Study: car evolution trends

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Car length evolution

Car classification in Europe is not officially regulated, instead, it is defined in relative size with other cars.

Today the average lifetime of a car model is 6 years for compact and medium cars and 8 years for mini and luxury cars. Is normal for cars to grow over years, as technology advance and more gadgets should be included under body, but in Europe since 1990s, the cars are growing crazy with about 10-20 cm per model change, which is exaggerate, based on technology evolution, 5 mm per year is enough. This non-natural grow causes companies to abandon large models and introduce new smaller models below existing models.

Some brands do not follow the common class sizes, making cars with intermediate sizes, these are usually considered being part of the smaller class, causing further increase in size of car classes.

Seems that all European companies wants to make a car bigger than competitor’s cars of same class. This leads to 2 cm / year increase in average car length in each class. The cars get fatter also in width, this is an issue for parking design, since in most countries the parking lots are 2.5 m width, most compact cars were under 1.7 m width in 1998 but since 2008 most are over 1.8 m.

During 1950s and 1960s, engine size played a bigger role in classifying cars than car dimensions. Citroën 2CV belong to economy class while Fiat 850 was a superior class despite of smaller size.

During 1970s the cars started being classified by dimensions, compact class (3.8 m, 4.0 m sedans), medium class (4.3 m), large class (4.6 m).

Due to oil crisis, there was a boom of cars smaller than compact class / small family cars around 3.5-3.6 m. Example: Fiat 127 (1971), Audi 50 (1974), Volkswagen Polo (1975), Ford Fiesta (1976), Austin Metro (1980), Talbot Samba (1981), also mini class around 3.3-3.4 m: Peugeot 104 (1972), Citroën LNA (1976), Fiat Panda (1980), Autobianchi / Lancia Y10 (1985).

During 1980s growth in dimensions was very slow. In early 1990s the classes were small class / supermini (3.6-3.7 m), compact class / small family (4.0-4.3 m), medium class / large family (4.3-4.4 m), large class / executive (4.7-4.8 m), luxury class (4.9-5.0 m).

During 1990s and 2000s the cars entered in a rapid growth. Many manufacturers abandoned the executive segment: Ford Scorpio (ended 1998), Rover 800 (ended 1999), Opel Omega (ended 2003), Peugeot 607 (ended 2010), Citroën C6 (ended 2012) and replaced their medium / large family models with a new model that its dimensions are nearer former large class / executive cars rather than medium class / large family cars, further aggravating the growth. No wonder that these cars had poorer sales than their predecessors, since most buyers choose cars based on car size, engine size, price, not based on model name or designated class.

The growth of small class / superminis allowed a boom of a new mini class: Renault Twingo (1993), Ford Ka (1996), Seat Arosa (1996), Volkswagen Lupo (1997), Audi A2 (2000), Opel Agila (2000), Citroën C2 (2003), Citroën C1 (2005), Peugeot 107 (2005). Note: mini class had existed since 1950s with Fiat 500 and british Mini. Most manufacturers introduced at least one model at bottom of range: Audi A3 (1996), Mercedes A-Class (1997), BMW 1-Series (2004), Alfa Romeo Mito (2008), Jaguar X-Type (2001).

Prestige brands like BMW and Mercedes add only 5 cm per model changes, allowing some compact / small family sedans to overtake their medium / large family cars. Example 2005 Volkswagen Jetta V (4554 mm) overtook 2005 BMW 3-series (4531 mm). A4, 3-Series, C-Class started being defined as “compact executive”.

During 2010s the growth in dimensions slowed down. We have mini (3.6 m), supermini (4.0 m), small family (4.3-4.7 m), large family (4.7-4.9 m), compact executive (4.6-4.7 m), executive (4.9-5.0 m), luxury (5.1-5.2 m). Opel Astra K (2015) is even smaller than predecessor, however surprises can appear from the other manufacturers.

MPV and SUV followed same rapid evolution during 1990s and 2000s.

Renault Espace (1984) was the first European MPV (short and tall car with 7 seats), only 4260 mm long. Renault Mégane Scénic (1997) was the first MPV on compact car dimensions, 4134 mm, followed by Fiat Multipla (1998) 3994 mm, then Opel Zafira (1999) the first compact MPV to offer 7 seats, in 4317 mm long. Mini MPVs appeared few year later, Ford Fusion (2002), Opel Meriva (2003), Fiat Idea, Lancia Musa, Renault Modus (2004), all around 4 meters. This pushed up compact MPVs to 4.6 m and original MPVs to 4.8 m by 2010.

Opel Meriva was replaced in 2010 by a new model 25 cm longer, 4288 mm, Fiat 500L Living (2013) 4352 mm is the first European MPV smaller than compact MPV that offer 7 seats, they hardly can be classified as mini MPVs.

Japan produced compact and mini MPVs for long time, even 7-seater mini MPV sold in Asia where people are smaller: Honda Mobillo (2001) 4060 mm, Toyota Sienta (2003) 4100 mm.

Off-road cars are produced since pre-WW2 times but they were not popular except for army use, as most them featuring open body and wooden seats.
The first SUV (vehicle with off-road abilities and comfort of a car) was Range Rover (1970) and it remained the only SUV in Europe for 2 decades. Was followed by Land Rover Discovery (1989), Opel Frontera (1991) and Ford Maverick (1993). Early SUV were offered in 2 wheelbase, with 3 and 5 doors.

Japanese manufacturers had SUVs in lineup since 1980s. During 1990s and 2000s most European manufacturers joined SUV segment and 3 classes have been defined: compact (4.0-4.4 m), medium (4.4-4.6 m), large (4-6-4.8 m). Few so-called “mini SUV” appeared during 2010s: Skoda Yeti (2009) 4223 mm, Opel Mokka (2012) 4278 mm, Fiat 500X (2014) 4248 mm, but they are actually bigger than some compact SUV from 10 years ago.

See also: smallest cars and biggest cars.

Examples of length over-increase

Ford: 1993 Mondeo I (sedan 4556 mm), 2000 Mondeo II (sedan 4731 mm), 2007 Mondeo III (sedan 4844 mm). 29 cm increase in 14 years.

Opel: 2002 Vectra C (sedan 4596 mm, estate 4822 mm) replaced both 1995 Vectra B (sedan 4477 mm, estate 4490 mm) and 1994 Omega B (sedan 4787 mm, estate 4819 mm). 33 cm increase in just 7 years for estate version, being even longer than previous large-class Omega B Caravan.

Obviously the compact-class Ford Focus and Opel Astra were replaced with bigger models to fit the gap to growing medium-class brothers.

The gap between compact/medium cars and large/luxury cars is getting smaller: 2010 Opel Astra Sports Tourer (4698 mm) is just 17 cm shorter than 2009 Mercedes E-Class (4869 mm) which is 2 classes larger.

Opel is the best example of car growing

Opel had a constant lineup of 4 car models during last 40 years, BUT… take a look in this table:

1970s lineup	1990s lineup	current lineup
1973 Kadett C – compact car 3922 mm	1993 Corsa B – small car 3741 mm	2007 Agila B – mini car 3740 mm
1970 Ascona A – medium car 4178 mm	1991 Astra F – compact car 4051 mm	2006 Corsa D – small car 3999 mm
1971 Rekord D – large car 4567 mm	1995 Vectra B – medium car 4477 mm	2009 Astra J – compact car 4419 mm
1969 Diplomat B – luxury car 4920 mm	1994 Omega B – large car 4787 mm	2008 Insignia – medium car 4830 mm

Once known for low-cost cars like Kadett and Ascona, the last Astra and Insignia models are LARGEST models in their class. Same for Meriva and Antara. Surprisingly, 2014 Opel Corsa E gained just 30 mm while 2015 Opel Astra K is even smaller than predecessor.

Japanese car evolution is more stable, they do not increase cars so crazy, also they do not install bigger engines than necessary.

Solution: Europe should urgently implement a tax system similar with Japanese one, taxes depending not only by engine size but also by car size. This would make manufacturers to stick under some size limits…

European car classification

50 years ago the european car classes were: small (3.5 m), compact (3.8 m), medium (4.1 m), large (4.5 m), luxury (4.8 m).
Today main car classes are: mini (3.6 m), small (4.0 m), compact (4.3 m), medium (4.7 m), large (4.9 m), luxury (5.1 m).

If this stupid trend continue, how do we classify the cars in the year 2050? Probably nano (3.5 m), micro (4.0 m), mini (4.5 m), small (5.0 m), compact cars were equivalent of today’s Maybach, while medium-class cars were definitely dead!!

With other words, in 1960s most cars were the “medium” ones, being 4 meter in length, in 1990s “compact” cars became common, being again 4 meters in length, in 2010s “small” cars enjoy growing popularity, having the same length of 4 meters.

Also, what the fuck are the crazy supersport engines on regular cars? Example: 2008 Audi RS6 with 580 horsepower. Most today cars, even in their base model, can reach max speed over 200 kmph, while most today highways have speed limit up to 130 kmph. Also who needs to reach 100 kmph in under 5 seconds?

American car classification

American classification is different. Do not confuse American compact-size with German compact cars (British small family cars), is just a coincidence that today they have same size. American mid-size imported in Europe are long like german large cars (british Executive cars) but priced like german medium cars (British large family cars), American full-size equals the length of European luxury cars but they are just big and cheap.

American cars were even bigger until 1973 oil crisis. If in Europe everything was growing, the American cars had successive downsizing starting from 1977 to 1990s.

Car engines evolution

First, some basic notions of physics:

Horsepower is never measured, instead the torque is measured at various rpm then horsepower is calculated from torque.

Torque value in Nm x rpm / 7024 = power value in PS. Do note that numerical values of max power and max torque given in car manuals are not directly related because at the rpm of max power, torque is lower than its max value.

Top speed is proportional to square root of engine power, and also depends by area of car viewed from front.

