# UK Ireland Used Car Import Agent > Is it cheaper to import this used car from the UK to Ireland? One call compares live UK, Northern Ireland and Irish listings and returns the landed cost (transport, customs duty, VAT, VRT) against the Irish market price. Also: UK and Irish car search, price checks, market stats, depreciation, county prices, below-market deals and VRT/NOx calculators. Pay per request in USDC via x402. Connect using MCP (streamable HTTP) or the x402 REST API. The /a2a/ URL is a legacy API namespace, not an implementation of the A2A protocol. MCP connectivity alone does not provide a wallet or x402 payment support. ## Try the core product without a wallet GET https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/uk-import-preview?make=Volkswagen&model=Golf&year=2023&mileage_km=50000&fuel_type=Petrol&co2_g_km=125 preview_uk_import_check is free for 3 attempts per UTC day per IP, shared across REST and MCP and persisted across restarts. Resets at midnight UTC. No-data and invalid attempts count. Returns the import verdict and cost breakdown but not individual listings. Example checked on 2026-10-16; inventory changes, and insufficient comparable coverage returns no_data. Figures in schemas are illustrative. Mission: answer "is it cheaper to import this used car from the UK to Ireland?" in one call (GET /api/v1/a2a/uk-import-check). Data comes from public used-car listings in Ireland, the UK and Northern Ireland (GBP converted at the ECB rate). It is analytical data, not financial or tax advice; VRT, duty and import-cost figures are estimates. ## How to pay Every paid endpoint speaks x402: call it, receive HTTP 402 with the price, pay in USDC on Base with an x402 client, and retry. Requests that return 404 (no data) are not charged. - Network: base; pay-to: 0x0395c1bed0b83ad6f0329b4132191934733e637c ## Paid REST endpoints (all other /api/v1/a2a/* routes) - [Best-value used cars in Ireland right now](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/arbitrage-feed) (0.05 USDC): Use when you want a ranked list of Irish used-car listings priced below the median of genuinely comparable cars (same make, model, fuel, transmission, within 1 year and 30,000 km). Each result includes the asking price, the market median, number of comparables and the gross margin. Best for dealers, flippers and buying agents looking for opportunities. Use get_new_deals instead for only recently discovered deals, or get_price_drops for listings where the seller has just reduced the asking price. - [Newly listed below-market cars since a given time](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/new-deals) (0.02 USDC): Use to poll for fresh opportunities: returns deals first seen by us since a timestamp (default: last 24 hours). Call on a schedule with the previous call's time to receive only new deals. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed instead for the current ranked deal list regardless of first-seen time, or get_price_drops for discount signals. - [Irish used cars whose asking price was recently cut](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/price-drops) (0.02 USDC): Use to find motivated sellers: listings whose price dropped within the last N days, with original, previous and current price and the percentage cut. Price history is recorded by us from the first time we see a listing. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed instead for below-market ranking even when there was no recent price cut. - [Irish market prices for a make and model](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/market-stats) (0.01 USDC): Use for an overview of one model in the Irish used market: listing count, price range, median, and median price and mileage by model year and by fuel type. Use price_check instead to value one specific car with year, mileage, fuel type and optional transmission. - [How fast a car model loses value in Ireland](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/depreciation) (0.01 USDC): Use to estimate depreciation: median price by model year with year-on-year change, plus price change per 10,000 km. Needs at least 5 listings; otherwise returns 404 and you are not charged. Use market_stats instead for a simple market overview without depreciation calculations. - [Used-car prices by Irish county](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/by-county) (0.01 USDC): Use to see where a model (or make, or all cars) is cheapest or dearest across Irish counties, relative to the national median. Small counties may have few listings. Use market_stats instead when county comparison is not needed. - [UK-to-Ireland car import landed cost and margin](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/import-calculator) (0.01 USDC): Use to judge a UK import: converts the GBP price and adds shipping, customs duty, import VAT, VRT, NOx levy and a cost buffer to give the landed cost in EUR. Provide make, model, year and mileage to also get the expected margin against the Irish market median. Duty and VAT default to 0 and must be set by the caller; results are estimates. Use estimate_irish_vrt instead when you only need VRT and NOx for an already Irish-valued vehicle. - [Is this specific Irish car listing good value?](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/listing/{source_platform}/{listing_id}) (0.01 USDC): Use to assess one listing you already have an id for. Use get_irish_auto_arbitrage_feed or get_vehicle_listing_by_id first to find a listing_id. Defaults to source_platform='carzone' when omitted. Returns verdict (below/at/above market), percentage vs the comparable median, margin, up to 10 closest comparable listings and the listing's recorded price history. - [What is this used car worth in Ireland?](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/price-check) (0.005 USDC): Use to value a specific car: median, mean, quartiles and range of comparable Irish listings (same make, model, fuel, transmission if given, within 1 year and 30,000 km). Returns 404 (no charge) if there are