auto.com

Auto.com Online shop for cars

Cars.com is the fastest-growing automotive marketplace for buyers, dealers and private-party sellers.

Authority

59/100

Safety

90/100

Known risk signals, not a check pass rate

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The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

DNS

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Current facts

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Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 59/100 — ahead of 59% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear

Why this authority score

59 is a percentile: higher than 59% of sites we score.

How it's calculated

Prominence (Tranco rank #191,602)+6
Verified continuity: 30.1 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+3
Calibration adjustment (published map)+11

Model score: 31/99 — what these reason lines add up to.

Published Authority (percentile): 59/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.

Safety evidence

No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 36 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 36 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.

1996
Domain registered (Sep 11, 1996).
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 30 years registered✓ live verified Sep 29, 2026

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