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Know the car before it drives in

When a customer books with their plate, your software fetches engine, displacement, power, euro standard and latest inspection. The mechanic has the car on screen.

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Fields you typically use

  • Power, displacement and cylinders
  • Engine marking
  • Euro standard and particle filter
  • Latest inspection with result and odometer
  • Wheels and tires as registered
  • Registered equipment
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Vehicle data for workshop software

  • Book with the plate

    The customer types the plate. The system finds make, model and variant.

  • The engine without manuals

    Power in kW, displacement in cm³, cylinders and engine marking straight from the register.

  • Inspection date and odometer

    See the date, result and odometer of the latest inspection before the car is on the lift.

What a call looks like

Every response is JSON with stable field names. IDs are strings, dates are YYYY-MM-DD.

Quickstart
GET /v1/vehicles/plate/AB12345 
curl -H "X-Api-Key: $MOTORBAY_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.motorbay.app/v1/vehicles/plate/AB12345"
200 OK application/json Sample data 
{
  "id": "4815162342",
  "registrationNumber": "AB12345",
  "vin": "YV1AB12C3D4567890",
  "status": "registered",
  "registrationStatus": "registered",
  "firstRegisteredOn": "2019-03-14",
  "kind": {
    "id": "1",
    "name": "Personbil",
    "originalName": "Personbil"
  },
  "make": {
    "id": "42",
    "name": "VOLVO",
    "originalName": "VOLVO"
  },
  "model": {
    "id": "1234",
    "name": "V60",
    "originalName": "V60"
  },
  "color": {
    "id": "7",
    "name": "Grå",
    "originalName": "Grå"
  },
  "emissionStandard": {
    "id": "9",
    "name": "Euro 6",
    "originalName": "Euro 6"
  }
}

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Create an account, make an API key and send your first call. The quickstart takes about five minutes. Your first 1,000 requests every month are free, and you need no card.

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