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Year-Make-Model-Trim
Year-Make-Model-Trim-Basic-Specs
Year-Make-Model-Trim-Full-Specs
Year-Make-Model-Dimensions (unfinish-able, read below)
Alternate formats: CSV and SQL (Full Specs & Features)
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Last release: 26 May 2017, including 295 of 2018 models. Full changelog.
The trims database does have same number of rows but just first 5 columns, making duplicate rows for each trim due to differences such as FWD / 4WD, manual / automatic, different engine, different features, etc. A proper car trim database, filtered from trim duplicates, require additional dozens of hours of work too much considering how many sales it can get. Should do this job?
The dimensions database: there are some vehicles offered with multiple dimensions for same body style, example: Lexus LS short and long wheelbase, Ford F-150 short and long truck bed, etc. They have duplicate Year, Make, Model, Body which can pose a potential problem for integrating database in a website. Including trims would be NOT the right solution because would increase number of rows significantly for no reason and Ford F-150 have same trim in multiple bed lengths. Can someone suggest the best solution for these vehicles?
American car database coverage
Complete for all cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans sold in United States from Model Year 1990 to present. Exotic makes (Ferrari, Lotus, Maserati, etc) which are MY 2001 onward. Vehicles sold in Canada but not in United States are NOT included as they are included in Year-Make-Model which is based on Wikipedia. Certain technical data (valves, cam type) is available for MY 2001 onward. This is due to the website I based my database on.
Apparently they changed source of data for MY 2001 as some cars like Mercedes C43 AMG were listed as separate model for MY 2000 and as trim under C-Class for MY 2001, had to correct these model naming issues manually. The specs are consistent before and after MY 2001 change.
Are you interested in cars older than 1990? I am interested too, for my personal research and for selling such database! Show me a website having older vehicles displaying at least car engine size, power and dimensions, and I will see if I can copy data from it!
Data fields included
There are 78 columns in this vehicle database, but unlike my well-known car databases for Europe with 99% completion ratio for most columns, this American car database have many columns with data available for just 50-90% of vehicles, due to the incompleteness of the website I used to source data from. Beside 5 columns of model naming, there are 16 columns with 98-99%+ completion ratio. Hope this is enough for most applications. Feel free to delete the columns with incomplete data.
Naming: ID, Make, Model, Year, Trim, Description, Car class 100%.
Dimensions: Body type 100%, Length 99.69%, Width 98.48%, Height 98.39%, Wheelbase 99.91%.
Engine: Cylinders 99.62%, Engine size 99.72%, Horsepower 99.08%, rpm 99.08%, Torque 98.88%, rpm 98.88%, Valves 73.14%, Valve timing 48.12%, Cam type 73.15%, Drive type 99.99%, Transmission 98.88%.
Fuel: Engine type 89.57%, fuel type 89.57%, EPA mileage 86.00%, Fuel tank capacity 99.23%, Range in miles 99.95%.
Interior dimensions: Front head room 80.44%, Front hip room 65.62%, Front leg room 80.17%, Front shoulder room 78.78%, Rear head room 79.96%, Rear hip room 65.23%, Rear leg room 79.66%, Rear shoulder room 78.04%.
Other dimensions: Front track 57.47%, Rear track 57.31%, Ground clearance 62.52, Angle of approach 13.27%, Angle of departure 13.25%, Turning circle 86.43%, Drag coefficient 21.13%, Curb weight 61.34%, Gross weight 26.53%, Maximum payload 18.47, Maximum towing capacity 27.20%, EPA interior volume 28.79%, Cargo capacity 61.90%, Maximum cargo capacity 40.64%, Suspension: 40.64%
Warranty: Basic 40.64, Drivetrain 70.97, Hybrid component 2.50%, Free maintenance 15.79%, EV battery 0.07%, Roadside 53.96%, Rust 28.48%.
Features: Front seats 73.41%, Rear seats 62.32%, Power features 64.29%, Instrumentation 73.20%, Convenience 73.35%, Comfort 72.87%, Memorized settings 40.64%, In car entertainment 73.18%, Telematics 40.30%, Roof and glass 73.31%, Body 21.19, Truck features 25.56%, Tires and wheels 73.43%, Doors 40.64%, Towing and hauling 41.98%, Safety features 99.96%
Colors: exterior 95.49%, interior 77.42%, exterior RGB 77.42%, interior RGB 77.42%.
Accuracy notes
This vehicle database is NOT a “scrap and sell data as it is”. I spent extra time and used my high automotive experience to correct errors and improve model hierarchy when compared with original source website. Probably this will also help you having an unique automobile database that do not exist on any website, and avoid copyright issues.
Example of corrections:
– Mercedes W202 C36 and C43 AMG were listed as separate model beside C-Class while W203 C32 AMG were listed as a trim under C-Class. To make things clearer I decided to list all AMG cars as trims, same for BMW M and Audi S models.
– Porsche Cayman was launched with S trim only so for MY 2006 was listed under model name “Cayman S” while for next years model name is “Cayman” with trims “Base” and “S”. I corrected and put MY 2006 “S” as trim.
– Subaru Impreza WRX was is listed as trim under Impreza for MY 2002-2012, as separate model “Impreza WRX” for MY 2013-2014 and as separate model “WRX” for MY 2015-2016. I modified and listed all WRX as trim under Impreza model.