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The VIN identifies the vehicle's country of manufacture, and the company responsible for its production. Vehicles manufactured in the United States have VINs beginning with the numbers 1, 4, and 5 – regardless of where the company is based. If a motor vehicle is manufactured in Canada, the VIN begins with the number 2.
The People's Republic of China had 322 million motor vehicles in use at the end of September 2018, of which, 235 million were passenger cars in 2018, making China the country with largest motor vehicle fleet in the world. [7] In 2016, the motor vehicle fleet consisted of 165.6 million cars and 28.4 million trucks and buses. [1]
Small size Passenger vehicles, commonly called "5 number" vehicles in reference to their license-plate prefix. This class is defined as limited to vehicles less than 4.7 m (15.4 ft) long, 1.7 m (5.6 ft) wide, 2 m (6.6 ft) high and with engine displacement at or under 2,000 cc (120 cu in).
In Europe, the third-largest category for passenger cars is called D-segment or large family car. In the United States, the equivalent term is mid-size or intermediate cars. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a mid-size car as having a combined passenger and cargo volume of 110–119 cu ft (3.1–3.4 m 3).
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people over cargo. [1] [2] There are around one billion cars in use worldwide.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to automobiles: . Automobile (or car) – wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor.Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to six people, typically have four wheels, and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than ...
Category L7e-CP: heavy quadri-mobile for passenger transport (vehicle mainly designed for passenger transport) Motor vehicles with at least four wheels: Category M: used for the carriage of passengers. Category M1: no more than eight seats in addition to the driver seat (mainly, cars) more than eight seats in addition to the driver seat :
Microstates such as San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein have high rates of car ownership. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Population figures are from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise specified. [1]