Encar is a marketplace
On Encar, dealers and private owners list cars for sale with an asking price. There is no bidding and no sale date: a car stays listed until it is sold or withdrawn. That makes Encar data different from Copart or IAAI, and it should be read differently.
For importers in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Korean cars are a steady supply of well-kept vehicles with a documented past.
What an Encar listing contains
In the API an Encar listing uses the same vehicle record as auction lots, with the Korean details next to it:
- Make, model, generation, year, fuel, transmission, colour and mileage
- The asking price in Korean won, as listed
- The photo gallery and the listing’s location
- Equipment option codes, with a dictionary that names each one
- The performance inspection and the insurance accident history, when the listing has them
Inspection and insurance history
A Korean dealer must give the buyer a performance and condition inspection record. It marks every panel as original, repaired or replaced and covers the frame, leaks, the engine and the gearbox. Many listings also show the insurance history: paid accidents, owner and plate changes, flood or total loss.
These two documents answer most of a buyer’s questions before a car leaves Korea. The Korean reports page shows what they contain in detail.
Re-listed cars
Sellers on Encar sometimes take a car down and list it again under a new ID. The API keeps the pairs of IDs that belong to the same car, so your catalog shows one car instead of two and keeps its history.
Prices in won and dollars
Encar prices are in Korean won. A stored KRW to USD rate, open without a key, lets you show a dollar figure next to the original. It is a reference rate with its update time, not a live quote.
Beyond Encar
Encar is the largest Korean source, not the only one. KB ChaChaCha, K Car and other Korean sites list cars Encar does not have. The guide to Korean used-car data covers them.