Acceleration is related with engine power but also with mass. A loaded car will have same top speed like an empty car, but require longer distance to accelerate and reach top speed.

A car with two engines, gasoline and diesel, having same max power but the diesel one have more torque, is likely to have same top speed but the diesel one will accelerate slower because diesel engines are often heavier. Actual performance figures depend also by gearbox.

Most gasoline engines run at 5000-6000 rpm, and their torque numerical value in Nm to be 1.2-1.3x the numerical value of power in PS, Ferrari engines which run at 8000+ rpm have less Nm than PS. Diesel engines always have less horsepower / litre than gasoline engines because they run slower (about 4000 rpm), making torque numerical value in Nm to be more than double of numerical value in PS.

Image source: http://www.competition-car-engineering.com/PvTquiz.htm, also explaining torque-power relation.

Catalytic converters, appeared for first time in 1973, for cars produced or imported in USA, because in 1974 US EPA imposed limits of exhaust emissions. European car manufacturers introduced catalytic converters in 1985. Cars without catalytic converters were produced until 1988 in Germany and 1990 in rest of Western Europe. Japan don’t know when introduced but in 1985 they already had catalytic converters for most domestic cars. They are meant to reduce pollution, but they also reduce engine torque and power and increase fuel consumption, this also introduced fuel injections for mainstream cars, which counter-balance the loss of power, however the sport cars which were already fuel injected have lost about 10% of power.

In the above article we discussed primarily growing of car length, but they grow also in width and height, making frontal area larger thus require more powerful engines to maintain the speed.

Comparison of base engines:
Opel Astra F in 1991 (1.4 litres, 60 PS, 160 kmph, 16.5 s 0-100 kmph)
Opel Astra J in 2010 (1.4 litres, 87 PS, 168 kmph, 15.1 s 0-100 kmph)
45% more power but almost same performance figures, due to increase in car width, height, and weight.

During 1970s to 1990s, most gasoline engines had 50-60 PS / litre, thus bigger and bigger engines were installed in small cars. For example Golf III in 1991 was the first compact car with V6 engine (2.8 litres, 174 PS). Mercedes C 43 AMG was in 1997 the first medium car with V8 engine (4.3 litres, 306 PS), it was followed by Volkswagen Passat W8 in 2001 (4.0 litres, 275 PS).

Other manufacturers choose to use a turbocompressor for top-range model instead of bigger engine. Interestingly Mercedes in 2004 replaced C 32 AMG (3.2 litres turbo, 354 PS) with C 55 AMG (5.5 litres non-turbo, 367 PS). What was the reason?

Since 1990s attempt to increase power per litre was used instead of increasing engine size. 4-valve per cylinder raise power with about 10% compared with 2-valve per cylinder engines, they became common since 1990s, but few manufacturers such as Volkswagen continue to produce 2-valves per cylinder even in 2010s.

From 1970s to 1990s. Diesel engines are about 25-35 PS / litre while turbodiesel around 35-50 PS / litre.

First turbodiesel car was Peugeot 604 in 1978 (2.3 litres, 80 PS).

Direct injection in diesel engines was introduced by Audi 100 in 1989 (2.5 litres, 120 PS), it helped popularity of turbochargers and caused extinction of naturally-aspired diesel engines in early 2000s. Turbodiesel entered in a rapid evolution, from 60 PS / litre in 1990s to over 100 PS / litre: BMW 335d in 2013 (3.0 litres, 313 PS).

Direct injection in gasoline engines was introduced by Mitsubishi in 1999 for multiple models, followed by Volkswagen in 2002, however it did not became common until 2010s, when together with turbochargers, helped achieving power over 100 PS per litre, allowing even 4.8-meter long cars like Ford Mondeo to be powered by tiny 1.0 litres engines. V6 engines disappeared from compact cars and even from medium cars except for premium brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes. Saab and Volvo were the first manufacturers to stop producing naturally-aspired engines. Even the highly popular Porsche 911 Carrera will go turbo in 2016!

Car evolution records

Mercedes hold most records, especially in engines:

Most models produced at same time (17 models as 2014):
A, B, CLA, C, E, CLS, S, V, SLK, SL, SLS, G, GLA, GLK, ML, GL, R.

Most engine options at same time in one model: (E-Class)
10 engines as 1997: 200, 240, 280, 320, 430, 55 AMG, 220 Diesel, 290 Turbodiesel, 300 Diesel, 300 Turbodiesel.
10 engines as 2003: 200 Kompressor, 240, 320, 500, 55 AMG, 200 CDI, 220 CDI, 270 CDI, 320 CDI, 400 CDI.
11 engines as 2011: 200, 250, 300, 350, 500, 63 AMG, 200 CDI, 220 CDI, 250 CDI, 300 CDI, 350 BlueTec.

Largest engines:
In a medium car: C 55 AMG, (5.5 litres).
In a large car: C 63 AMG, (6.2 litres).

Smallest engine in a large car:
E200 Kompressor, from 2003 to present (1.8 litres), all other large cars starts at 2.0 litres.

Most underpowered diesel engines during 1980s and 1990s:
W124 D until 1985 (2.0 litres, 60 PS, 135 kmph), 45% less power than base gasoline engine (109 PS)
W124 200 TD / E200 Diesel T until 1995 (2.0 litres, 75 PS, 150 kmph), 45% less power than base gasoline engine (136 PS).
Even VW Golf III base engine in 1991 had higher top speed (1.4 litres, 60 PS, 157 kmph). At other brands, base diesel engine is max 10-15% less power than base gasoline engine.

Mercedes hold also the record of smallest car in modern world (if we include Smart) and longest car in modern world (if we include Maybach), note that in 1970s some americans cars were longer.

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Download SAMPLE:
Car Models Encyclopedia.DOC (sample showing BMW and Dacia)

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2005-2012 original format vs 2013 improved format
Like a book but optimized for on-screen display, the colors make it NOT printer-friendly.

2015 edition
Black & white, now it is printer-friendly (although I believe that nobody will want to print this)

You may ask WTF is this… in the era of Excel and SQL databases.

Car Models Encyclopedia contains external car dimensions (length, width, height, wheelbase), weight, cargo space, and list of engines (displacement and horsepower). Each piece of text (Make titles, Model titles, Car class, Body text, etc) is a separate style in Word, easy to manipulate the appearance, changing formatting of one row will change all the rows in entire file.

It can be compared with the info boxes seen on Wikipedia in each car model page (this is a coincidence, when I started my own encyclopedia I did not had internet access and did not knew Wikipedia). It dates back from the childhood hobby for writing books in Word (although it was optimized for on-screen viewing).

Coverage: 1945-present with 99% completion for 1980s-present, for worldwide cars sold in European market (and few bonus cars not imported in Europe). See the list of manufacturers included.

Development history

In 2001-2003 I wrote an encyclopedia in Word with 2-4 pages per car model.

In 2003 I had Car Models List and The BIG Car Database. Two new files were started around 2005, Car Database List.DOC (sorted by manufacturer) and Car Database Timeline.XLS (sorted by class and year, for purpose of comparing how cars evolved in dimensions over last 60 years). Originally containing ONLY European cars, were posted on website in 2011, given for free.

I invested great efforts to add non-European cars in April 2012 and put on sale both files as one package.

The Word file was the “base”, being complete with all vehicles produced (1100 models counted), including every dimension change, having each car written in a standard format, 4-10 models per page, somewhat successor of an early encyclopedia done in 2001-2003 with one model spread on 2-4 pages, which was a MESS without a standard format.

The Excel had only the vehicles with dimensions available (~950 models estimated), it showed dimensions of original model launch, omitting possible dimension changes at various facelifts, to be clean-looking.

The package got several sales during 2012, when I noticed that the customers are companies buying the package for Excel tables rather than for reading Word documents.

In December 2012 I re-sorted the .XLS version alphabetically by manufacturer and added all vehicles from .DOC, even those with no dimensions available, making .XLS COMPLETE but messy-looking with some missing data in case of old cars (car specs for pre-1990 models are hard to find – don’t worry, over time I will find them and complete the empty fields).

I updated the .DOC too, until January 2013, reaching 1220 car models (same like in .XLS version as Jan 2013) on 160-page file… when I started questioning what is the purpose of a database in .DOC format?
Probably automobile enthusiasts may appreciate this Word encyclopedia, but the audience of website turned to be programmers and other professionals and not hobbyists.

The Excel version was named Car Models Database (or Car Body Specs Database between April-October 2013).
The Word version is now sold separately under name Car Models Encyclopedia at HALF PRICE.

In July 2013 I redesigned the encyclopedia, now each piece of data is on separate row, instead of original in-line paragraphs to save space on screen. The 160 pages became instantly 260 pages, 2-6 models per page.
A slow updating was started, and in October 2013 I released new version with 1430 car models on 320-page file.

One person complained that this .DOC is hard to read. Meantime many website visitors complained that the website itself is crowded, cluttered, etc, suggesting to split website paragraphs into smaller pieces and add additional spaces around. So I applied their suggestion for Car Encyclopedia too. Maybe the problem “hard to read” was not for being .DOC, but due to the style of writing data in in-line paragraphs?

I posted Word encyclopedia separately from Excel database, and resumed updating, exceeding 1500+ car models in late 2013, when I stopped because 1 year passed without any sale. I will concentrate on Excel files which generate sales constantly.

In May 2015 I done a 10-minute aesthetic change of Word file to align it with my new style of books.

Someone purchased encyclopedia in 2015 and another one in 2016, none of them answering when I emailed asking how they use this Word file.

Updates are ON HOLD until someone give me an actual use of this Word encyclopedia.

What use would have this Word encyclopedia?

In December 2012 I was thinking convert the above Word file into a web-based car encyclopedia, a blog with 1500+ posts, completed with car photos, tags by car classes, allowing filter and search. But soon after this customers told me that good websites store data in MySQL database, and allow car comparisons, reviews, etc, NOT blog-style posts, so I abandoned the idea of making a car blog, and making a MySQL-based website exceed my abilities, hiring developers cost money, how I can recover investment?

