# 09 - Red team: OEM parts catalog and price data licenses Research date: 2026-10-18. Scope: MOTOR, Auto Care Association, Infomedia (SimplePart, Microcat, Parts API), Hollander, RevolutionParts, OEC MyPriceLink, the dealer parts site family, and other OEM parts data vendors. Method: public web pages, PDFs, SEC filings, public form definitions (field lists only), robots.txt, Wayback. I did not submit a form, sign up, log in, or use any sandbox key. "Read 2026-10-18" means the page was fetched on that date. Other dates are the page's own date. Rule: every fact has a URL and a quote. A fact with no source is UNVERIFIED. INFERRED means my deduction from cited text. Prior files checked: 08-licenses-data-oem.md, 02-vehicle-parts-identity.md (and 01, 03 where they make the same claims). ## Top 8 findings (read these first) 1. **The MOTOR collision-estimate ban is real text, but file 08 mis-scoped it.** It is in an END-USER flow-down that RevolutionParts sellers accept. MOTOR's own standard End User Terms on motor.com do not contain it. 2. **The bigger MOTOR blocker is a CCC exclusive.** CCC's filed contract (EX-10.16, 2002) gave CCC an exclusive US license to the MOTOR collision estimating database. MOTOR promised not to sign new licenses of it with anyone else "for collision estimating purposes" (existing VAR deals excepted). The term auto-renews to 2031-06-30 unless a party gave 2 years notice. Current status is not public. 3. **MOTOR still sells collision estimating itself.** e-Tech Crash Estimating page is gone (HTTP 404), but MOTOR's sales form still lists "E-Tech Crash Estimating". MOTOR also powers CCC ONE. Revv competes with both. 4. **GEN5 is not a full collision parts catalog.** It covers "over 600 part types". MOTOR's collision estimating database had "Over 1.9 million unique part numbers" (2016). Some GEN5 prices are Canadian dollars. 5. **GM and Ford collision list prices cannot come from any static file.** OEC: "select collision parts (MyPriceLink Parts) will be shown with a $0 list price". The only licensed route is a live MyPriceLink integration agreement with OEC, which sells a competing product (EstimateIQ). 6. **Auto Care VCdb license blocks SaaS display.** The standard license (2025-02-28) lets you distribute derived output only to users who are "themselves an independent Subscriber". Revv needs a separate solution-provider license. Its price and terms are not public. 7. **Infomedia is weaker than file 08 said.** The API directory's Americas filter does not list Parts API or Parts Validation API. The Infomedia EULA (July 2026) bans any use "related to the development, implementation, use, training or deployment of machine learning or AI systems". 8. **The dealer parts sites are one South El Monte group under 6 company names, with no data program and active bot controls.** Their own pages give 2 different catalog sources ("offered by a third party" and "provided by the manufacturer"). No data right exists there. ## (a) Claims check | # | Prior claim (file) | Label | Evidence (quote, URL, date read) | |---|---|---|---| | C1 | MOTOR end-user terms ban use "to facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates" (08) | CONFIRMED (text). Scope CORRECTED | "(iii) use the Databases to facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates". Parties: "YOU, THE END-USER ... AND MOTOR". https://www.revolutionparts.com/data-terms/ (read 2026-10-18). It binds users of a host site, not a direct licensee. See 1.1 | | C2 | The clause is MOTOR's standard for parts licenses (08 open item 2) | CONTRADICTED for MOTOR's published text | MOTOR's own "End User Terms" list 7 restrictions and no collision clause. https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C3 | Whether MOTOR sells collision-estimating use to a new entrant is unknown (08) | UNVERIFIED, risk raised to HIGH | CCC-MOTOR contract §11(a): MOTOR "will not (i) enter into new Database license agreements with any other entity ... for collision estimating purposes". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000091205702011637/a2073198zex-10_16.txt (filed 2002-03-26, read 2026-10-18) | | C4 | MOTOR sandbox terms are at motor.com/daas-sandbox-terms-conditions (08) | CONTRADICTED (URL) | That URL returns "HTTP/2 301 ... location: /privacy-policy/". The same text now sits on https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C5 | DaaS fees: annual Subscription Fee + End User Fees, 3-year term, "may be subject to OEM approval" (08) | CONFIRMED | Same text on https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C6 | DaaS package fees "preclude ... parts e-commerce applications" (08) | CONFIRMED, scope note | The sentence applies to "the Estimating and Quick Service DaaS packages". It is not a ban on all MOTOR licenses | | C7 | GEN5 kit has OEM part numbers and MSRP (02, 08) | CONFIRMED with limits | "over 600 part types"; "Canadian MSRP will be provided in the event that a US price is not available". GEN5 CDK v2 2025-07-23 | | C8 | MOTOR GEN5 is "the real licensed route for OEM list prices" (02) | PARTLY CONTRADICTED | Subset of parts (C7). GM/Ford MyPriceLink parts are $0 in OEM files (C10). Collision estimating rights unclear (C3) | | C9 | GM collision prices are "$0.00 in distributor data after 2015-12-01", cited to the GEN5 kit (02) | Fact CONFIRMED. Citation WRONG | GEN5 and GEN4.5 CDKs do not say this (read in full 2026-10-18). OEC does: "select collision parts (MyPriceLink Parts) will be shown with a $0 list price". https://oeconnection.com/products/mypricelink/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C10 | GM on MyPriceLink from 2015-12-01, Ford from Q4 2018, no later update (02) | CONFIRMED. Other OEMs UNVERIFIED | OEC page live 2026-10-18. Only GM and Ford are named. RDN 2018-10-01 for Ford | | C11 | e-Tech Crash Estimating page 404 (01) | CONFIRMED. Product status UNVERIFIED | Live URL HTTP 404 (2026-10-18). MOTOR HubSpot form 269c3500-... still lists "E-Tech Crash Estimating" (public JSON, read 2026-10-18) | | C12 | MOTOR rate limit "1500 requests per 15 minutes" (08) | CONFIRMED | DaaS Handbook PDF (©2016, 2025) | | C13 | MOTOR contact form fields (08) | CONFIRMED | Portal 44429135, forms 0a799271-..., 269c3500-... (read 2026-10-18) | | C14 | MOTOR OEM license numbers on Car-Part page (08) | CONFIRMED | GM "License Agreement #2310717", Honda "16203AH", Hyundai "HMA13004", Nissan "MNA15007", Toyota "TMS1008", VW "12500VWA". https://www.car-part.com/copy (read 2026-10-18) | | C15 | "A subscription to ACES is required" for GEN5 (08) | CONFIRMED | GEN5 CDK and GEN5 Extended CDK, both 2025 | | C16 | VCdb Level 1: $3,150 member, $4,410 non-member, 12 months; includes PCdb and Qdb (08) | CONFIRMED, incomplete | Also includes Brand Table. Cheaper route: dues $1,125 + Entry Package $2,500 = $3,625. https://www.autocare.org/data-standards/subscriptions (read 2026-10-18). New blocker: license §2.2 (section 2) | | C17 | Auto Care price has no effective date (08) | CONFIRMED | Same prices in Wayback 2025-06-24 and 2026-01-15 (agent read) | | C18 | Infomedia Parts API names estimating use (08) | CONFIRMED | "Parts API can be used by estimation systems to validate parts and pricing for insurance claim estimates." https://ifmamericas.com/apis/parts-api/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C19 | Infomedia US coverage of Parts API unknown (08) | Evidence AGAINST (still UNVERIFIED) | https://ifmamericas.com/apis/?region=americas returns only "Order API", "Service & Repairs (OMNI) API", "Service & Repairs API", "VIN API" (read 2026-10-18) | | C20 | Infomedia is "worth one sales call next to MOTOR" (08) | WEAKENED | EULA 3.5(b) AI ban and 3.5(f) third-party access ban. https://ifmamericas.com/legal/eula/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C21 | SimplePart "Join 19 OEMs" (08) | CONFIRMED (nav text). Page lists 17 programs | https://ifmamericas.com/products/ecommerce/simplepart-oem-programs/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C22 | Hollander Interchange "© Claims Services Group, Inc." (08) | CONFIRMED | "Hollander Interchange is © Claims Services Group, Inc." https://www.car-part.com/copy (read 2026-10-18) | | C23 | "INTERCHANGE 89.03 RELEASED" (08) | CONFIRMED, stale | "89.03 was released on 12/14/2023." https://www.hollandersolutions.com/hollander-excellence/interchange-89-03-released/ | | C24 | FTC 2013: Hollander "licenses to third parties" (08) | CONFIRMED | FTC press release 2013-07-22. FTC letter 2013-10-22: "Solera (through Audatex) and Car-Part are the only companies that can license the Hollander Interchange." | | C25 | RevolutionParts catalog data is MOTOR (08) | CONFIRMED | ToS "4.3. MOTOR END USER LICENSE". https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-service/ ("Updated as of 11/04/22") | | C26 | RevolutionParts has no public API (08) | CONFIRMED | Page sitemap has no API or developer page. ToS 6.3 bans "data mining, robots, scraper" without written permission (read 2026-10-18) | | C27 | Dealer site operators: Genuine Parts Now, Original Parts Now, Original Parts Giant, Genuine Parts Unlimited (08) | CONFIRMED | Footers read 2026-10-18. Add: MazdaPartsNow "by Auto Parts Prime, Inc."; AcuraPartsWarehouse "by Genuine Parts Now, Inc." | | C28 | The 4 operators sit at addresses "two doors apart" (08) | PARTLY CONTRADICTED | Honda/Acura/Mazda 2500 Troy Ave