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car-scout.com.au ↗An AI-powered used-car research platform that searches 8,000+ listings, runs its own newsroom, and pays for itself with $4 passes.
A two-domain Australian platform: car-scout.com.au for live research, and the sister content site carscout.au for SEO-driven editorial — both fed by the same search + AI infrastructure.
What it does
- Conversational AI with tool-calling — search 8,000+ listings, sold prices, recalls, market analysis in natural language
- Multi-source search pipeline (CarsGuide + Drive) indexing listings, VINs, descriptions, write-off status
- Buyer-protection signals layered on every listing — WOVI / write-off flagging, price-outlier detection, VIN-to-recall lookup across 26 AU manufacturers
- Cross-domain platform — sister site carscout.au is its own indexed SEO funnel pointing back at the tool
- Automated newsroom — Sentinel cron publishes editorial articles to carscout.au from real demand signals + live market data (not generic AI fluff)
Tech stack
Next.js 14Postgres (Neon)PrismaAnthropic ClaudeStripeCloudflare TurnstilePlaywrightVercelSentinel cron (Railway)
Home
Landing + 5 lens-switching chips
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Ask AI
Tool-calling conversational agent
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Best value
Composite ranking + outlier badges
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carscout.au
AI-generated buyer guides
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8,000+
Live listings tracked
26
Recall sources mapped
2
Domains (tool + content)
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Want something like this for your industry?
Car Scout took ~6 weeks from spec to live. The same search + AI + content engine plays nicely with real estate, recruitment, insurance, marketplaces — anywhere there's public listing data and buyer research friction.