# Suverse NHTSA Vehicle Models Lookup

> Suverse NHTSA Vehicle Models Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns all vehicle model IDs and names for a given vehicle make from the NHTSA vPIC database, with no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-vehicle-models
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-nhtsa-vehicle-models-lookup-6352aced
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0VrwUZuamWWbA32AwgfOQ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability suverse-nhtsa-vehicle-models-lookup-6352aced -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up all the vehicle models for Toyota from the NHTSA database so I can populate the model dropdown on my car search form?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need an official, authoritative list of vehicle models for a specific manufacturer without needing your own NHTSA API key. It is ideal for populating UI selectors, validating vehicle data, or enriching automotive datasets. Prefer this over scraping or unofficial sources when NHTSA-certified model names and IDs are required.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled make name returns empty model list
- Make name case sensitivity may affect results
- NHTSA vPIC upstream downtime causes proxy to fail
- Malformed request body returns 400 error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request

## How this service works

All vehicle models for a given make from NHTSA vPIC, no key. Returns model id and name for the manufacturer. For AI agents populating make and model selectors and validating vehicle data.

## Output

A list of vehicle models for the specified make, each containing a model ID (integer) and model name (string) as sourced from the NHTSA vPIC database. Useful for populating dropdowns, validating user input, or cross-referencing manufacturer data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-nhtsa-vehicle-models-lookup-6352aced/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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