and Toyota 2506 Troy Ave, South El Monte CA. Mopar: "9550 S Eastern Ave Ste 253, Las Vegas, NV 89123". GM: "3430 E Sunrise Drive Suite 180, Tucson, AZ 85718" (a virtual office per alliancevirtualoffices.com) | | C29 | Dealer site robots.txt disallows /Page_Product/ etc. (08) | CONFIRMED, incomplete | Current product pages use /genuine/...html, which is NOT disallowed. Pages carry a hidden honeypot link and a bot-detection script (section 7) | | C30 | Dealer site catalog source unknown (08) | PARTLY RESOLVED | Disclaimer: "The parts catalog is offered by a third party". Return Policy: "a general catalog provided by the manufacturer". Vendor still UNVERIFIED | | C31 | Dealer sites: no affiliate or data program (02, 08) | CONFIRMED | Only a tax-exempt business account: "submit a business account application and upload a copy of your reseller certificate" | | C32 | Privacy "Last Updated: Sept 01, 2026" (08) | CONFIRMED | Same date on all 6 sites | | C33 | PartsTech bans caching and a competing pricing database (02, 03) | CONFIRMED, plus a new exclusivity clause | "Use PartsTech as Your exclusive provider of parts catalog searching and ordering functionality for Your Application". https://partstech.com/api-agreement-terms/ (read 2026-10-18) | | C34 | "PartsTech, an OEC Company" (02) | CONFIRMED | Ratchet+Wrench Feb 2025: "OEC, maker of RepairLink, has acquired PartsTech" | | C35 | SimplePart catalog comes from MOTOR (implied in 08/02) | INFERRED, Medium | Infomedia's automaker-copyright page uses the same OEM license numbers as MOTOR's list (Honda 16203AH, Hyundai HMA13004, Nissan MNA15007, Toyota TMS1008, VW 12500VWA). https://ifmamericas.com/legal/automaker-copyright/ (agent read 2026-10-18). A VW help page snippet says data is "provided and licensed to SimplePart ... by MOTOR Information Systems" (search snippet, not opened) | ## (b) Per program: facts and numbered STEPS ## 1. MOTOR Information Systems (DaaS, GEN5 / GEN4.5 OE Parts, EWT) ### 1.1 The key claim, tested Claim in file 08: "MOTOR end-user terms on a parts site ban use 'to facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates'." Implied risk: MOTOR will not license parts data for collision estimating. | Test | Evidence (exact quote) | Source, date read | Result | |---|---|---|---| | Does the clause exist? | "(iii) use the Databases to facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates" | https://www.revolutionparts.com/data-terms/ (read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED | | Who is bound by it? | "THIS IS A LEGAL AND BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, THE END-USER ... AND MOTOR ... BY ACCESSING ANY OF THE MOTOR DATABASES VIA THIS WEB SITE OR WEB SERVICE" and "This Agreement is effective for the period of time set forth in your Agreement with the web site or web service owner hosting the DATABASES, but in no event longer than the term of the agreement between MOTOR and that web site or web service host." | same page | It binds END USERS of a host (here RevolutionParts sellers). It is not the contract between MOTOR and a direct licensee. | | How RevolutionParts flows it down | "4.3. MOTOR END USER LICENSE. The Third-Party Services may also include access to ... the Motor Information Systems motor databases ... As a condition of accessing the RP Marketplace Services ... you expressly agree to be bound by the terms of the End-User Terms of Use" | https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-service/ ("Updated as of 11/04/22", read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED. Flow-down to dealer customers. | | Is the clause in MOTOR's own standard end-user text? | MOTOR's own "End User Terms" on motor.com list 7 restrictions (copy, derivative work, distribute, publications, download, remove notices, reverse engineer). There is NO collision-estimate clause. Grant: "on a vehicle-by-vehicle look-up basis." | https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ (the old URL /daas-sandbox-terms-conditions/ now 301-redirects here; read 2026-10-18) | CONTRADICTS "standard MOTOR term". The clause is in the parts e-commerce variant only, as far as public text shows. | | Does MOTOR license data to collision estimating products? | CCC 2005 10-K: "CCC Pathways gives customers access to the MOTOR Crash Estimating Guides ... An exclusive license from Hearst that expires in 2021 permits us to publish these guides electronically". 1998: "a 20-year agreement in which Motor will continue as CCC's exclusive collision database provider". CCC partner page today: "CCC integrates MOTOR's trusted OEM parts and labor data directly into CCC ONE". | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000101540205001343/body.htm (filed 2005) · https://www.propertyandcasualty.com/doc/ccc-and-motor-information-systems-in-long-ter-0001 (1998-09-03) · https://www.cccis.com/partners/motor (undated, read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED for CCC. Exclusivity after 2021: UNVERIFIED. | | The CCC-MOTOR contract itself (public SEC exhibit) | "AMENDED AND RESTATED MOTOR CRASH ESTIMATING GUIDES DATABASE LICENSE AGREEMENT ... entered into as of January 1, 2002". §1(a): "Licensor hereby grants Licensee an exclusive license ... to use the Database described in Schedule A, within the Territory" (Territory = "United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and ... the Caribbean"). §11(a): MOTOR "will not (i) enter into new Database license agreements with any other entity, including but not limited to other VARS in the Territory for collision estimating purposes as distinguished from mechanical estimating purposes ... or (ii) develop or acquire ... its own estimating software product to compete with the Software within the Territory." §8: term "will expire on June 30, 2021" and "shall be automatically renewed thereafter for two (2) successive renewal periods of five (5) years (sixty months) each, unless either party gives written notice ... at least two (2) years (twenty-four months) prior to the expiration". | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000091205702011637/a2073198zex-10_16.txt (EX-10.16 to CCC 10-K filed 2002-03-26; read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED as of 2002. If never terminated, the renewals run to 2026-06-30 and then 2031-06-30. Current status, amendments and Schedule A scope: UNVERIFIED (schedules not filed). This is the most likely reason the no-collision-estimate clause exists. | | MOTOR's own estimating product | "MOTOR e-Tech Crash Estimating empowers repair shops with the most accurate estimates" ... "24M+ Annual Collision Estimates Derived Using MOTOR Data" | Wayback 2025-08-04: http://web.archive.org/web/20250804185542/https://www.motor.com/products-services/software-applications/e-tech-crash-estimating/ . Live URL is HTTP 404 (read 2026-10-18). The live Service & Repair page still links it: "Crash Estimating Data offers comprehensive information for accurate collision repair estimates." The live HubSpot form still lists "E-Tech Crash Estimating" as a product option. | Product page gone. Product status UNVERIFIED. | | Matco | "MOTOR's Crash Estimating Data products join this lineup of solutions sold by Matco distributors." (2020-07-23). "MOTOR e-Estimating and Chek-Lube join the lineup of MOTOR products now sold exclusively by Matco Tools!" (2020-08-12) | https://legacy-www.motor.com/2020/07/matco-now-selling-motor-crash-estimating-data/ · https://www.motor.com/2020/08/matco-now-selling-motor-e-estimating-chek-lube/ (read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED for 2020. Current status UNVERIFIED. Matco is a reseller of MOTOR's own product, not a licensee that builds on MOTOR data. | | Other third-party collision use of MOTOR parts prices | Car-Part CrashLink: "CrashLink helps you quickly access OEM pricing information that you used to spend time looking for in crash catalogs. Using Motor® data, CrashLink ... provides you with list price history, application information, and part diagrams." | https://products.car-part.com/crashlink/details.html (read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED. MOTOR licenses collision OE list prices to at least one non-CCC third party (recycler tool, not an estimating system). | | Does MOTOR market parts data for estimates? | MOTOR Parts sheet (©2025): "Popular Uses ... Facilitate the sale of OEM parts • Generate a precise repair estimate • Validate cost of repair". 2018 GEN5 sheet said: "Generate a precise mechanical repair estimate or related invoices for mechanical repairs". Technology Providers page: "datasets for creating repair estimates". | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MOTOR_Parts.pdf · https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/data-licensing-gen5-mechanical-collision-product-description.pdf (v2.0 07/2018) · https://www.motor.com/who-we-serve/technology-providers/ (read 2026-10-18) | CONFIRMED that MOTOR markets parts data for estimates. The 2018 sheet limits it to "mechanical". The 2025 sheet does not say "collision". Collision estimating rights for a new licensee: UNVERIFIED. | Verdict: The claim is true as text, but file 08 mis-scoped it. The clause is a flow-down to users of a parts e-commerce host, not the direct-license contract. The real blocker is bigger and sits one level up: 1. CCC held, at least from 1998 to 2021, an EXCLUSIVE US license to the MOTOR collision estimating database. In §11(a) MOTOR promised not to license that database to anyone else "for collision estimating purposes". Default auto-renewal runs to 2031-06-30. Current status is not public. 