# Most accurate inventory searcher **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Hackrs\ **Tags:** usa-nationwide\ **Created:** [July 17, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758 "2023-07-17T16:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brunot99](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/brunot99/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@brunot99](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/brunot99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/1 "2023-07-17T16:13:02Z")
I’ve been looking at Car Gurus, Edmunds, Truecar and autotrader for new car inventory. I’ve used the same criteria and every site comes back with a different number of available vehicles. Can anyone provide some input on which site provides the most accurate inventory? I compared the numbers from each of those sites to the manufacturer inventory search and auto trader was closest in terms of number of cars available. Just curious. thank you. ---
**Author:** ![forbs](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/forbs/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@forbs](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/forbs)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/2 "2023-07-17T16:13:46Z")
I like gurus but these are not real time databases, they get lists from their member dealers and that’s why it’s so different. ---
**Author:** ![brunot99](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/brunot99/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@brunot99](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/brunot99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/3 "2023-07-17T16:17:21Z")
The specific car i am looking at had the following stats: Manufacturer site: 2,954 Auto trader: 2,528 Car Gurus: 2,106 Edmunds: 1,457 True car: 179 (Limited to 500 mile search radius) ---
**Author:** ![forbs](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar/forbs/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@forbs](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/forbs)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/4 "2023-07-17T16:18:43Z")
Even the dealer websites are not 100% accurate, at the end of the day I would go with one (I pick CarGurus) and hope it’s enough for the car you want. For Example : [Kia.com](http://Kia.com) did not show an EV6 I was looking for recently but the Dealer had it in their lot, and the sticker showed it was sent to them by Kia. ---
**Author:** ![Ursus](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/ursus/32/4944_2.png) [@Ursus](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/Ursus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/5 "2023-07-17T16:30:47Z")
> [@Multi-brand new/used car inventory search: an evolution story of python script to a web scraper to an API driven webapp](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/multi-brand-new-used-car-inventory-search-an-evolution-story-of-python-script-to-a-web-scraper-to-an-api-driven-webapp/268129): > > As I was looking for an X3 recently, I wrote this python script to scrape dealer websites and find available inventory. This ended up saving me some time clicking the browser. Given that, at the end of the day, this is a forum for hackrs and I’ve found a lot of super valuable information here, I’m making this available in case anyone would find it useful: @RustyDaemon, 07/18/2022 - latest version for this evolved beast. Nationwide search, 40+ brands, 500+ dealers/dealer groups, new/used listi… ---
**Author:** ![max\_g](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/max_g/32/9426_2.png) [@max\_g](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/max_g)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/6 "2023-07-17T16:53:25Z")
> [@brunot99](#): > > Auto trader: 2,528 > Car Gurus: 2,106 At the end of the day the number of dealers you are going to reach out to and be able to pick up from is your limiting factor. You are going to reach out to N dealers regardless of which third party site is showing how much inventory. PS the above most likely reflects that more dealers are signed up for lead generation via AT than via CG. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://leasehackr-assets.b-cdn.net/original/3X/f/7/f76e5433b417879e07ad6f0cee47e239c8f1cdd4.png) [@system](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/most-accurate-inventory-searcher/482758/7 "2023-09-15T16:53:54Z")
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