This dataset contains a subset of the fuel economy data that the EPA makes available on http://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.
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
Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.