About Openauto
Openauto is a free AI car search for New Zealand. Describe the car you want in your own words, such as “a 7-seat hybrid under $30k near Hamilton”, and Openauto shows the cars for sale that fit.
How it works
Your words are turned into filters (make, model, price, year, kilometres, place) and a ranking, and you can refine the results with follow-up questions. Every car has its own page with the key facts and a button through to the seller's own listing. Enquiries go to the seller, not to Openauto.
If you create a free account you can keep cars in lists, share a list with a link, save searches and switch on a daily email of new matches. You don't need an account to search.
Where the information comes from
- Car listings are read from New Zealand dealer websites by Openauto Bot, once a day. We keep the facts and a link back; photos load from the dealer's own site.
- Specifications and fuel economy come from the New Zealand motor vehicle register's open data, matched to each car by year, fuel and engine size.
- Yearly fuel cost is an estimate: the car's fuel use over 12,000 km at recent pump prices. Your own driving will differ.
Listings and AI results can be out of date or wrong. Check the details with the seller before you buy. See the questions and answers for more.
Who runs it
Openauto is a trading name operated and maintained by DMEGA Limited, New Zealand.
General questions: hello@openauto.co.nz
Privacy, takedowns and legal matters: compliance@openauto.co.nz
Security
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Version
Openauto is in early access, so features may change. Version 0.1.0 (build 5777688).
Credits
Contains vehicle data from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, licensed under CC BY 4.0. We have summarised and combined this data.