Warning: cars are sold in various countries with different specifications (even if model name is the same), due to this reason the worldwide databases contains ONLY make, model and production years.
Any database with higher detail level (body styles, engines, transmission, prices, etc) should be should be specific to one country for accuracy reasons, or in worst case, to a continent. Beware of websites like CarQueryAPI mixing cars sold in multiple regions, not accurate for any market and missing models even from US and EU markets. Read more.
Last update: 20 June 2021
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1894-present
535 makes
35000+ model versions
75 columns of specs
Mnufacturers with over 200 models: Aprilia, Benelli, BMW, Derbi, Ducati, Enfield, GAS GAS, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Husqvarna, Hyosung, Indian, Kawasaki, Keeway, KTM, Kymco, Moto Guzzi, MV Agusta, NSU, Peugeot, Sherco, Suzuki, Sym, TM Racing, Triumph, Vespa, Yamaha.
Last release: 19 April 2021
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Worldwide list, with mentions for car sold in Europe and America.
1945-present
World 210+ brands, 5800+ models
Europe 170+ brands, 3200+ models
Simple dataset with make and model only, without engines or specifications
Last release: 3 November 2020
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Worldwide list, with mentions for car sold in Europe and America.
1945-present
230+ brands
3700+ nameplates
Simple data set with make & model only, no engines or specifications
Last update: 31 August 2021
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300+ tire brands
10,000+ tire modes
Coverage: 1953-present, worldwide, in case of cars sold with different specs in various regions, the “market of sale” column shows EUDM (Europe), USDM (United States), MXDM (Mexico), LADM (Latin America), AUDM (Australia), etc. Cars sold with same specs all over the world have this column empty, so there is no way to filter out only cars sold in a particular country.
Source of data: www.oica.net, I compiled all years in one Excel table and chart for easy comparison. Data is updated yearly in March.
Source of data: carsalesbase.com and compiled in Excel by me for easy use in your projects. I update yearly in February when carsalesbase.com publish sales figures for previous year. carsalesbase.com also shows number of cars sold by month, but number of people interested in such data is too small to justify my effort to update monthly. So I included only yearly sales.
Abandoned 2015
(free database with no updates)
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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).