Vehicle Make/Model and Parts Database

Question

I am looking to see if there is a web based service I can either access programmatically to access teh following information, or a database I could purchase or interface with.

I am looking to see if there are databases out there for:

1) Vehicle makes and models -- I recall something being out there in the $500/yr range

2) Vehicle Part Numbers - A database of car part numbers that is maintained and updated for a yearly subscription.

I had read something similar about databases being purchased for other industries on SO.. so I figure this is fair game.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Have a look at the answers to this question. They contain several links that may be useful.

Answer 2

Hi,

We are in the process on developing a database that we will be using for a unique new ad service and we have already collected and sorted by Year, Make and Model over 65,000 individual records and have many many more to ad to out list....if you would like to find out what we are doing wiht this data then please let us know...

Answer 3

I launched the world's first open source database, of years makes and models. Anyone can contribute. We already have 1/4 million vehicles from 3 countries online and twice that much data in staging.

www.vehicle-data.com

Again it is 100% free, all I ask is for a back-link. Use the contact link and I can send .csv files. I can send you normalized SQL dumps as well.

Answer 4

Here's a database for US vehicles 1946 to 2010: http://www.e-junkie.com/UsedCarDatabase

I'm continuing to grow this and will expand it to the rest of the world soon. For now, this is only for US based vehicles sold between those years.

Answer 5

A free, complete version of the year make and model database is here: yearmakemodeldatabase.com