days - Reconcile recon spend against acquisition and retail margin
Orchestrate wholesale sourcing and merchandising
- Pull Stockwave wholesale sourcing and auction data into acquisition models - Push merchandising content, photos, and 360° media to listings - Keep syndication feeds accurate across automotive marketplaces
Technical Specifications
Authentication
Single sign-on and MFA across the Cox Automotive bridge handled in a managed session
Connectivity
Authenticated browser flows across Provision, Conquest, Stockwave, and iRecon
Response format
Normalized JSON across inventory, appraisal, pricing, reconditioning, and wholesale objects
Rate limits
Adaptive throttling tuned to your dealership account to avoid vAuto-side limits
Session management
Automatic session refresh, MFA replay handling, and credential rotation
Data freshness
Near real-time pulls for inventory, appraisals, and pricing with optional scheduled batch syncs
Security
Encrypted credential vault, scoped access tokens, SOC 2-aligned controls, and audit logging
Webhooks
Event-style callbacks for new inventory, price changes, appraisal completion, and recon status
Latency
Sub-second reads on cached entities; multi-second writes when posting appraisals and price changes
Throughput
Horizontally scaled workers sized to multi-rooftop dealer-group inventory volume
Reliability
Retry, backoff, and idempotency keys for appraisal submissions and pricing updates
Adaptation
Continuous monitoring of vAuto releases and Cox Automotive platform changes to absorb configuration drift
Frequently asked questions
vAuto does not publish open, self-serve developer API documentation; access typically flows through Cox Automotive partner programs and connected-solution agreements. Supergood works against your authenticated vAuto session to deliver a normalized API without waiting on a partner gate.
Supergood normalizes data across Provision and ProfitTime GPS for used cars, Conquest for new cars, Stockwave for wholesale sourcing, and iRecon for reconditioning, so you integrate inventory, appraisal, pricing, and recon entities once.
Yes. The API respects per-rooftop stocking rules, pricing strategies, and entitlements, so inventory and pricing data stays scoped correctly across each store in your group.
Pulls run near real-time so appraisal values and pricing recommendations reflect vAuto's live market feeds, with optional scheduled batch syncs for larger inventory backfills.
No. Supergood operates against your existing authenticated vAuto access rather than a brokered partner API, so you can integrate without a separate Cox Automotive partner approval.