In 2013 I was thinking to sell the encyclopedia as e-book in PDF format, completed with images, but adding 1500+ images will make the file very big… is anyone willing to purchase such thing?

POLL

Do I should maintain Car Models Encyclopedia in Word?

See also: results of the old poll (9 votes 2013-2014)

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The answer of above question depends by how do you define “one model”.

Should we count BMW 3-Series as one model?

Should we count each body type (compact, saloon, touring, coupe, cabrio)?

Should we count each engine version (318i, 320i, 325i, 330i, 335i, 316d, 318d, 320d, 325d, 330d, 335d, M3, in case of 3-Series E90)?

Should BMW M3 or BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo be counted as submodels of 3-Series or as separate models?

The answer according my PERSONAL classification

Volkswagen Group is 1 manufacturer, selling cars under 8 makes: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen.

BMW 3-Series is 1 nameplate.

Car Nameplates List have over 3,000 nameplates sold all over the world, 1945-present. Cars that are technically identical but sold under different names are counted separately, example Fiat Bravo / Brava or Mitsubishi Pajero (continental Europe) / Shogun (UK) / Montero (USA).

BMW 3-Series nameplate produced 7 successive models: E21, E30, E36, E46, E90-93, F30-33, G20.

Car Models List have over 5,000 models (generations) sold all over the world of which over 2,500 sold in Europe, 1945-present. Cars that are technically identical are counted only once here, Pajero / Shogun / Montero, but there are 4 generations of them.

BMW 3-Series was sold with up to 5 body styles: compact, saloon, touring, coupe, cabrio (in case of E36 and E46).

Car Models Database have over 3,500 body styles of the 2,000+ models sold in Europe, 1945-present (and actually there are more body styles, because in case of old cars if I do not know dimensions for each body style, I ignored them).

BMW 3-Series E90-93, each body style is sold with up to 12 engine versions: 318i, 320i, 325i, 330i, 335i, 316d, 318d, 320d, 325d, 330d, 335d, M3, some of them sold in rear wheel drive and all wheel drive options.

Car Models & Engines Database have over 20,000 combinations of body style, engine, drivetrain of the 2,000+ models sold in Europe 1975-present. This is the biggest database I compiled myself, manual data entry from AutoKatalog magazines issued yearly in Germany, which due to limited space of a printed book, they choose to not show separate row for manual / automatic transmission or trims / editions / equipment levels.

Larger than this are the databases made via scraping from various websites (as opposite of manual data entry).

Each engine version of BMW 3-Series F30-33 is sold with few trims / editions: (base), Modern Line, Luxury Line, M Sportpaket.

German Car Database made via scraping from www.adac.de have over 100,000 rows including every possible variation, 1975-present. United Kingdom Car Database made via scraping from www.parkers.co.uk have over 80,000 rows 1985-present.

They make so many rows that most customers refuse to purchase the over-detailed German and UK car databases and choose instead the Car Models & Engines Database, for example the car parts shops that do not need multiple rows for each engine.

Some customers thinks that a database with more rows is more complete, this is WRONG. Completion level is inverse proportional to detail level. The most comprehensive are the Car Models List and Car Nameplates List, because the more detailed ones cover cars sold in a specific continent only.

German Car Database although it have 5 times more rows than European Car Models & Engines Database, it is missing cars that are not sold in Germany, for example some Dacia, some Lada, all Moskwitch, all Zastava and other cars specific to Eastern Europe.

How many car models are sold in United States

Americans do not make distinction between multiple generations of same model, but due to government regulations of car market, each year is counted as separate model, manufacturers releasing each “2019 Model” during 2018. Also models sold here are offered with a smaller range of engines, for example in case of BMW 3-Series E90-93, only 4 engines are sold in US (328i, 335i, 335d, M3) compared with 12 sold in Europe.

Year-Make-Model-Trim-Specs have over 1,000 model nameplates, over 8,000 model years, over 50,000 trims, sold in United States 1990-present. Each year add about 2,500-3,000 new trims.

How many car models are sold in Australia

Australia government most likely do not regulate each year to be counted as separate model but websites such as Redbook.com.au shows each calendar year separately.

Australian Car Database have over 90,000 trims 1960-present. Each year add about 4,000 new trims.

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Download free SAMPLE: UK Car Database.xlsx

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Source of data: one of the most popular websites in United Kingdom.

Coverage: cars sold in United Kingdom 1980-present.

Lis of car makes included

Abarth, AC, Aixam, Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Asia, Aston Martin, Audi, Austin, Bentley, BMW, BMW Alpina, Bristol, Cadillac, Caterham, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Coleman Milne, Corvette, Cupra, Dacia, Daewoo, Daihatsu, Daimler, De Tomaso, Dodge, DS, Eagle, Farbio, FBS, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, FSO, Honda, Hummer, Hyundai, Infiniti, Invicta, Isuzu, Jaguar, Jeep, Jensen, Kia, KTM, Lada, Lamborghini, Lancia, Land Rover, Lexus, Ligier, Lotus, LTI, Marcos, Marlin, Maserati, Maybach, Mazda, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-Benz, MG, MG Motor UK, MIA, Microcar, MINI, Mitsubishi, Morgan, Nissan, Noble, Opel, Perodua, Peugeot, PGO, Porsche, PRINDIVILLE, Proton, Reliant, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Saab, San, SAO, SEAT, Skoda, Smart, SsangYong, Subaru, Suzuki, Talbot, TD Cars, Tesla, Toyota, TVR, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Volvo, Westfield, Yugo.

Description

I created this UK car database in January 2019 after multiple people requested me to do this job. For long time I avoided spending additional effort to make an UK car database because I already had the Car Models & Engines Database for whole Europe that has been purchased by many people in UK without problems, and the more detailed German Car Database was not selling well.

But… a small number of people wanted a more detailed database than European one (which have 1 row per body / engine / drivetrain combination, ignoring trims / equipment versions). Some did purchased German one but the ones from UK wanted an UK-specific one. The UK website turned much easier to scrap than originally expected, easier than other German and American websites I have scraped data from. I feel sorry for not creating this UK car database earlier!

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The original version of Car Models List in .DOC format, started in 2003. It dates back from the childhood hobby for writing book-style printer-friendly documents in Word (although I never printed it and I guess that nobody will do this).

This file is intended for READING only. If you are web developer you are advised to purchase Car Models list in XLS format, easily to dump into a MySQL database, it does cost few $ because web developers are supposed to make profit. If you really do not want to pay $ for Excel version and prefer this FREE Word version, please inform me how many hours you spent to make this .DOC ready to be dumped in MySQL.

2003-2014 editions vs 2015 edition
Now it is black & white, printer-friendly (although I believe that nobody will want to print this)

Free SAMPLE:
Car-Models-List-by-Teoalida-SAMPLE.doc

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Coverage: all cars produced in Europe, all cars and trucks produced in America, and all cars produced in Asia for European market. Due to difficulties about multi-market model lineups, the Car Models List .DOC is NOT COMPLETE for cars produced in Asia for domestic market or for American market, instead the Car Models List Worldwide .XLS is complete, and include regular updates.

Since its launch in December 2012, although I keep adding new models in the .DOC at random times of year and launch a new edition each year, I never checked the .DOC version against Excel version to guarantee completion. Also over time when I found errors I corrected them only in Excel version.

List of updates:
2011 edition: 65 brands on 70 pages. 195 KB file.
June 2012 edition: 75 brands on 80 pages, 266 KB file.
November 2012 edition: 88 brands on ? pages, ? KB file
March 2014 edition: 119 brands on 100 pages, 267 KB file.
May 2015 edition: 138 brands on 62 pages, 421 KB file. First change of format in its 12-year history. Previous editions had each brand starting on a new page (except about 20 minor brands which were showed on the last 4 pages of file), this caused many pages to be mostly white with few row of text at top… the 2015 edition have entire list of models on 2 columns with NO page breaks, this provide a constant amount of text on every page. Added an empty low below class too, not just above, to make the text better spaced apart.

Same vehicles like in Car Models List but displayed in an easy-to-visualize timeline chart.
The Car Models Timeline exclude brands with less than 2 continuous model lines.

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Started in 2003.
June 2012 edition: 69 brands included.
March 2014 edition: 86 brand included, 547 KB file.
May 2015 edition: 97 brands included, 595 KB file.

More details & change log.

Don’t have 1 EURO? I can give you for FREE… just contact me!

In 2013 the Car Models List & Timeline were downloadable in full version via a plain link.

In 2014 the Car Models List & Timeline were posted in Simple eCommerce’s plugin product grid at €0.00 price but since the plugin is for paid downloads only, you still had to go through PayPal checkout and do a null payment, so I posted also a SAMPLE file and a message “Contact me if you want this, I will email you for FREE“, in one year, 3 people contacted me for Car Models Timeline and 1 for Car Models List.

In May 2015 I replaced Simple eCommerce plugin with Easy Digital Downloads which allow FREE downloads so the Car Models List & Timeline could be purchased for FREE via Add to cart.

I hoped they will help raising sales of paid products, because not everyone trust that will get download link automatically by email. Contrary happened: by August 2015 about 50 people have purchased the FREE products and only 1 purchased the paid product Car Models List in Excel afterwards. Also people who purchased PAID products, purchased directly without doing a test purchase of a FREE product.

I realized that leaving these products FREE reduce the sales of PAID products. This is why in September I set the price at ONE EURO. Anyone who want them for FREE can contact me.

I sent emails like the following example, to about 10 of customers who purchased them, without getting a single reply!

