Question 1

How is pricing sourced?

Accepted Answer

Pricing is synthesized in real time via Perplexity from an allowlist of trusted automotive sources including Edmunds, Kelley Blue Book, Cars.com, Autotrader, TrueCar, J.D. Power, NHTSA, and IIHS.

Question 2

How fresh is the data?

Accepted Answer

Used-car market data is cached for up to 30 days; new-car pricing for up to 7 days; natural-language searches for 24 hours. Popular vehicles are pre-warmed so results load instantly.

Question 3

Does ZIP improve the pricing?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A ZIP passes a user_location hint to the research engine and biases search context toward local market data for retail, private-party, and trade-in estimates.

Question 4

Is my data shared?

Accepted Answer

We store no accounts and no personally identifiable information. Recent searches live only in your browser's localStorage. Server logs contain IP and query, retained for abuse prevention.