Talk:List of automotive superlatives

message: Rules
The following questions have been resolved by a public vote and discussion.
:Honorable mentions for disputed entries - A consensus is required before a dispute about an entry bumps it down to honorable mention status.
:Production numbers - The "20 produced" rule refers to the superlative version, not just the named model in general.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfoskett (talk • contribs) 20:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I thnk the list should allow these cars to be listed , there is now already many cars before WW2. -->Typ932 T·C 06:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The intro to the article clearly says "In order to keep the entries relevant, the list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately." I don't know who came up with this rule, but it is consistently being ignored, which gives the article a wishy-washy look. We either stick to the rule and remove all examples from the 20s and 30s from the main list, or we remove this rule, but I think the current situation is unsustainable. Opinions? El monty (talk) 10:44, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm happy to allow cars before WWII.  Stepho  talk  01:13, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, but why would pre WW II cars be excluded ?  --GeeTeeBee (talk) 21:01, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cars before World War II,  

message: Came here looking for the largest private testing/etc automotive/vehicle track there is, someone care to add?
2600:6C54:4400:C76:B01D:6181:2F1C:6C5E (talk) 10:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know for sure which is the largest but Nürburgring is privately held and I suspect its 25.947 km (current combined circuit) is the largest. Needs verification, of course.  Stepho  talk  13:44, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Private tracks/courses, nothing? 

message: Should we divide "car" to more specific body styles? e.g. "sedan", "hatchback", "coupé", "convertible/cabriolet", "station wagon", etc. 182.30.134.6 (talk) 06:22, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highest power by body style 

message: New listing/entry for largest screen in a production car. Ford Evos 2021 has 27" screen but it's china exclusive, 17" in Tesla Model S is largest with international sales, Byton M-Byte 48" is in production but no deliveries to customers have been made (as of May 2021) and Mercedes EQS 56" Hyperscreen is actually three separate screens under one glass panel. 118.211.175.35 (talk)
:Are you talking about the windscreen (aka windshield in some countries) or the computer display screen? Assuming you mean the computer screen, I see an arms race in the next few years. Being exclusive to China is not a barrier. Multiple screens acting as a single panel are also not a barrier (assuming the joins are practically seamless). No deliveries is a barrier but the article can be updated when (if) deliveries start.  Stepho  talk  10:32, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest screen in a production car 

message: In this revert you asked "Should we also add smallest machines, lightest/heaviest machines, etc ?". That would be fine by me, but those articles do not exist, so there's no particular reason to worry they will clutter up this relatively short "See also" section. I came to this article looking for the largest land vehicles, and it was unclear if "automotive" includes all self-propelled vehicles or not. Turns out it does not, and what I was looking for was at List of largest machines. Since I expect other readers have had the same problem, I added a see also link to make it easier to find that info. Does that make sense? -- Beland (talk) 03:11, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've let it rattle around in my head for a day or so. My gut feeling is that it doesn't belong and will lead to link bloat. But I guess we can deal with that in the future - if it happens. I withdraw my objection to it.  Stepho  talk  23:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks for pondering that. I've added it back with an annotation that points out it specifically includes land vehicles, so perhaps that will prevent any desire to add links to future lists of small machines that aren't vehicles. 8) -- Beland (talk) 02:28, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also [[List of largest machines]] 

message: What's the metric we should be using here? A range-extended hybrid like the BMW i3 ReX would in practice be more efficient than a hybrid like the Prius PHEV because a greater fraction of the distance it travels would be in EV mode given that it has a greater all-electric range, even though it it less efficient in EV mode than the Prius. Where this gets complicated though is the latest Prius PHEV with 44 miles of range where a significant fraction of the distance driven get by in EV mode. Maybe we just need a disclaimer that it is complicated? 2600:6C64:507F:D378:4CEC:64FC:DA92:4465 (talk) 15:25, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plug-in Hybrid efficiency 

message: How can an all-electric vehicle have such a parameter as mpg at all? --95.24.68.61 (talk) 11:11, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems like it doesn't make sense but "equivalent" is the keyword here. It's just a number that can be used to compared efficiency of different cars. See MPGe and https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a31863350/mpge/  Stepho  talk  11:25, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  All-electric mpg