The biggest vehicles database in the entire world

VehiclesDB is the #1 open database of vehicles in the world: cars, motorbikes, vans, buses… We cover more than 16,000 models from 900 makes around the globe. Integrate it easily in your project with our make and model dropdown, our SDKs, and our API.

972
Makes
16,443
Models
18
Countries
Open data
CC-BY 4.0

Two ways in

Take the files, or call the API

The same catalog either way. The dataset files are open under CC BY 4.0. The API, the images, the plates and the selector are our hosted service.

Open dataset CC BY 4.0

Every make and model, in one download

From the official registers of 18 countries. Use it in commercial work; credit VehiclesDB where you show it.

vehiclesdb/vehiclesdb

release 2026.11.9

  • vehicles.csv CSV
  • vehicles.json JSON
  • vehicles.parquet Parquet
  • catalog.sqlite SQLite

vehicles.csv

kind,make_slug,make_name,model_slug,model_name,…
car,volkswagen,Volkswagen,golf,Golf,…
car,toyota,Toyota,corolla,Corolla,…
car,toyota,Toyota,yaris,Yaris,…
car,volkswagen,Volkswagen,tiguan,Tiguan,…

Your credit line: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB How to credit

Download the dataset Source on GitHub
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VehiclesDB API REST · JSON

Messy text in, one stable id out

Resolve what people type into canonical ids, then pull full records, images and plate checks. Metered per request; your key starts with free credits.

POST /api/v1/resolve

200 OK

→ {"input": "vw golf"}

← {
    "match": {
      "id": "car/volkswagen/golf",
      "name": "Golf",
      "make": {"name": "Volkswagen"},
      "confidence": 0.97
    },
    "resolved_via": ["make_alias:vw→volkswagen"]
  }
  • GET /catalog
  • GET /vehicles/…/full
  • POST /plates/{code}/match
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Turn messy vehicle text into VehiclesDB ids

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