- Country
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a factor giving the country in which the car was manufactured
- Disp
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engine displacement in cubic inches
- Disp2
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engine displacement in liters
- Eng.Rev
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engine revolutions per mile, or engine speed at 60 mph
- Front.Hd
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distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft. 9 in. front seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU
- Frt.Leg.Room
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maximum front leg room, in inches, as measured by CU
- Frt.Shld
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front shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU
- Gear.Ratio
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the overall gear ratio, high gear, for manual transmission
- Gear2
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the overall gear ratio, high gear, for automatic transmission
- HP
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net horsepower
- HP.revs
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the red line—the maximum safe engine speed in rpm
- Height
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height of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer
- Length
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overall length, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer
- Luggage
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luggage space
- Mileage
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a numeric vector of gas mileage in miles/gallon as tested by CU; contains NAs.
- Model2
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alternate name, if the car was sold under two labels
- Price
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list price with standard equipment, in dollars
- Rear.Hd
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distance between the car's head-liner and the head of a 5 ft 9 in. rear seat passenger, in inches, as measured by CU
- Rear.Seating
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rear fore-and-aft seating room, in inches, as measured by CU
- RearShld
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rear shoulder room, in inches, as measured by CU
- Reliability
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an ordered factor with levels Much worse < worse < average < better < Much better: contains NAs.
- Rim
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factor giving the rim size
- Sratio.m
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Number of turns of the steering wheel required for a turn of 30 foot radius, manual steering
- Sratio.p
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Number of turns of the steering wheel required for a turn of 30 foot radius, power steering
- Steering
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steering type offered: manual, power, or both
- Tank
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fuel refill capacity in gallons
- Tires
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factor giving tire size
- Trans1
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manual transmission, a factor with levels , man.4, man.5 and man.6
- Trans2
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automatic transmission, a factor with levels , auto.3, auto.4, and auto.CVT. No car is missing both the manual and automatic transmission variables, but several had both as options
- Turning
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the radius of the turning circle in feet
- Type
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a factor giving the general type of car. The levels are: Small, Sporty, Compact, Medium, Large, Van
- Weight
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an order statistic giving the relative weights of the cars; 1 is the lightest and 111 is the heaviest
- Wheel.base
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length of wheelbase, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer
- Width
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width of car, in inches, as supplied by manufacturer