Hi there!
I see that you purchased Car Models List and Car Models Timeline on 25 july 2015….
I need your feedback to decide I should continue offering these products for FREE
In May 2015 I changed website plugin to one that allow free downloads, the idea was people that do not trust the automatic delivery system to do a TEST purchase of a free product, then purchase the actual database they are needing, hoping to increase sales. But contrary happened, sales felt down since May. I done a lot of changes last 2 months but still did not succeeded to bring sale volume to previous level. Maybe offering too much for free is the reason?
I see that you opened the SAMPLE files of Year-Make-Model, Car Models Database, Car Models & Engines, etc…. but didn’t purchased any of them after purchasing the free products.
Are these two free products really satisfying you thus you don’t need to purchase the paid products? Or you were disappointed by the free products thus didn’t returned to purchase more? Or you purchased just because saw them FREE and you were not really interested in them, probably you deleted them afterwards?

Future updates

During whole year of 2016:
Car Models List DOC got 4 people buying at 1 euro plus 1 asking to be given for FREE
Car Models Timeline XLS got 7 people buying at 1 euro plus 2 asking to be given for FREE.
Meantime the Excel version of Car Models List got 50 people buying at 24-45 euro.

I offer updates to all databases that cost 10 euro or more. To turn the above ones into regularly updated products I should increase the price, but as you can see even when they can be given free, not many people bother asking for them. It’s pretty obvious that the Car Models List DOC and Car Models Timeline XLS are useless products.

Does not worth my effort to update them anymore! I will focus on the other databases that gets more sales.

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German car database

March 10, 2016, 4:00 am

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Used cars database

July 30, 2016, 5:00 am

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If you want a complete and accurate database of cars sold in your country, used cars classifieds websites are NOT a good place to source data from, because they are variable data, every day new cars are posted for sale while others become inactive, many car models are duplicated and some car models are missing because none is on sale today.

Quality databases with car specs can be made from websites collecting data from manufacturers, for example edmunds.com, parkers.co.uk, carwale.com, etc.

In 2016 someone asked me via this comment to scrap data from an used cars website and I initially said that is a stupidity to do this… I am sorry for this. Next year I noticed that there are several cases in which you need specifically to extract data from used cars listings, example:

You are doing an analysis of most popular car models, their average price, age, mileage, etc.
You are training an image recognition software, thus need thousands of amateur images labelled with car make and model. Used car classifieds websites are best option to get such images.
You want to start your own used cars website and can do this by copying listings from an existing website, with a link to original website so people can contact seller.

Websites scraped so far

Here you can buy SOME of the records I scraped in the past for various customers. If you want update (re-scraping) of any of below websites, or another website at your choice, please ask!

Cardekho.com-SAMPLE.xls
Carlist.my-SAMPLE.xlsx
Carmag.co.za-SAMPLE.xlsx

Note for telemarketers

Note for telemarketers who want email database or phone numbers to spam SMS ads: sorry but I may be not able to provide emails or phone numbers. All major classifieds websites use various anti-scraping features purposely to prevent users posting cars for sale to be spammed with unsolicited calls and emails.

For example phone numbers is generated to be displayed as an image, you need to click a button or solve a captcha to reveal seller phone number (certain anti-scraping features can be beaten, for example by using an OCR software, but this is difficult and I rather don’t bother doing this).

There may be some small websites that do not use any protection. Check yourself by right clicking page > view source, Ctrl+F and try to find phone number, if it is here, then I can easily scrap it.

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Year-Make-Model-Trim-Engine

January 30, 2020, 1:56 pm

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AutoBatteries

February 7, 2020, 3:58 am

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AutoBatteries.xlsx

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Database created on 4-5 February 2020 at request after 2 customers asked me to extract data from https://www.autobatteries.com/en-us.

There are 76702 unique car models in database, and 72240 batteries. Cars having multiple batteries have one row for each battery as one customer suggested. some cars have no batteries indicated. Total 95472 rows in database.

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America vs Europe vs rest of world

February 10, 2016, 4:00 am

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If you are a business working globally rather than in a specific country, or working in some other country than the countries covered by my standard car databases, you may be looking for a global car database.

But… this is not really possible. Car specifications vary depending by country of sale for models having same name, and for accuracy reasons, a car database should be specific to cars SOLD in one country, or with some compromise of quality, to one continent.

Over years I gained reputation for providing most accurate and complete databases, because I offer separate car database for each market of sale, containing ALL and ONLY car models sold locally and data is formatted according tastes of local people. Car Models & Engines Database collect data from European car dealers while Year-Make-Model-Trim-Specs collect data from American car dealers.

Some people asked “I need a database containing European cars (BMW, Skoda, etc) and Japanese cars (Nissan, Toyota, etc), we have all them in Brazil“. You CANNOT buy a single database of “cars made in Japan” because they vary depending by market of sale.

This is Toyota lineup for America

and Toyota lineup for Asia

Example: Toyota sold the following models in calendar year 2015 / US MY 2016:

In United States: 4Runner, Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Highlander, Land Cruiser, Mirai, Prius, Prius c, Prius v, RAV4, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma, Tundra, Yaris.
In Europe: Auris, Avensis, Aygo, Corolla, GT86, Hilux, iQ, Land Cruiser, Mirai, Prius, Prius+, RAV4, Urban Cruiser, Verso, Verso-S, Yaris.
In Australia: 86, Aurion, Camry, Corolla, FJ Cruiser, Fortuner, Hiace, Hilux, Kluger, Land Cruiser, Land Cruiser Prado, Prius, Prius C, Prius V, RAV4, Rukus, Tarago, Yaris.
In India: Camry, Corolla, Etios, Fortuner, Innova, Land Cruiser, Land Cruiser Prado, Prius.
In whatever other country: possible other models.

Furthermore, there are several distinct cars named Toyota Corolla E120 (2000-2007):

Corolla sold in Europe is offered in hatchback, saloon, estate versions, with engines 1.4 (97 PS), 1.6 (110 PS), 1.8 turbo (192, 224 PS), 1.4 diesel (90 PS), 2.0 diesel (90, 110, 116 PS).
Corolla sold in North America is offered only in saloon version, with engines 1.8 (130, later 126 PS) and 1.8 turbo (170, later 164 PS).
Corolla sold in Australia is offered in hatchback, saloon, estate versions, with engines 1.8 (136, later 126 PS) and 1.8 turbo (192 PS).
Another Corolla is sold in Japanese domestic market with narrower body to comply with compact size tax regulation.
Additional different-specs Corollas are sold in Asia, Africa, Latin America, etc.

The ONLY type of database that CAN cover multiple markets (without risking accuracy) are Car Models List and Car Nameplates List, this was possible because these two do not contain engines, dimensions or any other specifications, but just model naming and production years.

A couple of customers choose to purchase multiple databases from me. I did not asked everyone how they use data, but I advise you to make separate sections on your website for each region. Do not mix up my multiple car databases, or you will end up in a mess that will displease any customer.

There are several websites like www.carfolio.com having worldwide cars, which I could make a script to scrap data and create an Excel database, but I do not do this because data quality will be a disaster.

There are also data providers like www.carqueryapi.com selling apparently a worldwide database but you should be careful in purchasing from them because their database is not complete for any given market. Some of my happy customers informed me that bought previously CarQueryAPI and had a major disappointment, missing models even from American and European markets, new models are added with delay of few years after they been launched, some model names are lowercase while others uppercase, certain values missing for random cars, etc. They bought from me afterwards and turned happy. Sadly, there are also people coming on my website and chatting with me then buying from CarQueryAPI just because is cheaper or website is simpler… stupid people who take cheap price over quality!

Model year (America) vs production year (rest of world)

North American car market is tightly regulated by government, all car models sold here are organized by Model Years. Most important, two successive models DO NOT share same Model Year (with few exceptions). Traditionally car models launched in second half of year are considered Model Year of next year, but legally manufacturers are allowed to launch “2017 Model” starting from 2 January 2016. Every year, they launch the “next year model”, even if the car is unchanged from previous year. New trims also appear in middle of model year.

Europe (and rest of world) do not have officially a car model year system, the year of a particular car is used only informally, and it’s the calendar year. So a car model launched in December 2016 is still a 2016 model. European car websites should show Make – Model – production years (as a range, no individual years).

I have seen some cheap-made websites targeting Europe but using drop-down vehicle list with each year on separate row, but since Europe do not have regulated Model Year, they used each calendar year in which a car has been manufactured. This is WRONG and leads to errors and confusion, in the year of model replacement, their list include both old and new models or just one of them at random.

Check yourself ebay.com/motors and ebay.co.uk/motors, see the difference? This makes combination virtually impossible, unless you adapt American database to European / rest of world format, which is not on the taste of American customers.

Americans doing their business in Europe or worldwide, argued with me saying that my European database is WRONG. Actually it is CORRECT for us. Me too, I considered the american system strange and wrong, until 2013.

More differences between Europe and America markets

From 1970s to 1990s many European and Japanese models sold in US had bigger bumpers, getting few extra inches in length compared with same models sold in rest of world.

Models are sold in US with less engine choices, usually top of range. Example: the 2007-2012 BMW 3-Series E90 have versions 328i, 335i, 335d, M3, while in Europe the versions are 318i, 320i, 325i, 330i, 335i, 316d, 318d, 320d, 325d, 330d, 335d, M3.

Sometimes US engines do not exist in rest of world. Example: VW Golf 6 is sold in US with a 2.5 liters 5 cylinders 170 PS engine which do not exists in Europe where all engines are 4 cylinders, ranging from 1.4 to 2.0 liters turbo, 80 – 200 PS.

US measure horsepower according SAE rules, usually getting slightly higher power than measured in European DIN standard.

US EPA measure fuel efficiency as miles per gallon, Europe measure in liters per 100 km. Conversion is theoretically possible, but due to different testing procedure, any given car tested in US will eat 10-20% more gas than when tested in Europe, making comparison difficult. Read more: fuel economy testing procedure.

Don’t trust any database claiming to be 100% complete worldwide!

