To sell an automobile database, an ONE-make sample needs to be offered as FREE SAMPLE. Some people (example) have trouble understanding this… contacting me asking if I have / how they can get the rest of makes, while other people may have quit website. People believe that the SAMPLE is all what I have, quit website instead of buying the FULL database! Any suggestion how I can avoid losing such customers?
Each SAMPLE Excel file contains a “Statistics” sheet showing list of auto makes and number of models included per each make, for the FULL database. List of car makes is also shown here:
List of 94 car makes included in the European Database
Italic ones are brands dead ages ago, included in Car Models Database (1945-present) but not in Car Models & Engines Database (1986-present), or with unavailable data (Perodua, Shelby).
Europe: Alfa Romeo, Alpine, ARO, Aston Martin, Audi, Austin-Healey, Autobianchi, Bentley, BMW, Bond, Bristol, Bugatti, Citroën, Dacia, DAF, DeLorean, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, FSO, Jaguar, IFA, Innocenti, Isdera, ISO Rivolta, Iveco, Izh, Jensen, Koenigsegg, Lada, Lamborghini, Lancia, Land Rover, Lotus, LuAZ, Maserati, Matra, Maybach, Mercedes, Moskwitch, Mini, NSU, Morgan, Oltcit, Opel, Pagani, Peugeot, Porsche, Reliant, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Saab, Santana, Seat, Simca-Talbot, Skoda, Smart, Tatra, De Tomaso, Trabant, TVR, Vauxhall, Volga, Volkswagen, Volvo, Wartburg, ZAZ.
Asia: Asia Motors, Daewoo, Daihatsu, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Kia, Lexus, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Perodua, Proton, Samsung, SsangYong, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota.
America: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Hummer, Jeep, Pontiac, Shelby SuperCars.
Even more brands are included in Car Models List (without technical data)
List of 57 car makes included in the American Database (1990-present)
Domestic: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Eagle, Geo, GMC, Hummer, Jeep, Lincoln, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Panoz, Plymouth, Pontiac, Saturn, Tesla.
Imports: Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Daewoo, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Jaguar, Kia, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Lexus, Lotus, Maserati, Mazda, Maybach, McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Saab, Scion, Smart, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo.
Notes
If you saw somewhere a list with 1000 manufacturers, this does not mean that my Worldwide Model List with 103 brands and European Database with 78 brands (as January 2013) is severely incomplete.
Yes, the world HAD 1000+ vehicle manufacturers before World War II. Today there are less than 100 major brands (producing at least several hundred vehicles per year and having established dealers network, including Bentley, Lamborghini, Maserati, etc), excluding chinese cars (insufficient data available for China vehicles)…
Of them:
57 makes were sold in Western Europe during 1990, 53 during 2000, only 47 as 2013.
48 makes were sold in North America during 1990, 46 during 2000, only 41 as 2013.
The database was already complete for Western European market since April 2012 edition having 65 brands in Car Models List and 57 brands in Car Models and Car Models & Engines Database. It grew to 100+ brands in Car Models List (Worldwide) and 78 brands in Car Models Database (Europe) as January 2013, because I also added communist brands as well as minor and dead brands (examples: Bristol, Koenigsegg, ISO Rivolta, McLaren, Morgan, Venturi – most people never heard of these names).
I constantly add exotic car makes with hard-to-find data, plus less-known makes that survived the war but died in 1950s-1980s, as well as expanding database to cover more markets than Europe.
Feel free to suggest new brands to be added!