TopGear: Top Gear car data
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The data set contains information on cars featured on the website of the popular BBC television show Top Gear.

1	data("TopGear")

A data frame with 297 observations on the following 32 variables.

Maker: factor; the car maker.
Model: factor; the car model.
Type: factor; the exact model type.
Fuel: factor; the type of fuel ("Diesel" or "Petrol").
Price: numeric; the list price (in UK pounds)
Cylinders: numeric; the number of cylinders in the engine.
Displacement: numeric; the displacement of the engine (in cc).
DriveWheel: factor; the type of drive wheel ("4WD", "Front" or "Rear").
BHP: numeric; the power of the engine (in bhp).
Torque: numeric; the torque of the engine (in lb/ft).
Acceleration: numeric; the time it takes the car to get from 0 to 62 mph (in seconds).
TopSpeed: numeric; the car's top speed (in mph).
MPG: numeric; the combined fuel consuption (urban + extra urban; in miles per gallon).
Weight: numeric; the car's curb weight (in kg).
Length: numeric; the car's length (in mm).
Width: numeric; the car's width (in mm).
Height: numeric; the car's height (in mm).
AdaptiveHeadlights: factor; whether the car has adaptive headlights ("no", "optional" or "standard").
AdjustableSteering: factor; whether the car has adjustable steering ("no" or "standard").
AlarmSystem: factor; whether the car has an alarm system ("no/optional" or "standard").
Automatic: factor; whether the car has an automatic transmission ("no", "optional" or "standard").
Bluetooth: factor; whether the car has bluetooth ("no", "optional" or "standard").
ClimateControl: factor; whether the car has climate control ("no", "optional" or "standard").
CruiseControl: factor; whether the car has cruise control ("no", "optional" or "standard").
ElectricSeats: factor; whether the car has electric seats ("no", "optional" or "standard").
Leather: factor; whether the car has a leather interior ("no", "optional" or "standard").
ParkingSensors: factor; whether the car has parking sensors ("no", "optional" or "standard").
PowerSteering: factor; whether the car has power steering ("no" or "standard").
SatNav: factor; whether the car has a satellite navigation system ("no", "optional" or "standard").
ESP: factor; whether the car has ESP ("no", "optional" or "standard").
Verdict: numeric; review score between 1 (lowest) and 10 (highest).
Origin: factor; the origin of the car maker ("Asia", "Europe" or "USA").

The data were scraped from http://www.topgear.com/uk/ on 2014-02-24. Variable Origin was added based on the car maker information.

1 2	data("TopGear") summary(TopGear)

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           Maker                      Model    
 Mercedes-Benz: 19   Roadster            :  2  
 Audi         : 18   1 Series            :  1  
 BMW          : 18   1 Series Convertible:  1  
 Vauxhall     : 17   1 Series Coupe      :  1  
 Volkswagen   : 15   107                 :  1  
 Toyota       : 11   207 CC              :  1  
 (Other)      :199   (Other)             :290  
                            Type         Fuel         Price        
 107 1.0 68 Active 5d         :  1   Diesel:112   Min.   :   6950  
 118d SE 5d                   :  1   Petrol:180   1st Qu.:  18910  
 120d SE Convertible 2d       :  1   NA's  :  5   Median :  26495  
 120i M Sport Coupe 2d        :  1                Mean   :  50784  
 12C 3.8 V8 TT 625 Standard 2d:  1                3rd Qu.:  44195  
 207 CC 1.6 VTi 120 GT 2d     :  1                Max.   :1139985  
 (Other)                      :291                                 
   Cylinders       Displacement  DriveWheel       BHP            Torque     
 Min.   : 0.000   Min.   : 647   4WD  : 67   Min.   : 17.0   Min.   : 42.0  
 1st Qu.: 4.000   1st Qu.:1560   Front:147   1st Qu.:112.0   1st Qu.:151.0  
 Median : 4.000   Median :1995   Rear : 78   Median :160.0   Median :236.0  
 Mean   : 5.055   Mean   :2504   NA's :  5   Mean   :218.3   Mean   :255.4  
 3rd Qu.: 6.000   3rd Qu.:2988               3rd Qu.:258.0   3rd Qu.:324.0  
 Max.   :16.000   Max.   :7993               Max.   :987.0   Max.   :922.0  
 NA's   :4        NA's   :9                  NA's   :4       NA's   :4      
  Acceleration       TopSpeed          MPG             Weight    
 Min.   : 0.000   Min.   : 50.0   Min.   : 10.00   Min.   : 210  
 1st Qu.: 5.900   1st Qu.:112.0   1st Qu.: 34.00   1st Qu.:1244  
 Median : 9.100   Median :126.0   Median : 47.00   Median :1494  
 Mean   : 8.839   Mean   :132.7   Mean   : 48.11   Mean   :1536  
 3rd Qu.:11.400   3rd Qu.:151.0   3rd Qu.: 57.00   3rd Qu.:1774  
 Max.   :16.900   Max.   :252.0   Max.   :470.00   Max.   :2705  
                  NA's   :4       NA's   :12       NA's   :33    
     Length         Width          Height     AdaptiveHeadlights
 Min.   :2337   Min.   :1237   Min.   :1115   no      :137      
 1st Qu.:4157   1st Qu.:1760   1st Qu.:1421   optional: 28      
 Median :4464   Median :1815   Median :1484   standard:132      
 Mean   :4427   Mean   :1811   Mean   :1510                     
 3rd Qu.:4766   3rd Qu.:1877   3rd Qu.:1610                     
 Max.   :5612   Max.   :2073   Max.   :1951                     
 NA's   :11     NA's   :16     NA's   :11                       
 AdjustableSteering      AlarmSystem     Automatic      Bluetooth  
 no      : 73       no/optional:112   no      :111   no      : 55  
 standard:224       standard   :185   optional: 87   optional: 46  
                                      standard: 99   standard:196  
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
  ClimateControl  CruiseControl  ElectricSeats     Leather     ParkingSensors
 no      : 83    no      : 87   no      :187   no      :124   no      : 72   
 optional: 35    optional: 35   optional: 35   optional: 56   optional: 61   
 standard:179    standard:175   standard: 75   standard:117   standard:164   
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
  PowerSteering      SatNav          ESP         Verdict          Origin   
 no      : 27   no      : 86   no      : 24   Min.   : 1.000   Asia  : 74  
 standard:270   optional:116   optional: 16   1st Qu.: 5.000   Europe:198  
                standard: 95   standard:257   Median : 7.000   USA   : 25  
                                              Mean   : 6.339               
                                              3rd Qu.: 7.000               
                                              Max.   :10.000               
                                              NA's   :2