2. The exclusivity in the filed text covers "the Database" (MOTOR Crash Estimating Guides data in Schedule A). Whether it also covers GEN5 / Parts MSRP data is not public. MOTOR's parts e-commerce end-user text bans collision-estimate use anyway. This suggests MOTOR applies the limit to parts data too. 3. MOTOR has its own collision product (e-Tech Crash Estimating) and supplies CCC. Revv competes with both. 4. Practical reading: expect MOTOR to refuse, or to limit Revv to "validate" or "parts ordering" uses, unless MOTOR states in writing that collision estimating and supplement use is permitted. Get that statement before any spend. ### 1.2 What the public kits actually contain (break the "GEN5 = all collision parts" idea) | Kit | Exact scope quote | Source | Gap for Revv | |---|---|---|---| | GEN5 Collision & Mechanical OE Parts for eCommerce (v2, 2025-07-23) | "contains the OE part number and applications for over 600 part types" ... "part pricing and part supersession data". "A subscription to ACES is required to download the vehicle and part classification data". "QDB is not used for this dataset". | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOTOR_Gen5_Collision_Mechanical_OEParts_eCommerce_ContentDevKit.pdf | 600 part types only. 2018 sheet: "Over 4000 of the most commonly replaced parts". MOTOR's collision estimating database had "Over 1.9 million unique part numbers" (CareersAtMOTOR.pdf, 2016). GEN5 is a subset. | | GEN5 price field | "While a majority of the prices reported reflect US market Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP), Canadian MSRP will be provided in the event that a US price is not available, and will be reported in Canadian dollars." | same | Some prices are CAD. Filter by Country. | | GEN4.5 Collision OE Parts (v3, 2025-08-27) | "Each record ... represents a unique vehicle application of the estimating data." Fields: CollisionEstimatingID, IllustrationCode, Motor_DB_ArtCallOutID. Price: "Legacy OE MSRP price field. The data is now contained in a separate part pricing delivery." Coverage "1984 to current". | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOTOR_Gen45_Collision_Oe_Parts_ContentDevKit.pdf | This is the collision-estimating parts set with art call-outs. Price comes as a SEPARATE delivery. Ask for both. | | VIN to VCdb (US) | "Note: MOTOR currently only supports US VINs" | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOTOR_VIN_to_VCdb_US_ContentDevKit.pdf | Kits key on VCdb Base Vehicle, not VIN. Revv needs this kit or another VIN-to-VCdb map. | | Parts Vector Illustrations w/ part numbers | "provides exploded views of vehicle parts" (SVG + ACES XML). "The data does contain any part quantities. The Qty elements ... do not contain any values." | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOTOR_Collison_Mechanical_PVI_PartNumber_ContentDevKit.pdf | No quantities. | | DaaS REST | "Each user access token is granted 1500 requests per 15 minutes." DaaS content example lists "Mechanical Repair Parts (GEN5)". Keys: "Both keys will be sent from National Accounts Service to new DaaS customers." | https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOTOR_-DaaS_Data_as_a_Service_Development_Handbook.pdf | Whether collision parts are on DaaS (not only files): UNVERIFIED. | | GM collision price | File 02 says GM collision prices are "$0.00 in distributor data after 2015-12-01" and cites the GEN5 kit. | I read the full GEN5 and GEN4.5 kits (2026-10-18). Neither says this. | UNVERIFIED. The cited source does not support it. | ### 1.3 MOTOR STEPS (first contact to live) | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Read the CDKs: GEN4.5 Collision OE Parts (+PCdb), GEN5 eCommerce, VIN to VCdb US, PVI | Revv | Nothing | Field list and gaps | $0 | 1 day | https://www.motor.com/developer-hub/ | CONFIRMED (public PDFs) | | 2 | Optional: test the DaaS sandbox with the public keys | Revv engineer | Accepting sandbox terms by use | Test calls on "a limited static set of data, which may not be current" | $0 | Days | https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ (sandbox terms section) | CONFIRMED. Terms: "solely for internal evaluation purposes"; "May not be republished"; no press release | | 3 | Submit "Get Started" / contact form or call | Revv founder | First/last name, business email, phone, company, business type ("Technology Provider"), country. Optional product ("Database Licensing", "DaaS Packages", "E-Tech Crash Estimating", etc.) and message | Sales lead | $0 | UNVERIFIED | HubSpot portal 44429135, forms 0a799271-..., 269c3500-... (public JSON read 2026-10-18); phone 800-426-6867 option 0 "National Accounts ... Technology Providers" (https://www.motor.com/sales/) | CONFIRMED (fields) | | 4 | Discovery call: state the use case in writing (collision estimating + supplements, AI, shop-facing) | MOTOR National Accounts | Use case, users/locations count, delivery (files vs DaaS), OEM makes, display vs internal AI use | Scoped use case | $0 | UNVERIFIED | "Please contact us for information on fees for additional use cases or additional data." (https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/) | INFERRED | | 5 | MOTOR checks OEM approval for the use case | MOTOR + each OEM licensor | Use-case description (likely) | Approval or exclusion per OEM | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | "Fees are an estimate only ... and may be subject to OEM approval." (same page) | CONFIRMED that approval can apply. Process UNVERIFIED | | 6 | Receive written proposal | MOTOR Account Representative | UNVERIFIED | Proposal: annual Subscription Fee + End User Fees | Not public | UNVERIFIED | "Fees may be confirmed in a written proposal upon discussion with a MOTOR Account Representative." | CONFIRMED | | 7 | Buy Auto Care VCdb/PCdb (needed to decode ACES kits) | Revv | See section 2 | VCdb/PCdb files | See section 2 | See section 2 | GEN5 kit: "A subscription to ACES is required" | CONFIRMED | | 8 | Sign license (and any NDA, security addendum) | Revv + MOTOR legal (Hearst) | Legal entity details, signatory. NDA/security: UNVERIFIED | Signed license | Annual fee + per-location/device/user fees | UNVERIFIED | "Fees represent a three-year agreement to license MOTOR Database(s), which may include additional fees and annual increases." | CONFIRMED (3-year term). Other terms UNVERIFIED | | 9 | Receive production credentials or file delivery | MOTOR National Accounts / accountservices@motor.com | Signed license | Public + private API key, or file feed | Included | UNVERIFIED | "Both keys will be sent from National Accounts Service to new DaaS customers." (DaaS Handbook) | CONFIRMED | | 10 | Build: VIN -> VCdb -> part application -> price; show OEM copyright notices | Revv | n/a | Live feature | Engineering | Weeks | Car-Part shows the OEM notices it must carry for MOTOR data, e.g. GM "License Agreement #2310717", Honda "cannot be reproduced without the prior written consent" (https://www.car-part.com/copy) | INFERRED (notice duty is likely, exact duty UNVERIFIED) | | 11 | Report end-user counts, pay annual fees and increases | Revv | Location/device/user counts | Continued license | Per proposal | Yearly | "End User Fees (based on the number of locations or devices or users utilizing the data)" | CONFIRMED | | 12 | Termination / OEM drop risk | MOTOR | n/a | Loss of a make's data | n/a | Any time | "MOTOR in its sole judgment shall be entitled to discontinue providing any OEM proprietary data ... in the event any OEM imposes commercially unreasonable fees or restrictions" (revolutionparts.com/data-terms). Subaru gap 2023 (RDN 2023-12-14) | CONFIRMED (end-user text). Direct-license wording UNVERIFIED | ## 2. Auto Care Association (ACES / VCdb / PCdb / PIES) Grantor: Auto Care Association, Bethesda, MD. License: "Technology Product License Agreement", dated February 28, 2025 (7 pages, text is in images; read from rendered pages). https://www.autocare.org/docs/default-source/data-standards/technology-license-agreement_02282025.pdf ### 2.1 Facts | Fact | Exact quote | Source (read 2026-10-18) | |---|---|---| | Term | "All Auto Care technology product subscriptions are for 12 months and must be renewed on an annual basis" | https://www.autocare.org/data-standards/subscriptions | | Software vendors | "Attention Software and Solution Providers! Want to learn about how you can license and integrate the ACES and PIES data standards and their supporting databases into your products and services? contact us" (mailto technology@autocare.org) | same | | VCdb bundle | "A subscription to the Vehicle Configuration database (VCdb) automatically provides access to the Qualifier database (Qdb), Product Classification database (PCdb) and Brand Table." | same | | Entry package | "For member companies under $1 Million in global revenue ... Member Cost: $2,500 ... Databases Included: VCdb, Qdb, PCdb, PAdb, and Brand Table" | same | | VCdb price L1 (<$1M revenue) | $3,150 member, $4,410 non-member. L2 ($1-2M) $3,675 / $5,145. L3 ($2.01-5M) $4,200 / $5,880 | same | | Membership dues L1 | "Level 1 Membership Dues: $1,125" (Wayback 2025-05-20 showed $1,100) | https://www.autocare.org/membership | | Eligibility | "primarily engaged in the manufacture, supply, distribution or sale of parts ... or in providing management, marketing or other business services to the auto care industry" | same. Revv fit under "business services": INFERRED | | Activation | "Access ... will be active as soon as (not before) Auto Care processes your payment" | subscriptions page | | Internal use only | "'Internal Business Use' means use ... within the Subscriber's business or organization by Authorized Users only and expressly excludes commercial use." | license PDF §1 | | Derivative Works | "any databases, software programs or applications ... based on or incorporate any part of the Auto Care Licensed Property ... and all information, output ... derived from" it | license PDF §1 | | Distribution | "distribute Auto Care Licensed Property and the Derivative Works ... only to Authorized Users for their Internal Business Use only ... provided that each Authorized User to whom such works are distributed by Distributing Subscriber is themselves an independent Subscriber in good standing." | license PDF §2.2 | | Third party | "'Third Party' means any person or entity that is not a party to this Agreement, including clients, end users, contractors, and Receivers." | license PDF §1 | | Audit | "Within seven (7) days of receiving Auto Care's written request, Subscriber will provide a full and accurate report that identifies all users" | license PDF §5 | | Separate developer terms | "renewed after the Term by agreeing to Auto Care's current terms and conditions of the Subscription for Non-Software Developers" | license PDF §9. The software-developer version is not public | | Change | "Auto Care reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement ... at any time" | license PDF §18 | | Law, cap | Maryland law, AAA arbitration in Maryland, liability cap $5,000 | license PDF | | AI clause | None found | license PDF | | Third-party note (not Auto Care) | 2025-03-11: "ACA ... verbally confirmed that anyone receiving product data not encoded in ACES/PIES XML does not require a license." 2025-05-15: "industry Service Provider Task Force ... licensing recommendations to ACA by September 2025." No published result found | https://pdmautomotive.com/understanding-acas-new-licensing-changes-and-what-they-mean-for-pdm-users/ | ### 2.2 Auto Care STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Email technology@autocare.org: ask for the software/solution-provider license | Revv founder | Use case: SaaS for collision shops that decodes MOTOR ACES IDs and shows names to shops | Terms and price | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | subscriptions page ("Attention Software and Solution Providers!") | CONFIRMED route. Outcome UNVERIFIED | | 2 | Create an autocare.org profile | Revv | Email, password | Login for autocarevip.com | $0 | Minutes | VCdb page: "Access to the VIP site does not require a paid subscription" | CONFIRMED | | 3 | Optional: join as a member | Revv | Global revenue level; other fields behind login | Member rates | $1,125/yr at L1 | UNVERIFIED | https://my.autocare.org/become-a-member | CONFIRMED price | | 4 | Order Entry Package (member) or VCdb L1 | Revv | Revenue level, payment | Receipt | $2,500 / $3,150 / $4,410 | Starts when payment clears | subscriptions page | CONFIRMED | | 5 | Accept the Technology Product License Agreement | Revv signatory | "true information" on the Application form | 12-month term | Included | At order | license PDF | CONFIRMED | | 6 | Download VCdb, PCdb, Qdb, Brand Table (files or JSON API) | Revv | VIP login | Data | Included | After payment | subscriptions page ("JSON (API), JSON, Microsoft Access 2007, SQL Server 2008 R2, MYSQL") | CONFIRMED | | 7 | Before any shop sees decoded data: get the provider license signed (step 1) | Revv + Auto Care | Per step 1 | Right to show output to non-subscribers | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | license §2.2 | INFERRED as mandatory | | 8 | Renew yearly. Answer audits in 7 days | Revv | User list | Continued use | Same fee | Yearly | license §5 | CONFIRMED | ## 3. Infomedia (Parts API, Microcat, SimplePart) Status: Infomedia was taken private by TPG. Key dates page: scheme implemented and delisted 3 December 2025 (https://ifmamericas.com/sia-scheme-overview/ ; ASX notice https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20251203/pdf/06swk9s8f6hr8s.pdf). FY25 Annual Report: "Americas (USD) 30,807 32,460 -5.1%" (https://www.infomedia.com.au/content/uploads/FY25-Annual-Report.pdf). ### 3.1 Facts | Fact | Exact quote | Source (read 2026-10-18) | |---|---|---| | Parts API audience | "For OEMs, dealers and authorized partners with parts and service applications that require accurate, vehicle-specific parts information." | https://ifmamericas.com/apis/parts-api/ | | Estimating use named | "Insurance companies: Parts API can be used by estimation systems to validate parts and pricing for insurance claim estimates." | same | | Parts Validation API | "Repair estimating providers: An estimating platform can validate the parts listed in a repair estimate against the vehicle VIN." | https://ifmamericas.com/apis/parts-validation-api/ | | Americas filter | Shows only Order API, Service & Repairs (OMNI) API, Service & Repairs API, VIN API | https://ifmamericas.com/apis/?region=americas (I re-checked 2026-10-18) | | Developer portal | developer.infomedia.com.au did not resolve. No public docs, keys, sandbox | agent check 2026-10-18 | | EULA AI ban | "(b) use the Service(s), Information or Infomedia's Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever related to the development, implementation, use, training or deployment of machine learning or AI systems whether public or private;" | https://ifmamericas.com/legal/eula/ ("Last updated: July 2026"; I re-checked the clause) | | EULA third-party ban | "(f) lend, sub-licence, loan, pledge rights to or grant access to the Service(s) or the Information to any third party whatsoever;" | same | | Subscription terms | "Authorised Purpose means the Customer's internal business use"; 3.2.5 no "resell, pass-through, sub-licence ... or re-brand" | https://ifmamericas.com/legal/subscription-product-terms-and-conditions/ | | Website terms | "No text or data mining, or web scraping ... including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models." (last modified September 2026) | Infomedia website terms (agent read; exact URL not captured) | | Competing product | Microcat AI "automatically validates part numbers in repair estimates and parts orders ... including from CCC, OPSTrax, CollisionLink, RepairLink, PartsTrader" | https://ifmamericas.com/products/parts/microcat-ai-collision-parts-ordering/ | | SimplePart US OEM programs | US: Audi, Mopar, Kia, Lotus, Mazda, Subaru, Volvo, VW | https://ifmamericas.com/products/ecommerce/simplepart-oem-programs/ | | Partner program | "Infomedia's Partner Program brings together leading integrations and data partners". Lists PartsTrader, OEC and others. No public application | https://ifmamericas.com/partners/ | | Contact form fields | "Type of enquiry: Sales / Training (Online) / Training (On-site) / Careers"; "First Name*, Last Name*, Company Name*, Job Title, Email*, Phone Number, Region*, Products of Interest, How can we help?*" | https://ifmamericas.com/contact/ | ### 3.2 Infomedia STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Submit a Sales enquiry (Region "Americas", product "Parts") or call +1 888 843 0425 | Revv founder | Fields in 3.1 | Sales contact | $0 | UNVERIFIED | https://ifmamericas.com/contact/ | CONFIRMED form (not submitted) | | 2 | Ask if Parts API / Parts Validation API cover US makes, and which | Revv | VIN test list, makes | Coverage answer | $0 | UNVERIFIED | Americas filter (3.1) | UNVERIFIED | | 3 | Apply for "authorized partner" status | Revv | Use case, volumes | Partner terms | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | API pages | INFERRED | | 4 | Negotiate an agreement that overrides EULA 3.5(b) (AI) and 3.5(f) (third-party access) | Revv counsel + legal@infomedia.com.au | Redlines | Signed agreement | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | EULA | INFERRED as mandatory | | 5 | Meet Infomedia security terms | Revv | Pen-test evidence ("at least once a year"), security contact | Compliance | Engineering cost | UNVERIFIED | Infomedia infosec terms (security@infomedia.com.au) | INFERRED | | 6 | Get credentials. Integrate VIN API, then Parts or Validation API | Revv | Unknown | VID, validation | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | API pages | UNVERIFIED | ## 4. Hollander Interchange (Solera) | Fact | Exact quote | Source | |---|---|---| | Copyright | "Hollander Interchange is © Claims Services Group, Inc." ... "contains material that is reproduced and distributed under a license from Ford Motor Company. No further reproduction or distribution of the Ford Motor Company material is allowed without the express written permission of Ford Motor Company." | https://www.car-part.com/copy (read 2026-10-18) | | Operator | "© 2026 Hollander, LLC." "1500 Solana Blvd. Building #6 Suite 6300 Westlake, TX 76262". "800-825-0092". "sales@hollanderparts.com" | https://www.hollandersolutions.com/ (read 