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Autka Search and Filters: Find Cars Across Borders

Use Autka's unified search and filters to browse cars by make, price, year, mileage, fuel, transmission, and region. Deep-link to marketplaces or view cached results offline.
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Autka brings together car listings from multiple sources into one search experience. Whether you are browsing Polish marketplaces, European dealers, or US inventory, you can filter by the criteria that matter to you and compare results in a single currency. When Autka does not have a licensed feed for a particular source, it preserves your search intent and hands you off directly to the original marketplace through a deep-link.

Available filters#

Use the filter panel before or after running a search to narrow results:

FilterWhat it does
MakeVehicle manufacturer (e.g., BMW, Toyota, Ford)
PriceMinimum and maximum price in the selected currency
YearModel year range
MileageOdometer range
FuelFuel type: petrol, diesel, hybrid, electric, hydrogen, etc.
TransmissionManual, automatic, or other gearbox types
RegionGeographic area or country of the listing
SourceWhich marketplace or feed the listing comes from

Autka applies all active filters together. If a source does not support a particular filter in its deep-link format, that parameter is omitted. If no supported parameters remain, the resulting marketplace page may therefore be broader than the in-app filter state.

Currency comparison#

Prices may appear in PLN, EUR, or USD depending on the source. Autka converts prices through a PLN base using official NBP (National Bank of Poland) exchange rates so you can compare mixed-currency results in your chosen display currency.

Note

If NBP rates are temporarily unavailable, Autka falls back to cached or built-in rates and explicitly marks them as stale. You always know when rates are not fresh.

Search workflow#

Open the search screen

Tap the search icon in the main listings toolbar to open the filter panel.

Set your criteria

Select make, price range, year, mileage, fuel type, transmission, region, and source. Tap Apply to run the search.

Review results

Browse matching offers in list or map view. Prices are shown in your selected display currency.

Tap an offer for details

Open the detail screen to see full offer information, original listing URL, and optional import cost estimates.

Use marketplace hand-off if needed

If a source has no licensed feed, tap the marketplace deep-link button to open the original site with your search parameters preserved.

Marketplace hand-off#

When Autka cannot ingest a marketplace directly, it does not scrape it. Instead, the app translates your active SearchFilter into the original marketplace's search URL and opens it in your browser. This preserves your intent without violating data policies.

Warning

Deep-links are verified against real marketplace URLs where possible. Uncertain parameters are omitted rather than guessed, because a wrong parameter can silently open an unfiltered page.

Offline behavior#

Autka is offline-first. The last successfully cached catalogue remains available when the network is unavailable. Cached results include the full offer set from the most recent successful refresh. Failed source refreshes do not wipe previously cached offers from healthy sources.

Tip

Save frequently used filter combinations as local snapshots. Autka stores these in Preferences DataStore along with the selected currency so your price bounds keep their meaning when restored.

Next steps#