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Published 29/08/2015 @ 23:28:44, By antp
They are commonly known as "Beta", I think it is better to keep that for referencing purpose and because it is easier to type for people :grin:
The Y is listed as Y (from our alphabet) instead of the greek Υ which looks nearly identical but is actually another character.

Latest Edition: 29/08/2015 @ 23:31:07


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Published 28/09/2015 @ 02:42:56, By Ddey65
Hi, I mistakenly classified this car as a convertible, when I later found it was a coupe with a white vinyl roof:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=726455

Plus, I'm debating whether it should be upgraded to four stars.
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Published 29/09/2015 @ 12:12:19, By Lateef
Whose decision was it to rename all Hanomags into "HANOMAG"? All right, the make was usually spelt out that way on badging and advertising (with an exception or two) - but HANOMAG doesn't look pleasing to my eye at least. We don't list Fiats as FIAT, now do we - so why HANOMAG? If kept this way, I guess we shall rename all Hanomag-Henschels, too.
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Published 06/10/2015 @ 23:14:30, By eLMeR
I don't know how to "read" this, about the (2001? 2002?) Freightliner Sprinter:
Freightliner LLC plans to assemble and market the Sprinter commercial van in North America in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz.
[...] The Sprinter cargo van configuration will be available starting in June, with the passenger version being available in September. [...]

Should we then identify the cargo vans as 2001 models ? Freightliner just says 2001 for the unveiling date...

Latest Edition: 06/10/2015 @ 23:20:32
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Published 16/10/2015 @ 11:37:48, By Raul1983
I'd like to second Lateef's comment: why has Hanomag been renamed to HANOMAG ? Could we go back to the old one, please.
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Published 16/10/2015 @ 12:17:14, By atom
Robi proposed the change here: http://imcdb.opencommunity.be/forum_topic-7034-62299-Mass_change_model_info_thread.html#p62299

I'd guess it's since Hanomag is an acronym but so is Fiat though.
I think that it's usually said that if you can pronounce the acronym as a word it should be written as Hanomag but if you can't pronounce the acronym it should be spelled as IMCDB.
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Published 16/10/2015 @ 19:42:17, By eLMeR
Should be IMCDb, as the Db stands for Database :wink:

If we start to use HANOMAG with capital letters, then we must change the following, for consistency:
• SIMCA (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carrosserie Automobile),
• ALFA Romeo (Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili),
• SAVIEM (Société Anonyme de Véhicules Industriels et d'Équipements Mécaniques),
• SEAT (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo),
and so on, with certainly a lot more of other concerned makes in the IMCDb.

In addition to being boring to write, we shouldn't forget that writing in upper case means shouting for long-time Internet users, hence their reluctance to write that way (or not :wink: ). And it already has become a kind of habit, if not a standard.
So maybe writing just the 1st letter in upper case for the acronyms(1), as done for now, is indeed better than managing all of them as initialisms(1)

1: The acronym can be pronounced as a word, in its accurate definition. Unlike an initialism.

Latest Edition: 16/10/2015 @ 20:01:37
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Published 19/10/2015 @ 09:24:45, By antp
I'll rename them.
By the way, about that make, I don't know why some have the make repeated in the model:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=HANOMAG&model=Hanomag+H+kl+6p&modelMatch=- 1&modelInclModel=on
Due to the amount of vehicles it is most likely done on purpose, but a few others don't have it: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=HANOMAG&model=H+kl+6p&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=- on
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Published 22/11/2015 @ 01:39:01, By Purzel89
Somehow my comment was ignored on this page: http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=653833

kegare accidentally thought this is 1990 model year, because he thought the bus line is the actual vehicle number.

But this is a 1986+ model year and its impossible to specify the year. The very first prototype (1980 model year) went out of regular service in late 2002. Two prototypes were built in 1983, but went out of regular service in the mid 90s.

This film was filmed in February 2003, two months after the last prototype lost his BVG colors. All three prototypes had new colors at the time of filming, so its impossible that one of these prototypes were used for filming.
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Published 22/11/2015 @ 10:07:42, By antp
Most likely missed rather than ignored; there is a thread to report such cases:
http://imcdb.opencommunity.be/forum_topic-1987-64679-Non_Unidentified_Vehicles.html
(here it is should rather be for more general remarks, impacting a series of vehicles and not just individual cases)
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Published 24/11/2015 @ 03:33:52, By eLMeR
Mack used a hyphen when writing the name of its 1979-2001 Mid-Liner trucks (78 models in the IMCDb). Maybe we should do it too?
See the following 1979, 1984, 1993 and 1993 brochure covers.
File: 1979-2001 Mack Mid-Liner.jpg ( 110.7 KB - 902 )
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Published 24/11/2015 @ 19:30:39, By antp
I suppose. Renault used "Midliner" in one word however?
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Published 24/11/2015 @ 22:44:54, By eLMeR
Indeed:
http://www.lesrenaultdepapier.fr/CouverturesCatas/1987-200020144_small.JPG http://www.lesrenaultdepapier.fr/CouverturesCatas/1998-200120862_small.JPG
1986
1999

Pictures from the Gammes J/S/M - Midliner page on lesrenaultdepapier.fr, which starts with:
http://www.lesrenaultdepapier.fr/gamme_m_fichiers/image001.gif

:smile:
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Published 28/11/2015 @ 18:22:28, By eLMeR
Chevrolet and GMC models of the 2007 to 2013/14 GMT900 truck line apparently use their accurate platform code in the IMCDb:
• Chevrolet Silverado: GMT901
• GMC Sierra: GMT902
• Chevrolet Tahoe: GMT921
• GMC Yukon: GMT922
• Chevrolet Suburban: GMT931
• GMC Yukon XL: GMT932
• Chevrolet Avalanche : GMT941

Shouldn't the Cadillac equivalent models be handled the same way?
• Escalade (for now GMT920, should be GMT926)
• Escalade ESV (GMT930, should be GMT936)
• Escalade EXT (GMT940, should be GMT946)

This way, the generic GMT920, GMT930 and GMT940 codes could be kept for vehicles whose make is not recognizable.

Latest Edition: 28/11/2015 @ 18:26:42
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Published 28/11/2015 @ 19:10:26, By antp
I guess it could be done, I'll do that later.
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Published 30/11/2015 @ 20:48:58, By Gamer
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Published 30/11/2015 @ 21:24:46, By antp
wrong thread
as written a little above,
here it is should rather be for more general remarks, impacting a series of vehicles and not just individual cases

this is a discussion thread, the one for reporting missed comments is the other one

Latest Edition: 30/11/2015 @ 21:25:47
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Published 08/12/2015 @ 19:27:50, By eLMeR
Thanks for the Cadillacs, antp. I'll certainly delete the platform code for this one :grin:
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Published 08/12/2015 @ 20:53:48, By antp
Well, I find logical that it also has the code, like a toy car or a replica would have it I guess (or else, why the model name but not the code?)
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Published 08/12/2015 @ 21:46:16, By eLMeR
This kind of scale models is indeed hard to correctly classify. But I find really weird to give it the platform code of the genuine vehicle, as it would imply specific specs (wheelbase, length, width, body-on-frame design and so on) that are absent here.

Maybe a specific class could help? With Class: Scale model, the "lack" of platform code would be logical.
_____

And thinking about it twice, even giving it the name of the accurate vehicle is most probably a misidentification, as it has a real make under which it was sold...
It's apparently a Power Wheels Cadillac Escalade EXT. How can we write it? With Cadillac Escalade EXT in name or in complement? Or Power Wheels as "chassis"?

Latest Edition: 08/12/2015 @ 22:23:15
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