perryExamples (version 0.1.1)

TopGearMPG: Top Gear fuel consumption data

Description

The data set contains information on fuel consumption of cars featured on the website of the popular BBC television show Top Gear, together with car information and performance measures. Only cars with complete information are included in the data set.

Usage

data("TopGearMPG")

Format

A data frame with 255 observations on the following 11 variables.

Maker

factor; the car maker.

Model

factor; the car model.

Type

factor; the exact model type.

MPG

numeric; the combined fuel consuption (urban + extra urban; in miles per gallon).

Cylinders

numeric; the number of cylinders in the engine.

Displacement

numeric; the displacement of the engine (in cc).

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).

Weight

numeric; the car's curb weight (in kg).

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data("TopGearMPG")
plot(TopGearMPG[, -(1:3)])
# }