This dataset contains a subset of the fuel economy data that the EPA makes available on https://fueleconomy.gov/. It contains only models which had a new release every year between 1999 and 2008 - this was used as a proxy for the popularity of the car.
Format
A data frame with 234 rows and 11 variables:
- manufacturer
manufacturer name
- model
model name
- displ
engine displacement, in litres
- year
year of manufacture
- cyl
number of cylinders
- trans
type of transmission
- drv
the type of drive train, where f = front-wheel drive, r = rear wheel drive, 4 = 4wd
- cty
city miles per gallon
- hwy
highway miles per gallon
- fl
fuel type
- class
"type" of car