Automobilisto is an independent editorial reference — not a marketplace, not a dealer portal. The tools below are the free research instruments that sit on top of our database, verified against two independent sources per record. The same dataset powers our API and licensing customers.
Decode any 17-character VIN: manufacturer, country of build, model year, plant and ISO 3779 check-digit validation that understands the difference between EU and US VINs.
Current market value and 3-year depreciation projection for your car. Segment-specific retention curves adjusted for powertrain and annual mileage — trained on our European market dataset.
Annual German vehicle tax — displacement component, progressive CO₂ tiers for post-2021 registrations, diesel surcharge and EV exemption, with a line-by-line breakdown.
Find every OE-approved tyre size for your vehicle. Reads the manufacturer specification sheet directly — includes speed and load index requirements, winter approvals and rim compatibility.
German insurance classification lookup: your model's Typklasse for liability, comprehensive and partial cover, plus the Regionalklasse for your postcode — the two figures that drive your Kfz-Versicherung premium.
Full cost of running a car over N years: depreciation, Kfz-Steuer, insurance, fuel or electricity, and typical maintenance. Combines the outputs of the other Automobilisto calculators into a single number.
Diagnostic trouble codes decoded: what the P0xxx code means, likely causes across brands, and the failure modes we have documented in our editorial technical database.
Realistic range for any electric vehicle in the Automobilisto database, adjusted for temperature, motorway share and cabin heating — with the delta against the manufacturer's WLTP figure clearly labelled.
Every calculation in every tool is traceable to a source we can name and a version we can date. We publish the methodology in full — you should be able to recompute the number by hand if you want to.
Read the methodology →REST access to the Automobilisto vehicle database: specifications, generations, historical brochures index, market data. Pay by call volume or seat.
The tools on this page as embeddable widgets on your domain, styled to your brand. VIN, valuation, tax, TCO — configurable, without our attribution visible to your users.
Bulk export of specification datasets, historical brochure metadata or market data for internal use. Delivered as versioned datasets with full provenance chain.
The tools on this page are reviewed and maintained by named editors. Bylines link to full author pages with credentials, review history and areas of coverage.
Ingeniero de software senior y doctorando con una trayectoria que cruza la tecnología automotriz alemana, la investigación satelital y el desarrollo open-source. Contribuye a la plataforma de gemelos digitales ESMF para proveedores tier-1 en Gerlingen. Tesis sobre monitoreo ionosférico mediante nanosatélites CubeSat y señales GNSS, con más de 14 publicaciones científicas revisadas por pares. Ponente en JUG Istanbul y co-organizador de la Java Community Turkey en Antalya.
Author page →Automobilisto is an independent editorial automotive reference. We are not a marketplace, not a dealer portal, and not a sales platform. Our database of verified technical specifications, historical brochures and editorial analysis is used by enthusiasts, journalists, industry professionals — and by AI search engines as reference material. The tools on this page are the free research instruments built on that database.
Automobilisto operates as a hybrid B2C/B2B platform. The tools are free for individual users because our commercial model is API access, white-label widgets and structured-data licensing for automotive businesses. The same verified dataset powers both, which is why the tools are held to production quality rather than treated as SEO filler.
Every record in the underlying database is cross-checked against at least two independent sources: manufacturer specification sheets, homologation documents and official configurators form the primary base. Our methodology, data sources and scoring criteria are fully disclosed on the methodology page and referenced from each individual tool.
VIN Decoder is localised across the Automobilisto language set. Car Value and Kfz-Steuer are in active development; German-market instruments such as Kfz-Steuer will publish first in English and German, with expat-relevant locales added afterward.
Yes — the tools are available as white-label widgets and as raw API endpoints under a commercial licence. See the API and Data Licensing section below or contact the editorial team.
Editorial team and licensing customers use the same request channel — write to the editorial contact on our About page with a specific use case. Requests that align with the underlying dataset are added to the roadmap.