{"id":26094,"date":"1990-04-26T12:00:46","date_gmt":"1990-04-26T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teoalida.com\/cardatabase\/?p=26094"},"modified":"2022-03-04T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T00:09:09","slug":"car-models-database-changelog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teoalida.com\/cardatabase\/car-models-database-changelog\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Models Database &#8211; changelog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2005 for pure hobby of\u00a0research-analysis how the cars of Europe grew in terms of external dimensions, weight and engine size\/power over the years, I published it on my\u00a0website in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>I added non-Europe cars during\u00a0April 2012 after noticing customers (companies) looking for complete vehicle\u00a0database with car\u00a0dimensions.\u00a0This increased\u00a0from 500 European to\u00a01100 Worldwide models, counted in .DOC at May 2012.\u00a0Coverage: since 1945-1980 for Europe depending by brand and since 1990 for rest of world).<\/p>\n<p>Posted for sale in May 2012 a package with 2 files: <strong>Car database list.DOC<\/strong> (sorted by manufacturer) and <strong>Car database timeline.XLS<\/strong> (sorted by class and year, showing cars evolution over 60 years).\u00a0The\u00a0Word database do not enjoy popularity of Excel database while the Excel database being sorted by class was difficult to check for missing models, so in December 2012 I re-sorted alphabetically the Excel version, and named <strong>Car Models Database<\/strong>\u00a0and the DOC version was named\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/cardatabase\/car-models-encyclopedia\/\">Car Models Encyclopedia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>An one-brand SAMPLE file published on 20 December 2012, next week\u00a0I re-sorted the Excel table by manufacturer instead of class,\u00a0improved engine data for 2009-2012 cars (thanks to reviving\u00a0Car Models &amp; Engine Database\u00a0after 4 years), I\u00a0put\u00a0Make | Model in separate columns (customer suggestion), also added number of seats (my idea), final database\u00a0launched on\u00a0on 12 January 2013,\u00a0<strong>1174<\/strong>\u00a0models from\u00a0<strong>70<\/strong>\u00a0brands, due to different counting system in Excel table compared with Doc, about 30 models were gone.<\/p>\n<p>Next: increase coverage of 1980s and earlier, add more dead brands, re-posted on 30 January,\u00a0<strong>1346<\/strong>\u00a0models from\u00a0<strong>79<\/strong>\u00a0brands.<\/p>\n<p>In the following months I added 20 models per month (mostly 1950s-1960s cars).<\/p>\n<p><strong>82<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1412<\/strong>\u00a0models, as 5 Apr 2013, I emailed the new edition\u00a0to the two customers which bought in March, versions with 1374 and 1379 models.<\/p>\n<p><strong>87<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1457<\/strong>\u00a0models, 1309 KB, as 1 May 2013. Of 59 European brands, 31 are &#8220;complete all history \/ complete since WW2&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>87<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1480<\/strong>\u00a0models, as 1 Jun 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>89<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1540<\/strong>\u00a0models, 1401 KB file, as 1 August 2013. Of 61 European brands, 38 are &#8220;complete all history \/ complete since WW2&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>90<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1556<\/strong>\u00a0models, 1443 KB file, as 11 Sepember 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>92<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1614<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>2721<\/strong> body styles, 1006 KB file, as 1 November 2013.\u00a0<strong>Main yearly update<\/strong>, added 2 extra columns: Class and Top speed, removed Class rows.\u00a0File size reduction, timeline tables removed to be sold separately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>96<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1740<\/strong>\u00a0models,\u00a0<strong>2968<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1055 KB file, as 1 January 2014. Vauxhall added separately from Opel (+65 models) and more old cars added.\u00a0Timeline tables rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>96<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1755<\/strong>\u00a0models,\u00a0<strong>2990<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1063 KB file, as 1 May 2014.\u00a0Last update for Timeline version due to customer preference for Alphabetic version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>97<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1790<\/strong>\u00a0models,\u00a0<strong>3035<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1083 KB file, as 1 August 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>99<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1901<\/strong>\u00a0models,\u00a0<strong>3233<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1245 KB file, as 20 November 2014. <strong>Main yearly update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>99<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1905<\/strong> models, <strong>3241<\/strong> body styles, 1252 KB file, as 1 March 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>101<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1932<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3277<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1313 KB file, as 1 June\u00a02015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>101<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1939<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3285<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, ????\u00a0KB file, as 1 August\u00a02015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>102<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1945<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3300<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1338\u00a0KB file, as 15 September\u00a02015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>102<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>1955<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3324<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1384 KB file, as 15 January\u00a02016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>110<\/strong> makes,<strong> 2000<\/strong> models, <strong>3416<\/strong> body styles, 1413 KB file, as 10 August 2016. Actually the update made 1997 models, so I added 3 upcoming models specially to reach round value of\u00a02000 models.<\/p>\n<p><strong>110<\/strong> makes, <strong>2030<\/strong> models, <strong>3482<\/strong> body\u00a0styles, 1346 KB file, as 1 March 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>114<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>2077<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3560<\/strong>\u00a0body\u00a0styles, 1373 KB file, as 1 September 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>114<\/strong>\u00a0makes, <strong>2095<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3588<\/strong>\u00a0body\u00a0styles, 1376 KB file, as 1 January 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>115<\/strong> makes, <strong>2132<\/strong> models, <strong>3644<\/strong> body styles, 1392 KB file, as 1 August 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>115<\/strong> makes, <strong>2165<\/strong>\u00a0models, <strong>3690<\/strong>\u00a0body styles, 1507 KB file, as 1 May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, 4-5 new models are launched in European market each month in average.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020 the Car Models Database been completely redesigned, based now on ADAC instead of AutoKatalog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changelog &#8211; 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