European car market is 99%+ similar within European Union except United Kingdom and Ireland, and 90-95% similar for all 50 European countries. Eastern Europe have few additional cars produced locally, plus Russia gets few additional Asian cars which are not available in Western Europe, all them being included in my European database. United Kingdom car market is different by having less cars available, because not every manufacturer bother to produce cars in right-hand drive, also UK produce few additional cars sold only locally, again included in my European database.

Asia, Africa and Latin America car markets may be 60-80% similar with European market. If you do not have other options and don’t care about accuracy, buy European Database and tell me what other cars are available in your country, eventually delete the excess cars that are not sold in your country.

North American car market is unique. Most vehicles sold in US & Canada are not sold anywhere else. Many vehicles are sold with different specs in Europe and US even if they wear same name.

I offer Car Models List Worldwide including all models sold in Europe and North America and models sold in local market of non EU/US manufacturers, such as Japanese domestic market for Japan manufacturers (after a big effort in 2014). However it will be NEVER complete for all of the 200+ countries in the world, it DO NOT include cars manufactured in a given country and sold somewhere else but not in Europe, USA, neither in their own country’s market.

If do you need a worldwide database more detailed than a simple Make / Model list, things get very… COMPLEX. Car specs vary from one market to another. NOBODY can make a worldwide / global vehicle database for every 200+ countries in the world, at a reasonable accuracy.

The problem is that Japan and South Korea export SAME cars under dozens of different names in various countries. If this was not worse enough, same name is sometimes used in multiple countries for unrelated cars. For example: the Samsung SM3 produced in Korea is also sold in Mexico as Renault Scala and in Russia as Nissan Almera, unrelated with the well-known Japanese Nissan Almera sold all over Europe until 2007. This Russian Almera and its years (and dozens of other similar name changes) are NOT included in Car Models List. Ford do the same, see Ford Escort (Europe) and Ford Escort (North America).

People outside Europe and America have trouble finding a database suitable for their country

I got a customer from Arab world saying “I am looking for a car database that contains Nissan Patrol because most database I’ve seen miss it” this happens because most databases available online are for US market and Nissan Patrol is not sold there, my European database does contain Nissan Patrol, but won’t help him either, because Nissan sell in Middle East also Altima which do not exist in European database but exist in American database.

Other customers asked me “if my database contain certain Asian cars that are missing from most car databases” and refused to purchase my European database because they are not containing there as well. Indeed, I do not recommend customers outside Europe and America to buy from me, but I am curious… what alternatives you can buy?

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German car database

March 10, 2016, 4:00 am

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Tire size database for cars sold in USA and Canada

June 20, 2014, 5:00 am

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Download free SAMPLE:
TireSize SAMPLE.xls

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Coverage: earliest car included is from 1950, but number of cars by year is significant only after 1980.

Download free SAMPLE:
TireSize tire brands SAMPLE.xls

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I created this database in January 2017, for a customer who did not liked Year-Make-Model-Trim-Specs because it shows only 1 tire fitment for each car, he asked me to do web scraping from TireSize.com, which shows all tire sizes that each car is offered, standard equipment and optional tires.

TireSize is an easy to scrap website, having all data in HTML format, took about 3 minutes to scrap it with an online scraper, but each time I wanted to update database, I had to spent about 10 hours to manually copy-paste to fill model names on every row, to make database usable.

Number of sales failed to reach 10 per year and the 10 hours of manual work required each update made me to announce in late 2017 that will STOP updating this database and recommend customers to buy other databases like www.teoalida.com/cardatabase/american/ and www.teoalida.com/cardatabase/wheels-and-tires-size/

In April 2019 a customer contacting me for an unrelated project informed me that is possible to fill rows automatically (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIKqeaFvltQ) and this allow me to revive the Tire Size database. I also made a scraper for tires by brand beside the tires by vehicle.

List of updates:
33277 rows – January 2017, TireSize had cars up to model year 2016, meaning that it is lagging in updates for about 1 year.
35136 rows – July 2017, they added 2017 models during spring 2017 but is still lagging in updates because 2018 models are already on the market.
64 makes, 1361 models, 12315 years, 41014 trims – 13 April 2019, no longer lagging, 2020 models are already included.

32 brands, 699 tire models, 18938 tire sizes – 13 April 2019

SimpleTire

If you want a car tire database updated more often I can do web scraping from SimpleTire.com, I done scraping of tires by brand, creating another Tire Database for another customer who turned to be an idiot, who asked me to scrap tires by vehicle too. But in case of tires by vehicle, the website is very complex to scrap because data is in JSON format rather than HTML, so I need to pay $250 to my programmer partner to make a custom scraping application. The idiot did not paid for first project so could not do the second project. If anyone is interested to pay $250 for SimpleTire, contact me and we arrange a deal.

1010tires

In September 2017 another customer suggested scraping from 1010tires.com. This website is updated more often than above two. The job took 30 hours with my partner’s standard scraper.

Due to low sales volume I will NOT update this database anymore.

Download SAMPLE (1 make):
1010tires-SAMPLE.xlsx

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Coverage: 1990-present.

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Smallest cars

June 20, 2014, 5:00 am

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I am concerned about car dimensions that grow over years, getting too big for our garages, I was always fascinated by small and basic cars, can such cars be produced in today world? This article shows the smallest cars with 4 seats.

BMW 600

Shortly after World War II, many small cars appeared in the European market. BMW 600, featuring rear engine and frontal access door from 2-seater Isetta bubble car, managed to make a 4-seat car shorter than Fiat 500 and Mini.

Production: 1957-1959, 34,813 units built according Wikipedia.
Engine: 0.6 litres L2 (19.5 PS), top speed 100 kmph.
Dimensions: length 2900 mm, width 1400 mm, height 1375 mm (cube 5.583 m³), wheelbase 1700 mm, weight 515 kg.

Fiat 500

Fiat 500 was the smallest car ever produced after World War II (as cube dimensions), although not the shortest.

Production: 1957-1975, 3,893,294 units built according Wikipedia.
Engine: 479 cc, 499 cc, 594 cc.
Dimensions: length 2970 mm, width 1320 mm, height 1320 mm (cube 5.175 m³), wheelbase 1840 mm, weight 500 kg.

Mini

The british Mini was the only 4-seats car under 3.2 meter length that remained in production until end of 20th century… thanks to conservative British population. The new Mini made by BMW in 2001 is 60 cm longer.

Production: 1959-2000, over 5 million units built according Wikipedia.
Engine: 0.85 – 1.3 litres L4.
Dimensions: length 3054 mm, width 1397 mm, height 1346 mm (cube 5.743 m³), wheelbase 2036 mm, weight 617-686 kg.

Dacia Lăstun

Totally unknown by rest of world, Romania have produced Lastun, the shortest conventional 4-seat car in the world post-WW2 history, even shorter than Fiat 500 (except Isetta’s unconventional styling). Nicolae Ceauşescu attempted to create a very basic car that any Romanian can afford. After 1989 fall of communism, a prototype of a longer and improved Lastun was presented, but project was scrapped and car production was suspended due to very low quality.

My family owned a Lastun during 1990s, it was the only car we could afford in ravaged Romanian economy after 1989 fall of communism.

Production: 1988-1991, 6532 units according Wikipedia, 1985-1992 according other sources.
Engine: 0.5 litres L2 (22.5 PS), top speed 106 kmph.
Dimensions: length 2950 mm, width 1410 mm, height 1352 mm (cube 5.624 m³), wheelbase 1915 mm, weight 590 kg.

Lada Oka (VAZ-1111)

Don’t know if inspired by Romanian Lastun, or by Fiat Panda or Uno, USSR’s Kamaz factory launched a car in similar size and similar design in 1987, sold also under name Lada Oka. Surprisingly it remained in production until 2008. An electric version was also produced in 1989-1998 at special-order basis.

Production: 1987/1988-2008/2009, about 700,000 units built according Wikipedia.
Engine: 649 cc B2 (29 PS), 750 cc L2 (33 PS), 996 cc L3 (50 PS).
Dimensions: length 3200 mm, width 1420 mm, height 1400 mm (cube 6.362 m³), wheelbase 2180 mm, weight 645 kg.

Shuanghuan Noble

Shuanghuan Noble is a Chinese car sold in various European and Asian countries, it has generated controversies due to its similar styling to that of the Smart Fortwo, despite that it offer seating for 4 passengers. The rear seats provide enough room for two adults with plenty of space for their knees, although the low roof-line restricts headroom significantly. The rear seats can fold down to reveal a flat loading space, which otherwise is negligible. A full size spare wheel is housed under the rear seats. An electric version is sold under name Wheego Whip.

Production: 2004-2016.
Engine: 1.1 litrers L2 (68 PS).
Dimensions: length 3010 mm, width 1605 mm, height 1600 mm (cube 7.730 m³), wheelbase 2025 mm, weight 875 kg.

Tata Nano

The Indian Tata Nano is not just a small car but also the cheapest car in the world. at initial launch it was only $1,500 USD. A very basic car to keep costs low, the rear engine is accessible only via interior as the car does not have tailgate.

Production: 2008-2018, production stopped due to poor market demand.
Engine: 624 cc L2 (38 PS).
Dimensions: length 3099 mm, width 1495 mm, height 1652 mm (cube 7.654 m³), wheelbase 2230 mm, weight 600-635 kg.

Toyota iQ

A very big surprise to see a 4-seat car with less than 3 meters in the 21th century. Toyota iQ looks from outside like the 2-seat Smart but it does have 4 seats. Actually 3+1 seats because the seat behind driver do not have space for an adult. The car do not have any cargo space.

Production: 2008-2015.
Engine: 1.0 litres L3 (68 PS), 1.3 litres L4 (98 PS), 1.4 litres diesel L4 (90 PS), top speed 150-170 kmph.
Dimensions: length 2985 mm, width 1680 mm, height 1500 mm (cube 7.522 m³), wheelbase 2000 mm, weight 860 kg.

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Carmakers produce too many models?

