2005 founder langley steinert headquarters cambridge ma united states key people langley steinert ceo website www.cargurus.com cargurus is an online automotive research and shopping website that assists users in comparing local listings for used and new cars and contacting sellers . contents 1 business 2 history 3 partnerships 4 references business edit cargurus is an online automotive research and shopping website that assists users in comparing local listings for used and new cars and contacting sellers . 1 cargurus uses mathematical algorithms to analyze and compare prices and features on cars for sale . 2 users can search for specific cars in their local area and determine how listings stack up against each other with regard to price features and dealership reputation . 3 cargurus also offers a discussion platform for car enthusiasts and automotive experts who submit questions offer insight gather and share information and provide reviews . history edit cargurus was founded in 2006 by langley steinert former co founder of tripadvisor . 4 cargurus is privately owned and its board of directors includes steve kaufer co founder and current ceo of tripadvisor and simon rothman formerly global vice president and general manager of ebay motors . the company ranked on the inc. 500 fastest growing private companies in 2011 2012 2013 and 2014 . 5 cargurus was also named to forbes most promising companies list in 2015 . 6 the company is based in cambridge ma . 7 partnerships edit as of january 1 2014 cargurus powers all used and new cars searches for boston.com . 8 references edit the right price on used cars . clark howard show cnn . retrieved march 8 2011 . kicking the tires at cargurus . the washington post . retrieved july 14 2012 . get the best deal on a used car . kiplinger personal finance . retrieved june 2012 . check date values in access date help web gurus launch cargurus.com . cnet . retrieved january 25 2007 . inc. 500 fastest growing private companies . inc. magazine . retrieved september 2013 . check date values in access date help forbes most promising companies . forbes magazine . retrieved february 2015 . check date values in access date help kirsner scott january 16 2013 . auto shopping site cargurus grows into new space . boston globe . retrieved january 16 2013 . boston.com partners with cargurus.com to power online car searches . boston globe . archived from the original on december 19 2013 . retrieved december 18 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cargurus & oldid 739443774 categories internet companiesautomotive websiteshidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 18 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view