2026-10-18) | | Formats | "available in traditional printed format, as a downloadable database file, and integrated into Hollander's ... Powerlink yard management system and EDEN parts-locating network." | https://www.hollandersolutions.com/products/ | | Competing product | "PartsNetwork is a web-based solution that provides insurance adjusters and collision repair centers an automated process for finding, pricing and purchasing alternative ... parts." | same | | Who can license | "Solera (through Audatex) and Car-Part are the only companies that can license the Hollander Interchange." | FTC letter 2013-10-22, https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/131024soleraletterbai.pdf | | Car-Part's own ban | "You are not permitted to use Car-Part's Automotive Intelligence except as it is integrated" into Car-Part products. Automotive Intelligence includes "the Hollander Interchange" | https://www.car-part.com/copy | | Site terms | "will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means" ("Effective 01 15 13 (07 29 2013 update)") | https://www.hollanderparts.com/Terms | | Sales form | Fields: First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Job Role, Company, State, Zip Code, Product Interest, Business Type, consent. Business Type has no software-vendor option | https://www.hollandersolutions.com/hollander-contact-us/ (public HTML) | | Not found | Any API, data-partner program, price, estimating-use clause | agent check 2026-10-18 | ### Hollander STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Call 800-825-0092 option 4 or use the sales form (Product Interest "Hollander Interchange", Business Type "Other") | Revv | Form fields above | Sales contact | $0 | UNVERIFIED | contact page | CONFIRMED form (not submitted) | | 2 | Ask for a commercial license of the downloadable Interchange for a SaaS estimating product | Revv | Use case, users, display scope, AI use | Quote | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | products page | INFERRED | | 3 | If Solera refuses, ask Car-Part.com (the only other licensor per FTC) | Revv | Same | Quote or refusal | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | FTC 2013 letter; Car-Part ban above | INFERRED. Car-Part terms point to refusal | | 4 | Clear the Ford material separately if Ford parts are in scope | Revv + Ford | Written request | Ford permission | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Ford notice above | CONFIRMED that permission is needed. Contact UNVERIFIED | Note: Interchange maps recycled-part interchangeability. It does not give OEM list prices. It matters to Revv only for recycled (LKQ) part options. ## 5. RevolutionParts | Field | Finding (exact quote) | Source, date read | |---|---|---| | Entity | RevolutionParts, Inc. Office "58 S. River Dr, Suite 101 Tempe, AZ 85288", phone "(888) 348-1699" | https://www.revolutionparts.com/referral-partner-program/ footer (read 2026-10-18) | | Customer contract | "Terms of Service - Updated as of 11/04/22". Customers are sellers (dealers, retailers, manufacturers). | https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-service/ (read 2026-10-18) | | Catalog source | "4.3. MOTOR END USER LICENSE ... access to and the right to limited use of the Motor Information Systems motor databases ... which is incorporated into the RP Marketplace Services and provides access to a vehicle-by-vehicle part look-up catalogue." Also: "Only authorized Sellers using the RevolutionParts Services and RP Marketplace have access to specific OEM catalog data, subject to ... end user license restrictions" | same | | Scraping ban | "Unless you have written permission from RevolutionParts stating otherwise, you shall not ... 6.3. To use any data mining, robots, scraper or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with RevolutionParts' Website or the Services" | same | | Website content | "You may not otherwise use, copy, modify, distribute, mirror, republish or transmit any of the content ... without the prior written consent of Company." | https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-use/ (read 2026-10-18) | | robots.txt | "Disallow: /*?" and "Crawl-delay: 3" | https://www.revolutionparts.com/robots.txt (read 2026-10-18) | | Partner programs | Page sitemap lists /referral-partner-program/, /partnerreferral/, /referral-program/. The referral page is a lead form ("Referral Successfully Received", "SIGN-UP ANOTHER!"). No API, data, or developer program page in the sitemap. | https://www.revolutionparts.com/page-sitemap.xml (read 2026-10-18) | | Fit for Revv | None as a data source. A referral deal pays for sending dealers. It gives no data rights. Any data Revv got through a RevolutionParts seller is under the MOTOR end-user text with the collision-estimate ban. | inference from the above | ### RevolutionParts STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Do not scrape RevolutionParts-powered dealer sites | Revv | n/a | No breach | $0 | n/a | ToS 6.3 (above) | CONFIRMED | | 2 | If a referral deal has value, submit the referral partner form | Revv | Form fields UNVERIFIED | Referral relationship | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | https://www.revolutionparts.com/referral-partner-program/ | CONFIRMED (form exists) | | 3 | For data, go to MOTOR directly (section 1). RevolutionParts cannot sublicense MOTOR data to Revv | Revv | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | MOTOR end-user text: "(iv) lease, license, sell, or otherwise ... distribute ... to third parties" banned | CONFIRMED | ## 6. OEC MyPriceLink (GM and Ford collision list prices) ### 6.1 Facts | Fact | Exact quote | Source | |---|---|---| | What it is | "Our patented technology delivers manufacturer suggested list price across the entire collision industry, while controlling who receives it and why." | https://oeconnection.com/products/mypricelink/ (read 2026-10-18) | | $0 in files | "Monthly price files will still be issued, including all genuine OEM parts; select collision parts (MyPriceLink Parts) will be shown with a $0 list price" | same (I re-checked 2026-10-18) | | Price is per estimate | "MyPriceLink enables real-time pricing to be generated up front at the time the estimate is written." Vehicle and payer fields change the price | same | | Integrated systems | "Connect seamlessly with Audatex, CCC ONE, Comp-Est, Mitchell, and Web-Est" | same | | Estimating vendors sign an agreement | GM's John Eck: "At that point in time CCC had not executed an MPL (MyPriceLink) integration agreement ... Now that they have executed the agreement, users of their platform will get MPL list price" | https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2015/11/25/ccc-collisionlink-account-no-longer-necessary-to-use-gms-mypricelink-on-ccc-one/ | | 2015 cache rule at CCC | "CCC ONE will also for 60 days keep the last known price for MyPriceLink parts ... After that, GM parts prices will appear as $0.00." | same (2015; current rule UNVERIFIED) | | GM scope 2015 | "GM has about 92,000 collision parts in its portfolio, and only 7,000-8,000 were identified as 'highly competitive parts'" | https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2015/10/08/gm-mypricelink-to-start-flowing-dynamic-list-prices-through-ips-dec-1/ | | Ford reason | MyPriceLink let Ford "protect the information to a greater degree ... The 'price tape' was available to too wide an audience" | https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2018/10/01/ford-mypricelink-integration-target-nov-1-price-changes-more-dynamic-than-once-a-month/ | | Shop fallback | "If a shop uses a system that is not integrated, they can use CollisionLink Shop to view MyPriceLink prices either by having their estimates imported or by using the MyPriceLink Price Look-up Tool." | OEC MyPriceLink page | | Owner | "Francisco Partners ... has agreed to acquire OEConnection LLC ... from Genstar Capital"; "Genstar, Ford, and General Motors will remain minority investors" | https://www.franciscopartners.com/media/francisco-partners-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-oeconnection-from-genstar-capital (2025-11-11). Close: INFERRED from a Goodwin Aug 2026 note | | Competing product | EstimateIQ "analyzes your estimate line by line in real-time, suggesting relevant operations and procedures you might have missed"; "reducing supplements" | https://oeconnection.com/products/estimateiq/ (read 2026-10-18) | | Public API program | None found on the OEC site | agent check 2026-10-18 | How non-MPL OEM prices reach estimating systems: by OEM data licenses to each information provider. Subaru: "Such data may be granted for use through authorized channels pursuant to the terms of SOA's standard form of License Agreement." (RDN 2023-12-14). Mitchell on Nissan: "Recently Nissan updated their data license agreements" (RDN 2021-07-12). ### 6.2 OEC MyPriceLink STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Call OEC Sales 888-776-5792 ext. 3. Ask for an MPL estimating-system integration agreement | Revv founder | Entity, product, estimate volume | Sales contact | $0 | UNVERIFIED | https://oeconnection.com/products/mypricelink/ | Contact CONFIRMED. Program for new vendors UNVERIFIED | | 2 | NDA + MPL integration agreement. Expect GM and Ford sign-off | OEC, GM, Ford | Entity, likely security review | Agreement, API spec | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED. GM rollout to CCC took about 1 year in 2015 | RDN 2015-11-25 | Agreement type CONFIRMED (CCC). OEM approval INFERRED | | 3 | Build the live quote call: VIN, payer, estimate ID; store the quote ID per line | Revv | Vehicle + payer data | Live list price per line | Engineering | Weeks | OEC FAQ (vehicle/payer, quote created on save) | INFERRED | | 4 | Pilot with GM and Ford dealers | OEC, dealers | Test estimates | Certification | UNVERIFIED | GM pilots ran about 4 months in 2015 | https://fenderbender.com/news/article/55049085/ | INFERRED | | 5 | No-agreement fallback: each shop uses free CollisionLink Shop | Each shop | Free account | Price inside OEC UI only | $0 to shop | Days | https://oeconnection.com/products/collisionlink-shop/ ("available to repair facilities at no charge") | CONFIRMED. Revv reuse of those prices: UNVERIFIED (CollisionLink Shop terms not read) | ## 7. Dealer parts site family Sites read 2026-10-18 with a browser user agent. Legal pages are the same on all 6 (Sales Policy about 1,830 words, Privacy 2,446 words, Return 1,659 words, compared with brand names removed). ### 7.1 Operators | Site | Footer operator (exact) | Address | Phone | |---|---|---|---| | hondapartsnow.com | "HondaPartsNow.com by Genuine Parts Now, Inc." | 2500 Troy Ave, South El Monte, CA 91733 | 1-888-984-2011 | | acurapartswarehouse.com | "AcuraPartsWarehouse.com by Genuine Parts Now, Inc." | 2500 Troy Ave, South El Monte, CA | 1-888-505-1906 | | toyotapartsdeal.com | "ToyotaPartsDeal.com by Original Parts Giant, Inc." | 2506 Troy Ave, South El Monte, CA | 1-888-905-9199 | | moparpartsgiant.com | "MoparPartsGiant.com by Original Parts Now, Inc." | 9550 S Eastern Ave Ste 253, Las Vegas, NV 89123 | 1-888-511-3595 | | gmpartsgiant.com | "GMPartsGiant.com by Genuine Parts Unlimited, Inc." | 3430 E Sunrise Drive Suite 180, Tucson, AZ 85718 (listed as a virtual office by alliancevirtualoffices.com) | 1-888-737-9766 | | mazdapartsnow.com | "MazdaPartsNow.com by Auto Parts Prime, Inc." | 2500 Troy Ave, South El Monte, CA | 1-888-958-4872 | Siblings confirmed by footer: LexusPartsNow, NissanPartsDeal, InfinitiPartsDeal, BMWPartsDeal (Auto Parts Prime, Inc.); ChevyPartsDeal, AutoPartsPrime.com (AutoPartsPrime.com, Inc.); FordPartsGiant, ToyotaPartsNow, JeepPartsDeal (Genuine Parts Unlimited, Inc.); HyundaiPartsDeal, KiaPartsNow, SubaruPartsDeal (Original Parts Now, Inc.). Common control evidence: same JS build "/js/*.js?v=2026101003" on all sites; one HelpDesk license "1440237084"; same hosting block (Zenlayer 23.236.112.0/20); same firewall cookie prefix "678A3E0D"; cross-link footer "Recommended sites for genuine OEM parts with great savings:". Autobest International Corporation (https://www.autobestusa.net/, "Copyright © 2016") says: "Autobest' flagship websites are located at www.AutobestUSA.com , www.HondaPartsNow.com , www.ToyotaPartsDeal.com , www.GMPartsGiant.com , and www.FordPartGiant.com" and it is "headquartered in S. EI Monte, California." BBB profiles name "Xu Hong Fiona Wang" (Genuine Parts Now) and "Zi Yi Rick Wang" / "Rick Wang" (Original Parts Giant, Auto Parts Prime). These names come from tool summaries of BBB pages, not raw text. UNVERIFIED until opened in a browser. State business records: not obtained. ### 7.2 Terms, privacy, data | Item | Exact quote or finding | Source | |---|---|---| | Legal pages | Footer: Sales Policy, Return Policy, Privacy Policy; Disclaimer on Honda, Acura, Toyota, GM. No terms-of-use page | site footers | | Scraping / IP / law clauses | None. Full Sales, Return, Privacy, Disclaimer, Help, About pages read. No clause on automated access, data reuse, IP, governing law, or arbitration | e.g. https://www.hondapartsnow.com/service/honda-sales_policy.html | | Catalog accuracy | "The catalog is provided as a convenience to our customers. We do not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided within this catalog ... Our website is a general catalog and does not reflect our actual inventory" | same | | Catalog source (version 1) | "The parts catalog is offered by a third party as an alternate method for locating the parts you need. This catalog is not a Honda catalog, and is not owned nor operated by Hondapartsnow .com." | https://www.hondapartsnow.com/disclaimer.html | | Catalog source (version 2) | "The listing on our website is a general catalog provided by the manufacturer." | Return Policy, all 6 sites | | Parts origin | "All parts sold on Hondapartsnow.com are genuine Honda parts purchased from an authorized independent reseller of Honda parts" (Honda). "We source our parts from authorized GM dealers" (GM). No dealer named | disclaimer / about pages | | AI chat | "may be generated, summarized, or supported by automated technologies, including artificial intelligence ("AI") ... we make no guarantee as to the accuracy" | Sales Policy | | Privacy | "Last Updated: Sept 01, 2026". Names the site, not the legal entity. "We do not sell or share your personal information". No email; contact form only; privacy requests via forms.helpdesk.com licenseID 1440237084 | Privacy Policy, all 6 | | Programs | None public. Only: "To qualify for tax-exempt purchases, you must submit a business account application and upload a copy of your reseller certificate." | Sales Policy | | robots.txt | Disallow /Page_Customer/, /Page_Cart/, /Page_Product/, /online/, /onlineapi/ (plus lowercase forms). Product pages now at /genuine/...html are not disallowed and are in sitemap.xml | each /robots.txt | | Bot controls | Hidden link "login"; script /fwb_client/05091757_index.js checks "webdriver", "__selenium_unwrapped", "__nightmare", "phantom" and sends "bot_clt412=". FortiWeb product: INFERRED | page HTML | | Price in HTML | "$ 124.86 MSRP: $ 180.95 You Save: $ 56.09" | https://www.hondapartsnow.com/genuine/honda~gasket~kit~06110-657-040.html | Reading: The sites give no license to anyone. The catalog data is someone else's (OEM or a licensed catalog vendor) per the sites' own words. Bulk copying would take data the operator says it does not own, past an active bot trap. No contract path exists to give Revv rights the operator does not hold. ### 7.3 Dealer site STEPS | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Do not scrape or bulk-copy | Revv | n/a | No exposure | $0 | n/a | 7.2 | CONFIRMED basis | | 2 | Optional: call and ask who supplies the catalog and whether they license data | Revv | Questions in (e) | Name of catalog vendor | $0 | Days | Honda 1-888-984-2011; contact form https://www.hondapartsnow.com/service/contact/us.html | INFERRED | | 3 | If the catalog vendor is named, go to that vendor (likely an OEM program or a catalog licensor) | Revv | Use case | Vendor path | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | n/a | INFERRED | | 4 | Allowed now: a shop user looks up a part by hand and types it into Revv | Shop user | n/a | Manual entry | $0 | n/a | No site clause bars a buyer's personal lookup | INFERRED | ## 8. Other OEM parts data vendors | Vendor | Owner | What data | Access | Price | Terms that hit Revv (exact) | Source (read 2026-10-18) | Fit | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | PartsTech API | OEC (since early 2025) | Live supplier price/stock; OE via RepairLink (dealer price, not MSRP feed) | Signed Order Form | "listed on the Order Form" | Scope "on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis (the 'Permitted Use')"; no "cache, copy, record, pre-fetch, compile or otherwise store"; no "competitive product, service, platform or database of ... pricing information"; "Use PartsTech as Your exclusive provider of parts catalog searching and ordering functionality"; "may suspend Your access ... for any or no reason"; you grant PartsTech an "irrevocable, perpetual, and cost free right" to usage data | https://partstech.com/api-agreement-terms/ | Blocked | | WHI Solutions / Nexpart (NEXLINK, ORDERLINK, CATLINK) | WHI Solutions (owner UNVERIFIED) | Seller price/stock, punchout by VIN or AAIA ID, OE dealers for "mechanical and collision parts buyers" | Sales; "License restrictions apply" | Not public | License text not public | https://www.whisolutions.com/products/integration-tools/ ; contact sales@whisolutions.com, 914-697-9301 | Ordering only | | Partly | Partly Group (NZ); $50M Series B, "The US is first" (2026-06-15) | Procurement API: jobs, baskets, supplier "trade_price". No list-price endpoint. Plate lookup "only supports GB, AU, and NZ" | OAuth integration via sales | Not public | Terms (2025-02-24): "internal business purposes only"; no "resell or resupply ... the output"; no AI training. Repair terms (2026-09-16): no use "to train or improve any artificial intelligence or machine learning model" or "for any other benchmarking or competitive purpose". Product: "Identify repair operations missing from your estimates" | https://www.partly.com/us/legal/terms ; https://www.partly.com/us/legal/repair-terms ; https://www.partly.com/us/repair/customers/bodyshop | Competitor. Blocked | | Levam | EDELWEISS LIMITED (Hong Kong) | OEM catalogs by VIN. Prices not stated. Data source not stated | Registration reviewed by "a data expert" | "STANDARD OEM Data API 5,000 EUR / month 25,000 vehicle configuration lookups"; "No trials" | Standard bars use "in any customer-facing ... SaaS product ... AI agent, quoting or