July 10, 2014, 5:00 am

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The number of models produced by each car manufacturer increased over years, modular platforms allow car markers to produce a large number of models with little cost, creating new niches to cater different types of buyers. But is this really necessary? How long this trend can continue until they realize that have too many models?

A funny text from jalopnik.com: If you make a saloon on a platform, and a wagon on a platform, why not make a crossover? Why not make a slightly sportier version of that crossover? Why not make a really sporty version of that crossover? Why not make a coupé version of that crossover? Why not make a slightly sporty version of that coupé version of that crossover based on the saloon? Why not make a really sporty version of the slightly sporty version of that coupé version of that crossover based on the saloon?

Too many niches?

During 1960s and 1970s, Fiat was the manufacturer with largest lineup of models, ranging from the mini Fiat 500 to the large Fiat 130, plus a lot of coupé and spider models. Presently, the premium German automakers, Mercedes and BMW are fighting each other to have the largest lineup of models. Japanese automakers, especially Toyota, also produce a large number of models, but they form separate lineups for each region of the world.

Mercedes introduced A-Class in 1997, a very small and tall car, then introduced B-Class in 2005 as compact tall hatchback, however the 3rd generation A-Class introduced in 2012 became 454 mm longer and 160 mm longer, making it a regular hatchback, while B-Class remains a tall hatchback, additionally introduced CLA and GLA in 2013, making Mercedes to have 4 models in compact segment. Was this really necessary?

Off-road cars are produced since pre-WW2 times but they were not popular except for army use, as most them featuring open body and wooden seats. The first SUV (vehicle with off-road abilities and comfort of a car) was Range Rover (1970) and it remained the only SUV in Europe for 2 decades. Was followed by Land Rover Discovery (1989), Opel Frontera (1991) and Ford Maverick (1993). Number of SUV models increased dramatically after 2000. BMW having 4 SUV and crossovers in the year 2009.

BMW introduced the first crossover, SUV with coupé-style roof, X6 in 2006, followed by a coupé-style liftback, 5 Gran Turismo in 2009. Audi joined the niche with A7 Sportback in 2010. Mercedes joined the niche with GLE Coupé in 2015.

Mercedes introduced first sporty saloon, or 4-door coupé, CLS in 2004, also added an estate version, CLS Shooting Brake in 2012.

How many models and niches they have now? See in the following table, showing years they covered each niche.

Class	Mercedes	BMW	Audi
Niches covered	32	29	23
Small hatchback	A-Class (1997-2012)		A2 (2000-2005) A1 (2010-)
Compact hatchback	A-Class (2012-)	1-Series (2004-)	A3 (1996-)
Compact saloon	CLA-Class (2013-)		A3 Limousine (2013-)
Compact estate	CLA-Class Shooting Brake (2015-)
Compact coupé		1-Series Coupé (2007-2014) 2-Series Coupé (2014-)
Compact cabrio		1-Series Cabrio (2008-2014) 2-Series Cabrio (2015-)	A3 Cabriolet (2008-)
Medium hatchback	C-Class Sportcoupé (2001-2008) CLC-Class (2008-2011)	3-Series Compact (1994-2005)
Medium saloon	190 (1982-1993) C-Class (1993-)	3-Series (1983-)	80 (1972-1994) 90 (1984-1991) A4 (1994-)
Medium estate	C-Class T (1996-)	3-Series touring (1987-)	80 Avant (1992-1995) A4 Avant (1995-)
Medium estate bulky			A4 Allroad (2010-)
Medium coupé	C-Class Coupé (2011-)	3-Series Coupé (1975-2013) 4-Series Coupé (2013-)	Coupé (1980-1996) A5 Coupé (2007-)
Medium cabrio	C-Class Cabriolet (2015-)	3-Series Cabrio (1978-2014) 4-Series Cabrio (2014-)	Cabrio 1993-2001) A4 Cabrio (2002-2009) A5 Cabrio (2009-)
Medium liftback		3-Series GT (2013-)	A5 Sportback (2009-)
Medium sporty saloon		4-Series Gran Coupé (2014-)
Medium sporty estate
Large saloon	E (1960s-1993) E-Class (1993-)	5-Series (1972-)	100 (1968-1994) 200 (1979-1991) A6 1994-)
Large estate	TE (1960s) E Class T (1993-)	5-Series touring (1991-)	100 Avant (1977-1994) A6 Avant (1994-)
Large estate bulky			A6 Allroad (2000-)
Large coupé	CE (1960s) CLK-Class (1997-2009) E-Class Coupé (2009-)	6-Series (1975-1989 2003-)	100 Coupé (1968-1976)
Large cabrio	CE (1960s) CLK-Cabrio (1998-2009) E-Class Cabrio (2010-)	6-Series Cabrio (2004-)
Large liftback		5-Series GT (2009-)	A7 Sportback (2010-)
Large sporty saloon	CLS-Class (2004-)	6-Series Gran Coupé (2012-)
Large sporty estate	CLS-Class Shooting Brake (2012-)
Luxury saloon	SE/SEL (1960s-1993) S-Class (1993-)	7-Series (1977-)	V8 (1988-1993) A8 (1994-)
Luxury coupé	SEC (1981-1993) S-Class Coupé (1993-1996) CL-Class (1996-2014) S-Class Coupé (2014-)	8-Series (1989-1999)
Luxury cabrio	S-Class Cabrio (upcoming)
Superluxury saloon	600 (1963-1981) Maybach 57 & 62 (2002-2013) Maybach S-Class (2015-)
Leisure activity vehicle	Vaneo (2001-2005) Citan Tourer (2012-)
Compact MPV 5-seat	B-Class (2005-)	2-Series Active Tourer (2014-)
Compact MPV 7-seat		2-Series Gran Tourer (2015-)
Large MPV	V-Class (1996-2003) Viano (2003-2014)
Sport compact coupé		Z1 (1989-1991) Z3 (1996-2002) Z4 (2002-)	TT (1998-)
Sport compact roadster	SLK-Class (1996-)		TT (1990-)
Sport car	SL (1954-)	M1 (1978-1981) Z8 (2000-2003)	R8 (2007-)
Supercar	SLR McLaren (2013-2010) SLS AMG (2010-)
Off-road vehicle	G-Wagen (1979-1993) G-Class (1993-)
Small SUV			Q2 (2016-)
Small crossover
Compact SUV		X1 (2009-)	Q3 (2011-)
Compact crossover	GLA-Class (2013-)	X2 (upcoming)
Medium SUV	GLK-Class (2008-2015) GLC-Class (2015-)	X3 (2003-)	Q5 (2008-)
Medium crossover	GLC-Class Coupé (2016-)	X4 (2014-)
Large SUV	M-Class (1997-2015) GLE-Class (2015-)	X5 (2000-)
Large crossover	GLE-Class Coupé (2015-)	X6 (2008-)
Luxury SUV	GL-Class (2006-)	X7 (upcoming)	Q7 (2006-)
Luxury crossover	R-Class (2005-2013)

Too many engine options?

Beside having too many models and body styles, we have also too many engine options and other versions. For example: Porsche 911 in its 964 generation offered 7 versions: Carrera Coupe, Cabrio, Targa, each rear wheel drive and all wheel drive, plus Turbo model. Presently Porsche 911 is offered in versions like Carrera, Carrera S, Carrera GTS, Turbo, Turbo S, GT3, GT2.

Mercedes E-Class holds the record of most engine options at same time in one model:
10 engines as 1997: 200, 240, 280, 320, 430, 55 AMG, 220 Diesel, 290 Turbodiesel, 300 Diesel, 300 Turbodiesel.
10 engines as 2003: 200 Kompressor, 240, 320, 500, 55 AMG, 200 CDI, 220 CDI, 270 CDI, 320 CDI, 400 CDI.
11 engines as 2011: 200, 250, 300, 350, 500, 63 AMG, 200 CDI, 220 CDI, 250 CDI, 300 CDI, 350 BlueTec.

Majority of them are offered rear wheel drive and all wheel drive, and further divided into trims like Comfort, Elegance, Avantgarde.

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PDF chart with 640 most common car models from Europe since WW2 to present. Took 10 hours to write each car model at correct position in the chart, based by year of launch and length in millimeters, using AutoCAD then exported as PDF, I leave it for FREE download… useful for garage builders and students or hobbyists researching the car evolution.

I made it in April 2013, after I was contacted by an architect, interested in “average car length”, for an automated parking system.

Current version contains only cars produced in Europe and focus on hatchback, saloon, estate, coupe, cabriolet, etc, excluding MPV, SUV, etc, as their length are within range of regular cars (no SUV sold in Europe is longer than Mercedes S-Class). Also it do not contains Asian imports because they offer a small range of cars within middle range of European cars, or American imports because are too rare in Europe. Adding too many cars would make names overlapping and the PDF chart would be harder to read. If you want ALL car models sold in Europe you can buy Car Models Database.

Updated November 2014.
Further updates will be done when someone request updates.

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2003-2014 editions vs 2015 edition
Now it is black & white, printer-friendly (although I believe that nobody will want to print this)

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Same vehicles like in Car Models List but displayed in an easy-to-visualize timeline chart.
The Car Models Timeline exclude brands with less than 2 continuous model lines.

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Started in 2003.
June 2012 edition: 69 brands included.
March 2014 edition: 86 brand included, 547 KB file.
May 2015 edition: 97 brands included, 595 KB file.

More details & change log.

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In 2013 the Car Models List & Timeline were downloadable in full version via a plain link.

In May 2015 I replaced Simple eCommerce plugin with Easy Digital Downloads which allow FREE downloads so the Car Models List & Timeline could be purchased for FREE via Add to cart.

I realized that leaving these products FREE reduce the sales of PAID products. This is why in September I set the price at ONE EURO. Anyone who want them for FREE can contact me.

I sent emails like the following example, to about 10 of customers who purchased them, without getting a single reply!

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If you are from Canada, Mexico, or other nearby country and you are concerned if the above American car database does have coverage for your country, you can check below the list of all car models sold in United States and included in database. According 22 September 2019 update (1990-2020, 62 makes, 1075 models, 8740 model years, 58480 model trims).

