Vehicle Configuration Database (VCdb) Coverage Update

If you’ve ever thought the standards team here at the Auto Care Association is satisfied with the speed of delivery and the data content being provided in the Vehicle Configuration database (VCdb), we’re here to tell you otherwise! 

Over the last few years, we’ve sped up the research process to deliver new model coverage before the vehicles hit the showroom floors, delivered stage 4 attribute details faster than ever before and highlighted four new regions to the Latin America VCdb, for a total of 11 regions in Central and South America. 

Well, it’s been about a year since we announced those four new regions for the Latin America VCdb.  We’re happy to report that six more regions are being added to the Latin America VCdb as research is completed. Our new regions are El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, which brings our region count up to 17 with more to come! In the last six months, we have added 714  unique light duty vehicles covering model years 1987-2023. 

Motorhome/recreational and multipurpose military vehicles have been added to the North America medium and heavy duty truck VCdb and stand-alone medium/heavy duty engines have been added to the North America Off-Highway and Equipment VCdb. 

A special thank you to our partners, Integrated Data Facts (IDF), MOTOR Information Systems and our research team here at Auto Care, which have been instrumental in providing great content for the Latin American countries along with new model year vehicles and new vehicle type groups.  

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For questions about the Latin American or new vehicle type data, contact technology@autocare.org.