UK Ireland Used Car Import Agent

Describes this service: what data it has, every tool with its price, and how payment works. Free.

Takes no parameters.

Use when you want a ranked list of Irish used-car listings priced below the median of genuinely comparable cars (same make, model, fuel, transmission, within 1 year and 30,000 km). Each result includes the asking price, the market median, number of comparables and the gross margin. Best for dealers, flippers and buying agents looking for opportunities. Use get_new_deals instead for only recently discovered deals, or get_price_drops for listings where the seller has just reduced the asking price. Costs 0.05 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to poll for fresh opportunities: returns deals first seen by us since a timestamp (default: last 24 hours). Call on a schedule with the previous call's time to receive only new deals. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed instead for the current ranked deal list regardless of first-seen time, or get_price_drops for discount signals. Costs 0.02 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to find motivated sellers: listings whose price dropped within the last N days, with original, previous and current price and the percentage cut. Price history is recorded by us from the first time we see a listing. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed instead for below-market ranking even when there was no recent price cut. Costs 0.02 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use for an overview of one model in the Irish used market: listing count, price range, median, and median price and mileage by model year and by fuel type. Use price_check instead to value one specific car with year, mileage, fuel type and optional transmission. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to estimate depreciation: median price by model year with year-on-year change, plus price change per 10,000 km. Needs at least 5 listings; otherwise returns 404 and you are not charged. Use market_stats instead for a simple market overview without depreciation calculations. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to see where a model (or make, or all cars) is cheapest or dearest across Irish counties, relative to the national median. Small counties may have few listings. Use market_stats instead when county comparison is not needed. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to judge a UK import: converts the GBP price and adds shipping, customs duty, import VAT, VRT, NOx levy and a cost buffer to give the landed cost in EUR. Provide make, model, year and mileage to also get the expected margin against the Irish market median. Duty and VAT default to 0 and must be set by the caller; results are estimates. Use estimate_irish_vrt instead when you only need VRT and NOx for an already Irish-valued vehicle. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to assess one listing you already have an id for. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed or get_vehicle_listing_by_id first to find a listing_id. Defaults to source_platform='carzone' when omitted. Returns verdict (below/at/above market), percentage vs the comparable median, margin, up to 10 closest comparable listings and the listing's recorded price history. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to value a specific car: median, mean, quartiles and range of comparable Irish listings (same make, model, fuel, transmission if given, within 1 year and 30,000 km). Returns 404 (no charge) if there are fewer than 5 comparables. Use market_stats instead for a broad make/model overview, or analyze_listing when you already have a listing_id. Costs 0.005 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to estimate Vehicle Registration Tax and the NOx levy for a vehicle registered in Ireland, from its taxable value (OMSP), CO2 emissions and fuel type. Estimate only; verify against Revenue.ie. Use import_calculator instead for a full UK-to-Ireland landed-cost and margin estimate. Free (limited to 10 calls per day per IP).

Use for market coverage and supply analysis: active used-car listings, optionally for one county and/or make, with a county and make breakdown, listings added in the last 24 hours, listings removed in the last 7 days, number of sources and when the data was last refreshed. Counts only; no prices. Use get_inventory_summary instead when you only need the one headline active-listing count. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Returns one number: the count of active used-car listings in Ireland, with a timestamp. No breakdowns and no prices. Use get_inventory_breakdown instead for county, make, turnover and freshness details. Costs 0.005 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use when you already have a listing id (from another call or a dealer site) and want that single vehicle: make, model, year, price, mileage, status and days on market, how its price compares with the market median, and an indicative VRT breakdown. Returns one row. For ranked below-market deals across all stock use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed. Use analyze_listing instead when you want closest comparables and price history. Costs 0.005 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Headline call. Use when someone is deciding whether to buy a used car in the UK or Northern Ireland and import it to Ireland. Compares the median price of comparable live UK and Northern Ireland listings (same make, model, fuel, within 1 year and 30,000 km) with the Irish median, adds transport, customs duty and import VAT (Great Britain), Irish VRT and NOx levy, and returns a verdict (IMPORT, MARGINAL or BUY_IN_IRELAND), the saving in EUR, the landed-cost breakdown per route and the three cheapest matching listings. Returns 404 (no charge) if either market has fewer than 5 comparables. Pass co2_g_km for an accurate VRT figure. Estimate only. Costs 0.02 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to find live used-car listings across Ireland, the UK and Northern Ireland in one query: filter by make, model, year range, maximum price, maximum mileage, fuel type and county, sorted by price, newest or mileage. Each listing has its price in the local currency and in EUR, mileage in km, source and URL. Use uk_import_check instead to decide whether importing is cheaper. Returns 404 (no charge) when nothing matches. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use to value a specific car on the UK and Northern Ireland market: median, mean, quartiles and range of comparable live UK listings in EUR (same make, model, fuel, within 1 year and 30,000 km), plus the median in GBP. Returns 404 (no charge) with fewer than 5 comparables. Use price_check for Ireland or uk_import_check for the import decision. Costs 0.005 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Use for an overview of one make and model on the UK and Northern Ireland market: listing count, price range, median (EUR), medians by model year and fuel type, and how quickly cars sell. Use market_stats for Ireland or uk_import_check to compare the two markets. Costs 0.01 USDC per call via x402; no-data results are free.

Free average, median, quartiles and price range by optional brand, model, exact year and area (county). Model requires brand. Exact case-insensitive make/model/county matching; omit all filters for Ireland. At least 5 valid positive finite asking prices are required: zero returns no_records and a clear no-records message; 1-4 returns limited_records and states the exact count, with null price stats. 10 attempts per UTC day per IP, shared across REST/MCP/A2A, separate from inventory and preview; invalid attempts count. After the limit, wait until midnight UTC; no automatic paid calls. Optional paid matching listings require explicit approval and x402 payment. Asking prices of recorded active fresh listings in Ireland (IE), not transaction prices or the whole market. Listings are not unique vehicles across sources. Area is an exact Irish county, not a town. Broad brand/model averages mix model years, fuels and trims and are not a vehicle valuation. Free (limited to 10 attempts per UTC day per IP, shared with REST; separate from inventory and preview).

Free live inventory entrypoint: count recorded active fresh Irish listings by area (exact county) and/or brand (exact make), case-insensitive. Omit both for national Ireland coverage. Zero matches returns a successful count of 0 with last_seen_at=null. The separate daily count quota is shared across REST, MCP and the A2A pilot; invalid attempts also count. Does not resolve towns or return listings, prices or deep analysis. Recorded active listings seen within the configured freshness window, in Ireland (IE) only. Area means an exact county, not a town. This is not the entire market or a count of unique vehicles; the same vehicle may appear across sources. Free (limited to 20 calls per UTC day per IP, shared with REST; separate from import preview).

Free limited preview of the import decision, Irish market median and landed costs. Uses the same live data and parameters as the paid import check, but excludes individual listings. Quota is shared across REST and MCP and resets at midnight UTC; failed and no-data attempts also count. Use is_it_cheaper_to_import_car_from_uk_to_ireland for matching listings. Estimates only. Free (limited to 3 calls per UTC day per IP, shared with REST).