fewer than 5 comparables. Use market_stats instead for a broad make/model overview, or analyze_listing when you already have a listing_id. - [Irish VRT and NOx levy estimate](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/vrt-estimate) (0.005 USDC): Use to estimate Vehicle Registration Tax and the NOx levy for a vehicle registered in Ireland, from its taxable value (OMSP), CO2 emissions and fuel type. Estimate only; verify against Revenue.ie. Use import_calculator instead for a full UK-to-Ireland landed-cost and margin estimate. - [Irish used-car inventory by county and make, with turnover and freshness](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/inventory-breakdown) (0.01 USDC): Use for market coverage and supply analysis: active used-car listings, optionally for one county and/or make, with a county and make breakdown, listings added in the last 24 hours, listings removed in the last 7 days, number of sources and when the data was last refreshed. Counts only; no prices. Use get_inventory_summary instead when you only need the one headline active-listing count. - [How many used cars are listed in Ireland](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/inventory-summary) (0.005 USDC): Returns one number: the count of active used-car listings in Ireland, with a timestamp. No breakdowns and no prices. Use get_inventory_breakdown instead for county, make, turnover and freshness details. - [Is it cheaper to import this car from the UK or Northern Ireland to Ireland?](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/uk-import-check) (0.02 USDC): Headline call. Use when someone is deciding whether to buy a used car in the UK or Northern Ireland and import it to Ireland. Compares the median price of comparable live UK and Northern Ireland listings (same make, model, fuel, within 1 year and 30,000 km) with the Irish median, adds transport, customs duty and import VAT (Great Britain), Irish VRT and NOx levy, and returns a verdict (IMPORT, MARGINAL or BUY_IN_IRELAND), the saving in EUR, the landed-cost breakdown per route and the three cheapest matching listings. Returns 404 (no charge) if either market has fewer than 5 comparables. Pass co2_g_km for an accurate VRT figure. Estimate only. - [Search used cars for sale in Ireland, the UK and Northern Ireland](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/listings) (0.01 USDC): Use to find live used-car listings across Ireland, the UK and Northern Ireland in one query: filter by make, model, year range, maximum price, maximum mileage, fuel type and county, sorted by price, newest or mileage. Each listing has its price in the local currency and in EUR, mileage in km, source and URL. Use uk_import_check instead to decide whether importing is cheaper. Returns 404 (no charge) when nothing matches. - [What is this used car worth in the UK or Northern Ireland?](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/uk/price-check) (0.005 USDC): Use to value a specific car on the UK and Northern Ireland market: median, mean, quartiles and range of comparable live UK listings in EUR (same make, model, fuel, within 1 year and 30,000 km), plus the median in GBP. Returns 404 (no charge) with fewer than 5 comparables. Use price_check for Ireland or uk_import_check for the import decision. - [UK and Northern Ireland used-car market for a make and model](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/uk/market-stats) (0.01 USDC): Use for an overview of one make and model on the UK and Northern Ireland market: listing count, price range, median (EUR), medians by model year and fuel type, and how quickly cars sell. Use market_stats for Ireland or uk_import_check to compare the two markets. ## Free REST endpoints Vehicle lookup: 10 calls per rolling 24 hours per IP (per process). Import preview: 3 attempts per UTC day per IP, shared with MCP. - [GET /api/v1/a2a/vehicle/{listing_id}](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/vehicle/{listing_id}): Look up one Irish car listing by id, with market delta and indicative VRT. - [GET /api/v1/a2a/uk-import-preview](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/api/v1/a2a/uk-import-preview): Free live import comparison; excludes individual listings. Separate shared daily quota. ## Machine-readable docs - [OpenAPI spec](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/openapi.json) - [Complete public integration handbook](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/llms-full.txt) - [VS Code MCP configuration download](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/integrations/vscode-mcp.json) - [Cursor MCP configuration download](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/integrations/cursor-mcp.json) - [Interactive docs](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/docs) - [Runnable car-import assistant and buyer quickstart](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/buyers.txt) - [Public MIT-licensed buyer client](https://github.com/LKennedyShare/irish-car-import-assistant) - [UK-to-Ireland buying-agent guide](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/use-cases/uk-to-ireland-car-import) - [Static synthetic examples, schema 1.0](https://irish-auto-arbitrage-production.up.railway.app/examples.json) ## MCP server Streamable HTTP endpoint: https://mcp-production-f77f.up.railway.app/mcp . Paid tools use the x402 MCP payment protocol; free tools: get_service_info (unlimited), estimate_irish_vrt (10 calls per rolling 24 hours per IP, per process), preview_uk_import_check (3 attempts per UTC day per IP, shared with REST). Tools: get_service_info, estimate_irish_vrt, preview_uk_import_check. ## Search terms is it cheaper to import a car from the UK to Ireland, import car from UK to Ireland cost, import car from Northern Ireland to Ireland, UK used car prices, UK and Ireland used car search, Ireland used car prices, Irish car valuation, VRT calculator, NOx levy, landed cost of importing a car, undervalued cars Ireland, car price drops, car depreciation by model, used car prices by county.