workflow automation system"; "does not permit persistent storage"; no AI/ML training "without prior written Enterprise authorization" | https://levam.net/ ; https://levam.net/page/terms-of-service | Enterprise only; provenance risk | | 7zap | STANOK LLP (UK) | Web catalog | Web only | n/a | "Paid plans do not grant API access, bulk data rights, or the right to create or maintain databases" | https://7zap.com/en/pages/terms-of-service/ (2025-09-25) | Blocked | | Epicor catalog / EPN | Epicor | Aftermarket; "OE Part interchange" only | Sales | Not public | Not read | https://www.epicor.com/en-us/products/supply-chain-management-scm/catalog-for-automotive/ | Low | | Toyota TIS | TMS | Service info | Subscription | Not checked | "Do not enable or permit ... creation of third party solutions for any of the TIS systems"; "screen scraping and scripting" banned ("Last Updated Date: 09.10.2022") | techinfo.toyota.com legal page | Blocked | | Snap-on GM Parts Connect | Snap-on Business Solutions | Dealer EPC | Dealer subscription | n/a | Dealer tool, "requires dealer management system provider participation" | https://sbs.snapon.com/automotive/epc/gmpartsconnect/ | Not a license | | GM / ACDelco, Ford / Motorcraft direct | OEM | OEM parts + price | Private OEM license | Unknown | No public program or contact found | n/a | UNVERIFIED | | Car-Part CrashLink | Car-Part.com | MOTOR list prices, collision | Recycler subscription | Sales | Car-Part bars use outside its products | https://products.car-part.com/crashlink/details.html | End-user tool | | PartsTrader | Enlyte (Mitchell's parent) since 2026-04-01 | Marketplace quotes | n/a | n/a | Competitor-owned | https://www.partstrader.com/news_updates/enlyte-completes-acquisition-of-partstrader/ | No | | TecDoc, SEMA Data, DCi, Vehicle Databases | various | Aftermarket / repair cost ranges | various | various | No US OEM MSRP | agent reads 2026-10-18 | No | OEM direct license (one OEM at a time) is the only path that does not route through MOTOR, CCC, Mitchell, Solera or OEC. Evidence it exists: Subaru "standard form of License Agreement" (RDN 2023-12-14). No OEM publishes a contact or a fee. ### 8.1 STEPS for the 2 alternatives with a real door PartsTech: | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Email info@partstech.com for an API Order Form | Revv | Entity, use case | Order Form | On Order Form | UNVERIFIED | https://partstech.com/api-agreement-terms/ | CONFIRMED | | 2 | Sign Order Form + terms (entity "duly organized ... in good standing", sanctions representation, written "Security Program") | Revv + PartsTech | Signatory | API keys, test user | On Order Form | UNVERIFIED | same | CONFIRMED | | 3 | Build punchout or catalog integration | Revv | n/a | Live ordering | Engineering | UNVERIFIED | same | CONFIRMED. Exclusivity clause applies | OEM direct (example Subaru): | # | Action | Who | What you must provide | Output | Cost | Time | Evidence URL | Status | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Find the OEM parts-data licensing contact | Revv | n/a | Contact | $0 | UNVERIFIED | none published | UNVERIFIED | | 2 | Request the OEM "standard form of License Agreement" for an estimating application | Revv | Use case, entity | Draft license | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | RDN 2023-12-14 | CONFIRMED that a standard form exists (Subaru) | | 3 | Negotiate display, cache, AI use, term | Revv counsel | Redlines | Signed license | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | n/a | INFERRED | ## (c) Requirements | Program | Entity | EIN | Insurance | Security | NDA / confidentiality | Membership / other | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | MOTOR | Company name, business email required on form. Entity type UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED. Keys: "Keep the API keys private" (Handbook) | End-user text: "the MOTOR Information is the confidential information of MOTOR". Separate NDA UNVERIFIED | Auto Care VCdb/PCdb needed for ACES kits. "use in North America only" | | Auto Care | "Subscriber means the corporate entity or, if not an entity, the individual named on the Application form." | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | "no ... less than reasonable efforts"; keep credentials confidential | Licensed Property is Confidential Information | Membership optional ($1,125 at L1). User list on 7 days notice | | Infomedia | "Customer" on an Order Form | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Infosec terms: pen tests "at least once a year" (customer terms) | Confidentiality clause | "authorized partner" status for Parts API | | Hollander | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | Ford permission for Ford content | | RevolutionParts | Not applicable (no data program) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | | OEC MyPriceLink | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED | UNVERIFIED (likely review, INFERRED) | UNVERIFIED | Integration agreement (CONFIRMED for CCC 2015); OEM sign-off INFERRED | | Dealer sites | No program | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Reseller certificate for tax-exempt account only | | PartsTech | "duly organized ... in good standing"; sanctions representation | Not stated | Not stated | Written "Security Program" following "generally accepted security best practices" | Mutual confidentiality | Exclusivity of catalog/ordering | | Partly | Business | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Confidentiality clause | Texas law (repair terms) | | Levam | Business, request reviewed | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | DPA "upon request" | Enterprise tier for customer-facing use | ## (d) Blockers (exact quotes) | # | Blocker | Exact quote | Source | Severity | |---|---|---|---|---| | B1 | MOTOR exclusive to CCC for collision estimating (status after 2021 unknown) | "Licensor agrees that during the term of this Agreement ... it will not (i) enter into new Database license agreements with any other entity ... for collision estimating purposes as distinguished from mechanical estimating purposes" | CCC EX-10.16, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000091205702011637/a2073198zex-10_16.txt | Critical until MOTOR answers in writing | | B2 | Auto-renewal keeps B1 alive to 2031 by default | "shall be automatically renewed thereafter for two (2) successive renewal periods of five (5) years (sixty months) each, unless either party gives written notice ... at least two (2) years" | same | Critical (status UNVERIFIED) | | B3 | MOTOR parts end-user ban on collision estimates | "(iii) use the Databases to facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates" | https://www.revolutionparts.com/data-terms/ | High: shows MOTOR's practice for parts data | | B4 | MOTOR OEM approval and OEM drop rights | "Fees are an estimate only ... and may be subject to OEM approval." / "MOTOR in its sole judgment shall be entitled to discontinue providing any OEM proprietary data" | https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ ; revolutionparts.com/data-terms | High | | B5 | GM/Ford collision prices are $0 in static files | "select collision parts (MyPriceLink Parts) will be shown with a $0 list price" | https://oeconnection.com/products/mypricelink/ | High: no file vendor can fix it | | B6 | OEC controls MPL and competes | "controlling who receives it and why" / EstimateIQ "reducing supplements" | OEC product pages | High | | B7 | Auto Care bars distribution to non-subscribers | "provided that each Authorized User to whom such works are distributed by Distributing Subscriber is themselves an independent Subscriber in good standing" | Auto Care license 2025-02-28 §2.2 | High until provider license signed | | B8 | Infomedia bans AI use and third-party access | "(b) use the Service(s), Information ... for any purpose whatsoever related to the development, implementation, use, training or deployment of machine learning or AI systems" / "(f) ... grant access to the Service(s) or the Information to any third party whatsoever" | https://ifmamericas.com/legal/eula/ | High unless overridden in contract | | B9 | Infomedia parts APIs not listed for Americas | Americas filter lists only Order, Service & Repairs (OMNI), Service & Repairs, VIN API | https://ifmamericas.com/apis/?region=americas | Medium (UNVERIFIED coverage) | | B10 | Hollander: only 2 licensors, both conflicted | "Solera (through Audatex) and Car-Part are the only companies that can license the Hollander Interchange." / Car-Part: "You are not permitted to use Car-Part's Automotive Intelligence except as it is integrated" | FTC letter 2013-10-22 ; car-part.com/copy | Medium (recycled parts only) | | B11 | RevolutionParts: no data rights, scraping banned | "6.3. To use any data mining, robots, scraper or similar data gathering or extraction methods" (banned without written permission) | https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-service/ | High for that route (route closed) | | B12 | Dealer sites: data not theirs, bot traps | "The parts catalog is offered by a third party" / honeypot link and webdriver checks | hondapartsnow.com disclaimer and HTML | High for that route (route closed) | | B13 | PartsTech: exclusivity and no cache | "Use PartsTech as Your exclusive provider of parts catalog searching