Acura (Japan): CL, ILX, ILX Hybrid, Integra, Legend, MDX, NSX, RDX, RL, RLX, RSX, SLX, TL, TLX, TSX, TSX Sport Wagon, Vigor, ZDX.

Alfa Romeo (Italy): 4C, Giulia, Stelvio.

AM General (United States): Hummer.

Aston Martin (United Kingdom): DB11, DB7, DB9, DB9 GT, DBS, Rapide, Rapide S, V12 Vanquish, V12 Vantage, V12 Vantage S, V8 Vantage, Vanquish, Vanquish S, Vantage, Virage.

Audi (Germany): 100, 200, 80, 90, A3, A3 Sportback e-tron, A4, A4 allroad, A5, A6, A7, A8, allroad, allroad quattro, Cabriolet, Coupe, e-tron, Q3, Q5, Q7, Q8, R8, RS 3, RS 4, RS 5, RS 6, RS 7, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, SQ5, TT, TT RS, TTS, V8.

Bentley (United Kingdom): Arnage, Azure, Bentayga, Brooklands, Continental, Continental Flying Spur, Continental Flying Spur Speed, Continental GT, Continental GT Speed, Continental GT Speed Convertible, Continental GT3-R, Continental GTC, Continental GTC Speed, Continental Supersports, Continental Supersports Convertible, Flying Spur, Mulsanne, Supersports Convertible ISR.

BMW (Germany): 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, 3 Series Gran Turismo, 4 Series, 4 Series Gran Coupe, 5 Series, 5 Series Gran Turismo, 6 Series, 6 Series Gran Coupe, 6 Series Gran Turismo, 7 Series, 8 Series, ActiveHybrid 5, ActiveHybrid 7, ActiveHybrid X6, Alpina, ALPINA B6 Gran Coupe, ALPINA B7, i3, i8, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, Z3, Z4, Z8.

Bugatti (France): Veyron 16.4.

Buick (United States): Cascada, Century, Electra, Enclave, Encore, Envision, Estate Wagon, LaCrosse, LeSabre, Lucerne, Park Avenue, Rainier, Reatta, Regal, Regal Sportback, Regal TourX, Rendezvous, Riviera, Roadmaster, Skylark, Terraza, Verano.

Cadillac (United States): Allante, ATS, ATS Coupe, ATS-V, Brougham, Catera, CT5, CT6, CTS, CTS Coupe, CTS Wagon, CTS-V, CTS-V Coupe, CTS-V Wagon, DeVille, DTS, Eldorado, ELR, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade EXT, Escalade Hybrid, Fleetwood, Seville, Sixty Special, SRX, STS, STS-V, XLR, XLR-V, XT4, XT5, XT6, XTS.

Chevrolet (United States): Astro, Astro Cargo, Avalanche, Aveo, Beretta, Black Diamond Avalanche, Blazer, Bolt EV, C/K 1500 Series, C/K 2500 Series, C/K 3500 Series, Camaro, Caprice, Captiva Sport, Cavalier, Celebrity, Chevy Van, Chevy Van Classic, City Express, Classic, Cobalt, Colorado, Corsica, Corvette, Cruze, Cruze Limited, Equinox, Express, Express Cargo, HHR, Impala, Impala Limited, Lumina, Lumina Minivan, Malibu, Malibu Classic, Malibu Hybrid, Malibu Limited, Malibu Maxx, Metro, Monte Carlo, Prizm, R/V 3500 Series, S-10, S-10 Blazer, Silverado 1500, Silverado 1500 Classic, Silverado 1500 Hybrid, Silverado 1500 LD, Silverado 1500HD, Silverado 1500HD Classic, Silverado 2500, Silverado 2500HD, Silverado 2500HD Classic, Silverado 3500, Silverado 3500 Classic, Silverado 3500HD, Sonic, Spark, Spark EV, Sportvan, SS, SSR, Suburban, Tahoe, Tahoe Hybrid, Tracker, TrailBlazer, TrailBlazer EXT, Traverse, Trax, Uplander, Venture, Volt.

Chrysler (United States): 200, 300, 300M, Aspen, Cirrus, Concorde, Crossfire, Grand Voyager, Imperial, Le Baron, LHS, New Yorker, Pacifica, Pacifica Hybrid, Prowler, PT Cruiser, Sebring, TC, Town and Country, Voyager.

Daewoo (South Korea): Lanos, Leganza, Nubira.

Dodge (United States): Avenger, Caliber, Caravan, Challenger, Charger, Colt, Dakota, Dart, Daytona, Durango, Dynasty, Grand Caravan, Intrepid, Journey, Magnum, Monaco, Neon, Nitro, Omni, RAM 150, RAM 250, RAM 350, Ram 50 Pickup, Ram Cargo, Ram Pickup 1500, Ram Pickup 2500, Ram Pickup 3500, Ram Van, Ram Wagon, Ramcharger, Shadow, Spirit, Sprinter, Sprinter Cargo, SRT Viper, Stealth, Stratus, Viper.

Eagle (United States): Premier, Summit, Talon, Vision.

Ferrari (Italy): 360, 430 Scuderia, 456M, 458 Italia, 488 GTB, 488 Spider, 550, 575M, 599, 612 Scaglietti, 812 Superfast, California, California T, Enzo, F12 Berlinetta, F430, FF, GTC4Lusso, Portofino, Superamerica.

FIAT (Italy): 124 Spider, 500, 500e, 500L, 500X.

Fisker (United States): Karma.

Ford (United States): Aerostar, Aspire, Bronco, Bronco II, C-Max Energi, C-Max Hybrid, Contour, Crown Victoria, E-150, E-250, E-350, E-Series Van, E-Series Wagon, Econoline Cargo, Econoline Wagon, EcoSport, Edge, Escape, Escape Hybrid, Escort, Excursion, Expedition, Expedition EL, Explorer, Explorer Sport, Explorer Sport Trac, F-150, F-150 Heritage, F-250, F-250 Super Duty, F-350, F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, Festiva, Fiesta, Five Hundred, Flex, Focus, Freestar, Freestyle, Fusion, Fusion Energi, Fusion Hybrid, GT, LTD Crown Victoria, Mustang, Probe, Ranger, Shelby GT350, Shelby GT500, Taurus, Taurus X, Tempo, Thunderbird, Transit Connect, Transit Passenger Van, Transit Van, Transit Wagon, Windstar, Windstar Cargo.

Genesis (South Korea): G70, G80, G90.

Geo (United States): Metro, Prizm, Storm, Tracker.

GMC (United States): Acadia, Canyon, Envoy, Envoy XL, Envoy XUV, Jimmy, R/V 3500 Series, Rally Wagon, S-15, S-15 Jimmy, Safari, Safari Cargo, Savana, Savana Cargo, Sierra 1500, Sierra 1500 Classic, Sierra 1500HD, Sierra 1500HD Classic, Sierra 1500 Hybrid, Sierra 1500 Limited, Sierra 2500, Sierra 2500HD, Sierra 2500HD Classic, Sierra 3500, Sierra 3500 Classic, Sierra 3500HD, Sierra C3, Sierra Classic 1500, Sierra Classic 2500, Sierra Classic 3500, Sonoma, Suburban, Syclone, Terrain, Typhoon, Vandura, Yukon, Yukon Hybrid, Yukon XL.

Honda (Japan): Accord, Accord Crosstour, Accord Hybrid, Accord Plug-In Hybrid, Civic, Civic CRX, Civic del Sol, Clarity, Crosstour, CR-V, CR-Z, Element, Fit, Fit EV, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Passport, Pilot, Prelude, Ridgeline, S2000.

HUMMER (United States): H1, H1 Alpha, H2, H2 SUT, H3, H3T.

Hyundai (South Korea): Accent, Azera, Elantra, Elantra Coupe, Elantra GT, Elantra Touring, Entourage, Equus, Excel, Genesis, Genesis Coupe, Ioniq Electric, Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid, Kona, Kona Electric, NEXO, Palisade, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Sport, Santa Fe XL, Scoupe, Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, Sonata Plug-in Hybrid, Tiburon, Tucson, Veloster, Veracruz, XG300, XG350.

INFINITI (Japan): EX, FX, G, G Convertible, G Coupe, G Sedan, I, J, JX, M, Q, Q40, Q50, Q60 Convertible, Q60 Coupe, Q60, Q70, QX, QX4, QX30, QX50, QX, QX60, QX70, QX80.

Isuzu (Japan): Amigo, Ascender, Axiom, Hombre, i-Series, Impulse, Oasis, Pickup, Rodeo, Rodeo Sport, Stylus, Trooper, VehiCROSS.

Jaguar (United Kingdom): E-PACE, F-PACE, F-TYPE, I-PACE, S-Type, X-Type, XE, XF, XJ-Series, XK-Series.

Jeep (United States): Cherokee, Comanche, Commander, Compass, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, Grand Wagoneer, Liberty, Patriot, Renegade, Wagoneer, Wrangler, Wrangler JK.

Kia (South Korea): Amanti, Borrego, Cadenza, Forte, K900, Niro, Niro EV, Niro Plug-In Hybrid, Optima, Optima Hybrid, Optima Plug-In Hybrid, Rio, Rondo, Sedona, Sephia, Sorento, Soul, Soul EV, Spectra, Sportage, Stinger, Telluride.

Lamborghini (Italy): Aventador, Diablo, Gallardo, Huracan, Murcielago, Reventon, Urus.

Land Rover (United Kingdom): Defender, Discovery, Discovery Sport, Freelander, LR2, LR3, LR4, Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar.
Lexus (Japan): CT, ES, GS, GX, HS, IS, LC, LFA, LS, LX, NX, RC, RX, SC, UX.

Lincoln (United States): Aviator, Blackwood, Continental, Corsair, LS, Mark LT, Mark VII, Mark VIII, MKC, MKS, MKT, MKX, MKZ, Nautilus, Navigator, Navigator L, Town Car, Zephyr.

Lotus (United Kingdom): Elise, Esprit, Evora, Evora 400, Exige.

Maserati (Italy): Coupe, Ghibli, GranSport, GranTurismo, GranTurismo Convertible, Levante, Quattroporte, Spyder.

Maybach (Germany): 57, 62, Landaulet.

Mazda (Japan): 2, 3, 323, 5, 6, 626, 929, B-Series Pickup, B-Series Truck, CX-3, CX-5, CX-7, CX-9, Mazdaspeed 3, Mazdaspeed 6, Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata, Mazdaspeed Protege, Millenia, MPV, MX-3, MX-5 Miata, MX-5 Miata RF, MX-6, Navajo, Protege, Protege5, RX-7, RX-8, Tribute, Tribute Hybrid, Truck.

McLaren (United Kingdom): 570GT, 570S, 600LT Spider, 650S Coupe, 650S Spider, 675LT Coupe, 675LT Spider, 720S Spider, MP4-12C, MP4-12C Spider.

Mercedes-Benz (Germany): W124 (E-Class predecessor), W126 (S-Class predecessor), W140 (S-Class predecessor), W201 190 (C-Class predecessor), R129 (SL-Class predecessor), A-Class, AMG GT, B-Class Electric Drive, C-Class, CL-Class, CLA-Class, CLK-Class, CLS-Class, E-Class, G-Class, GL-Class, GLA-Class, GLC-Class, GLC-Class Coupe, GLE-Class, GLE-Class Coupe, GLK-Class, GLS-Class, Maybach, Metris, M-Class, R-Class, S-Class, SL-Class, SLC-Class, SLK-Class, SLR McLaren, SLS AMG, SLS AMG GT, SLS AMG GT Final Edition, Sprinter, Sprinter Worker.

Mercury (United States): Capri, Cougar, Grand Marquis, Marauder, Mariner, Mariner Hybrid, Milan, Milan Hybrid, Montego, Monterey, Mountaineer, Mystique, Sable, Topaz, Tracer, Villager.

MINI (Germany): Clubman, Convertible, Cooper, Cooper Clubman, Cooper Countryman, Cooper Coupe, Cooper Paceman, Cooper Roadster, Countryman, Hardtop 2 Door, Hardtop 4 Door.

Mitsubishi (Japan): 3000GT, Diamante, Eclipse, Eclipse Cross, Eclipse Spyder, Endeavor, Expo, Galant, i-MiEV, Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback, Mighty Max Pickup, Mirage, Mirage G4, Montero, Montero Sport, Outlander, Outlander PHEV, Outlander Sport, Precis, Raider, Sigma, Vanwagon.

Nissan (Japan): 200SX, 240SX, 300ZX, 350Z, 370Z, Altima, Altima Hybrid, Armada, Axxess, Cube, Frontier, GT-R, Juke, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, Murano CrossCabriolet, NV Cargo, NV Passenger, NV200, NX, Pathfinder, Pulsar, Quest, Rogue, Rogue Select, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Stanza, Titan, Titan XD, Truck, Van, Versa, Versa Note, Xterra.

Oldsmobile (United States): Achieva, Alero, Aurora, Bravada, Ciera, Custom Cruiser, Cutlass, Cutlass Calais, Cutlass Ciera, Cutlass Supreme, Eighty-Eight, Eighty-Eight Royale, Intrigue, LSS, Ninety-Eight, Regency, Silhouette, Toronado.

Panoz (United States): Esperante.

Plymouth (United States): Acclaim, Breeze, Colt, Grand Voyager, Horizon, Laser, Neon, Prowler, Sundance, Voyager.

Pontiac (United States): 6000, Aztek, Bonneville, Firebird, G3, G5, G6, G8, Grand Am, Grand Prix, GTO, Le Mans, Montana, Montana SV6, Solstice, Sunbird, Sunfire, Torrent, Trans Sport, Vibe.

Porsche (Germany): 718 Boxster, 718 Cayman, 911, 918 Spyder, 928, 944, 968, Boxster, Carrera GT, Cayenne, Cayman, Macan, Panamera.

Ram (United States): 1500, 1500 Classic, 2500, 3500, C/V, Dakota, Promaster Cargo Van, Promaster City, Promaster Window Van.

Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom): Corniche, Cullinan, Dawn, Ghost, Park Ward, Phantom, Phantom Coupe, Phantom Drophead Coupe, Silver Seraph, Wraith.

Saab (Sweden): 9-2X, 9-3, 9-3 Griffin, 9-4X, 9-5, 9-7X, 900, 9000.

Saturn (United States): Astra, Aura, Aura Hybrid, ION, L-Series, Outlook, Relay, S-Series, Sky, VUE, VUE Hybrid.

Scion (Japan): FR-S, iA, iM, iQ, tC, xA, xB, xD.

smart (Germany): fortwo, EQ fortwo.

Spyker (Netherlands): C8.

Subaru (Japan): Ascent, B9 Tribeca, Baja, BRZ, Forester, Impreza, Impreza WRX, Justy, Legacy, Loyale, Outback, SVX, Tribeca, XT, XV Crosstrek.

Suzuki (Japan): Aerio, Equator, Esteem, Forenza, Grand Vitara, Kizashi, Reno, Samurai, Sidekick, Swift, SX4, Verona, Vitara, X-90, XL-7.

Tesla (United States): Model 3, Model S, Model X, Roadster.

Toyota (Japan): 4Runner, 86, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, C-HR, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Camry Solara, Celica, Corolla, Corolla Hatchback, Corolla iM, Cressida, ECHO, FJ Cruiser, GR Supra, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, Land Cruiser, Matrix, Mirai, MR2, MR2 Spyder, Paseo, Pickup, Previa, Prius, Prius c, Prius Plug-in, Prius Prime, Prius v, RAV4, RAV4 EV, RAV4 Hybrid, Sequoia, Sienna, Supra, T100, Tacoma, Tercel, Tundra, Venza, Yaris, Yaris iA.

Volkswagen (Germany): Arteon, Arteon, Atlas, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Cabrio, Cabriolet, CC, Corrado, e-Golf, Eos, EuroVan, Fox, Golf, Golf Alltrack, Golf GTI, Golf R32, Golf R, Golf SportWagen, Jetta, Jetta GLI, Jetta Hybrid, Jetta SportWagen, New Beetle, Passat, Phaeton, Rabbit, Routan, Tiguan, Tiguan Limited, Touareg, Vanagon.

Volvo (Sweden): 240, 740, 760, 780, 850, 940, 960, C30, C70, Coupe, S40, S60, S60 Cross Country, S70, S80, S90, V40, V50, V60, V60 Cross Country, V70, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC, XC40, XC60, XC70, XC90.

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Over years several people asked me if I can make a database of chinese cars, but I never been able to find an english car website from China. In June 2019 a customer said that is OK if I make a database in chinese language. DONE! I translated column headers into english, but since I do not speak chinese, some may be incorrectly translated.

Coverage: earliest car included is from 1985, but number of cars get significant only after 2000s. Is also well known that automotive market in China boomed recently. Each calendar year in which a car was produced is a separate row in database.

List of updates:

254 makes, 1341 models, 30319 versions – 22 June 2019

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Teoalida’s original car database Demo / sample	German car database Demo / sample
Cover whole Europe, including Rover high-powered variants sold only in UK, 2.0 litres cars sold only in Italy (example Ferrari 208), low-cost cars for Eastern Europe (Fiat Albea, Peugeot 301, Renault Symbol, Lada, Volga, etc)	Cover only cars sold in Germany
Shows period of production as year only, based on their appearance in AutoKatalog, which is a bit off (cars launched in november-december may indicate starting year as next year)	Show period of production as year/month in which the car was sold in Germany
One row per engine, regardless if it was offered with both manual and automatic transmission	One row per each transmission type, also one row per each equipment level (this can be stripped off, don’t know who would need equipment levels that have same specs)
1 column for fuel efficiency (combined)	3 columns for fuel efficiency (urban, highway, combined)
Few additional columns: bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width	Does NOT include bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width

Teoalida’s original car database Demo / sample	German car database Demo / sample
Cover whole Europe, including Rover high-powered variants sold only in UK, 2.0 litres cars sold only in Italy (example Ferrari 208), low-cost cars for Eastern Europe (Fiat Albea, Peugeot 301, Renault Symbol, Lada, Volga, etc)	Cover only cars sold in Germany
Shows period of production as year only, based on their appearance in AutoKatalog, which is a bit off (cars launched in november-december may indicate starting year as next year)	Show period of production as year/month in which the car was sold in Germany
One row per engine, regardless if it was offered with both manual and automatic transmission	One row per each transmission type, also one row per each equipment level (this can be stripped off, don’t know who would need equipment levels that have same specs)
1 column for fuel efficiency (combined)	3 columns for fuel efficiency (urban, highway, combined)
Few additional columns: bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width	Does NOT include bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width

Teoalida’s original car database Demo / sample	German car database Demo / sample
Cover whole Europe, including Rover high-powered variants sold only in UK, 2.0 litres cars sold only in Italy (example Ferrari 208), low-cost cars for Eastern Europe (Fiat Albea, Peugeot 301, Renault Symbol, Lada, Volga, etc)	Cover only cars sold in Germany
Shows period of production as year only, based on their appearance in AutoKatalog, which is a bit off (cars launched in november-december may indicate starting year as next year)	Show period of production as year/month in which the car was sold in Germany
One row per engine, regardless if it was offered with both manual and automatic transmission	One row per each transmission type, also one row per each equipment level (this can be stripped off, don’t know who would need equipment levels that have same specs)
1 column for fuel efficiency (combined)	3 columns for fuel efficiency (urban, highway, combined)
Few additional columns: bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width	Does NOT include bore × stroke, compression ratio, camshaft, track width

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