and ordering functionality" | https://partstech.com/api-agreement-terms/ | High | | B14 | Toyota TIS: no third-party solutions | "Do not enable or permit ... creation of third party solutions for any of the TIS systems" | techinfo.toyota.com legal page (09.10.2022) | High for that route | | B15 | GEN5 scope gap | "over 600 part types"; collision estimating database "Over 1.9 million unique part numbers" (2016) | GEN5 CDK ; CareersAtMOTOR.pdf | Medium (product quality) | | B16 | GM design patent suits against estimating vendors (risk for showing aftermarket copies) | GM sued "collision repair estimating software providers CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. and Mitchell International Inc." | https://collisionweek.com/2026/02/06/gm-sues-multiple-aftermarket-parts-manufacturers-distributors-estimating-software-providers-design-patent-infringement/ (agent read) | Medium | | B17 | Name clash: an ADAS company called "Revv" sells to collision shops, integrated with CCC and OEC RepairLogic | "RepairLogic also integrated the Revv ADAS calibration identification and reporting tool" | https://www.fenderbender.com/news/latest-news/news/55341390/oec-oec-looks-to-continue-momentum-after-2025-growth (agent read) | Medium (vendor confusion, trademark) | ## (e) Unknowns: exact question and exact contact | # | Exact question | Contact | |---|---|---| | U1 | "Does any agreement, including with CCC Intelligent Solutions, restrict MOTOR from licensing collision OE parts, OE prices, or Crash Estimating data to a new US collision estimating and supplement software vendor? Please confirm in writing which datasets Revv may use for collision estimating and supplements." | MOTOR National Accounts, 800-426-6867 option 0; form at https://www.motor.com/developer-hub/ | | U2 | "Will the license allow parts and prices to be shown inside collision estimates and supplements written by shops, and used as input to our AI? Is the 'facilitate the generation of collision repair estimates' restriction part of the license you would offer us?" | same | | U3 | "Which datasets would you license: GEN5 eCommerce, GEN4.5 Collision OE Parts plus the separate part pricing delivery, VIN to VCdb, PVI? Are collision parts available on DaaS or only as files?" | same; accountservices@motor.com | | U4 | "Which OEMs must approve this use case, and how long does approval take? Which makes are excluded today?" | same | | U5 | "What are the annual Subscription Fee and End User Fees for N shop locations? What are the minimums, annual increase cap, and termination rights?" | same | | U6 | "Do you require an NDA, insurance certificate, SOC 2 report, or security questionnaire before a proposal?" | same | | U7 | "Is e-Tech Crash Estimating still sold? Through Matco or direct?" | same | | U8 | "Does a SaaS that shows MOTOR part data decoded with VCdb and PCdb to collision shops need a separate solution-provider license? What are the fee and terms? Can our shop customers stay non-subscribers?" | technology@autocare.org, (301) 654-6664 | | U9 | "Please send the software-developer subscription agreement that §9 of the 2025-02-28 license refers to." | technology@autocare.org | | U10 | "Is a collision-estimating software startup eligible for membership under 'business services to the auto care industry'?" | membership@autocare.org; Todd Finnerty todd.finnerty@autocare.org, (240) 333-1081 | | U11 | "What is the effective date of the current price table?" | techbilling@autocare.org | | U12 | "Are Parts API and Parts Validation API available for US makes? Which makes?" | https://ifmamericas.com/contact/ ; +1 888 843 0425 | | U13 | "Can a US collision-estimating software vendor become an authorized partner? Steps, fees, minimums?" | same | | U14 | "Will the API agreement override EULA 3.5(b) (AI) and 3.5(f) (third-party access) so shops can see results inside an AI estimating product?" | legal@infomedia.com.au | | U15 | "Which 19 OEMs does SimplePart count? Is SimplePart catalog data licensed from MOTOR? Is there a SimplePart data API?" | support@simplepart.com, 1-888-843-0425 | | U16 | "Do you license the downloadable Interchange to estimating software vendors? Price, term, display, redistribution, and AI-use rights?" | sales@hollanderparts.com, 800-825-0092 option 4 | | U17 | "Does OEC sign MyPriceLink integration agreements with new estimating or estimate-review software vendors? What are the fees, approval steps, cache and display rules? Do GM and Ford have to approve?" | OEC Sales 888-776-5792 ext. 3; https://oeconnection.com/free-demo/ | | U18 | "Which OEMs use MyPriceLink in the US as of October 2026?" | OEC Sales as above; Support@OEConnection.com, 888-776-5792 ext. 1 | | U19 | "Can a CollisionLink Shop user pass imported MyPriceLink prices to a third-party app?" | same | | U20 | "Your Disclaimer says the parts catalog is offered by a third party. Who is that third party? Do you license part numbers or prices to software companies?" | HondaPartsNow 1-888-984-2011; form https://www.hondapartsnow.com/service/contact/us.html | | U21 | "Is Autobest International Corporation the parent of Genuine Parts Now, Original Parts Giant, Original Parts Now, Genuine Parts Unlimited and Auto Parts Prime?" | same; or check CA, NV, AZ Secretary of State records | | U22 | "Does the exclusivity clause apply if Revv only displays OEM prices and does not order parts? Can you waive the caching and statistical-analysis bans?" | info@partstech.com | | U23 | "Do NEXLINK/ORDERLINK terms allow OE dealer prices inside an estimate-review product, and any cache?" | sales@whisolutions.com, 914-697-9301 | | U24 | "Who licenses your OEM catalog data to you? Do you have US MSRP and which US brands? Enterprise price for customer-facing use with a 30-day cache?" | support@levam.net | | U25 | "Does Partly license OEM part numbers and US MSRP by VIN to third-party estimating software?" | https://www.partly.com/us/labs ("Contact Sales"); support@partly.com | | U26 | "Who handles parts-data licenses for information providers, and can we get your standard form license?" (per OEM: Subaru, Honda, Toyota, GM, Ford, Stellantis) | UNVERIFIED. No OEM publishes a contact | ## Corrections to earlier files - File 08 section 1: the collision clause is an end-user flow-down (RevolutionParts), not proven MOTOR policy for direct licensees. Add the CCC exclusive (B1, B2). - File 08 section 1 sources: https://www.motor.com/daas-sandbox-terms-conditions/ now 301-redirects to https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/. - File 02 Q6: the GM $0.00 statement is true, but the source is OEC, not the MOTOR GEN5 kit. - File 02 summary: "MOTOR GEN5 ... This is the real licensed route for OEM list prices" overstates it. See C8. - File 08 section 9a: Mopar operator address is Las Vegas, NV. GM operator address is Tucson, AZ. robots.txt does not block current /genuine/ product pages. - File 08 section 9c: Infomedia is private (TPG, 2025-12-03). EULA bans AI use. Americas filter does not list the parts APIs. - File 08 section 2 (Auto Care price): add the Entry Package route ($3,625 with dues) and the §2.2 distribution limit. ## Sources read directly by me on 2026-10-18 (primary) https://www.revolutionparts.com/data-terms/ · https://www.revolutionparts.com/terms-of-service/ · https://www.revolutionparts.com/page-sitemap.xml · https://www.revolutionparts.com/robots.txt · https://www.motor.com/privacy-policy/ · https://www.motor.com/developer-hub/ · https://www.motor.com/sales/ · https://www.motor.com/who-we-serve/service-repair-providers/ · https://www.motor.com/who-we-serve/technology-providers/ · https://www.motor.com/products-services/data-products/parts/ · https://www.motor.com/about-motor/partner-with-us/ · MOTOR CDK PDFs (GEN5 eCommerce, GEN5 eCommerce Extended, GEN4.5 Collision, GEN4.5 Collision PCdb, VIN to VCdb US, PVI with part numbers, DaaS Handbook) under https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ · https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MOTOR_Parts.pdf · https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/data-licensing-gen5-mechanical-collision-product-description.pdf · https://www.motor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CareersAtMOTOR.pdf · Wayback e-Tech page 20250804185542 · https://legacy-www.motor.com/2020/07/matco-now-selling-motor-crash-estimating-data/ · https://www.motor.com/2020/08/matco-now-selling-motor-e-estimating-chek-lube/ · MOTOR HubSpot form JSON (portal 44429135) · https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000091205702011637/a2073198zex-10_16.txt · https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1017917/000101540205001343/body.htm · https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818201/000119312526067448/ccc-20251231.htm · https://www.propertyandcasualty.com/doc/ccc-and-motor-information-systems-in-long-ter-0001 · https://www.cccis.com/partners/motor · https://www.car-part.com/copy · https://products.car-part.com/crashlink/details.html · https://oeconnection.com/products/mypricelink/ · https://ifmamericas.com/apis/?region=americas · https://ifmamericas.com/legal/eula/ · RDN 2023-12-14 (Subaru, via fetch tool). Other rows marked "agent read" or carrying a URL not in this list were read on 2026-10-18 by research sub-agents. Their quotes were not re-fetched by me, except where noted "re-checked".