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Weight?

Shouldn't weight be mentioned for these? --Interiot 15:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly should. I'll see when I can find the time, of course, feel free to beat me to it ;-) Regards, Signature ^brendel 17:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vans

Under most legalities, fullsize vans are considered light trucks, so shouldn't they be included? Ahanix1989 04:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They should. Add them if you could. Signature ^brendel 05:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

scope

I clicked the link to this article and expected to see some riverboats or something. Shouldn't this be "list of longest consumer road vehicles in the US?" Since the US doesn't generally discriminate against large vehicles, maybe this is a worldwide list and we can drop the geographic qualification altogether. Potatoswatter 08:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We use the title of "passenger vehicles" as "cars" would exclude pick-ups and SUVs. As for the geographic scope-you're right we could drop the "in the US." But then we would need to do a bit more research on what the world's largest cars are. Signature ^brendel 17:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I said nothing about cars. Passenger vehicles includes boats, airplanes, and buses. Potatoswatter 00:27, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But this article just deals with cars, SUVs and pick-up trucks. Signature ^brendel 01:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In other words, consumer road vehicles. Potatoswatter 08:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exactely. Signature ^brendel 17:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Units

Are inches the most sensible unit to have length in? Surely there should be a metric conversion in there as the majority of the world --Greatestrowerever 15:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're absolutely correct. We should have metric measurements on here! Unfortunately I have not been able to force myself to convert all the US-measurements into international norms - it's one hell of a tedious taks! But I've you're up to it - go fot it! Regards, Signature ^brendel 00:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done, to 2sf i think this is enough, --Greatestrowerever 18:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Country of origin??

Why is the Toyota Tundra made in the US and not available for sale in Japan listed as a Japanese car? Same with the Nissan Titan, Suzuki Equator, ... What is meant with country of origin is obvious. A Suzuki made in the USA has an American origin. --Aizuku (talk) 23:52, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. There are a number of other examples on the list where the country of manufacture differs from country where the manufacturer is based. While this is most often the case with the American "Big Three" vehicles on the list, there are also Japanese, South Korean, and German manufacturers that build cars in the United States. Perhaps this should be clarified a bit both in the list content and in the lead-in. -SteveCof00 (talk) 06:56, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Displaying units

I know this might have been settled, but I actually think it might be a good idea to update the list to display both units of length measurement for a couple of reasons:

It is commonly seen in many automobile articles, regardless of where they are produced (so metric is converted to standard and vice versa...)
As the lengths were converted to display in meters, there is some rounding involved (some cars display at the same length when they really aren't...)

Additionally, when it comes to the light trucks included in this list, they often come in a number of body lengths...the entry on the list should include the whole size range (For example, the Ford Super Duty, the longest vehicle on the list, is actually 227.0–262.4 inches (5.77–6.66 m) instead of just 6.66 meters. I hope this isnt too confusing. -SteveCof00 (talk) 10:11, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Longest != Largest

What exactly is this article supposed to be about? Does it need a name change? 108.67.153.215 (talk) 07:01, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is pretty much what the title says it is, a list that organizes (non-commercial) vehicles from the longest on down; 5.0m is the cutoff point on the list. As far as a name change, I would say no, since largest can a term applied to both length and curb weight. --SteveCof00 (talk) 06:26, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that there's a difference between largest and longest, that's why I asked. You do understand the confusion arises from the fact that this article does not use the word longest anywhere except the title? You really don't find that even remotely confusing? 108.67.153.215 (talk) 08:04, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The section headings fixed to eliminate the confusion. The text from the sedan category was also removed for a couple of reasons; it was not exactly written with a neutral slant to it. Also, it was out-of-date with some of the revisions; the table had changed from mainstream/luxury to actual categories of car classification. --SteveCof00 (talk) 09:43, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed a couple of places you missed. 108.67.153.215 (talk) 01:40, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy?

Is this list for current production vehicles only, or all time? Is there a minimum production count for inclusion?

The Toyota Century Royal was built in 2006... For 4 vehicles only... Not a current or mass produced model..

On the other hand, Cadillac built just over 2000 Fleetwood 75's in 1970, all of them 245.3 inches long.. They're not current production, but neither is the Century Royal.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.176.93 (talk) 03:22, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reconstruction of list

This list is only accurate to 2012...2015 models are being released currently. There needs to be more than a few models deleted from the list (added?) as well. As I've understood it, this list is for currently-produced models in mass production. Also, the parameters for engines and gas-guzzler tax can be deleted as well; one just fills up space needlessly (every car article has a link for that information) and the other simply cannot be verified in the realm of practicality.--SteveCof00 (talk) 09:56, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation of changes

Cut down a bit of content from top table; trying to have it refer to longest vehicle in production by each manufacturer (eliminates a LOT of ugly duplication). Reorganized other three lists (now four) into a single category, making this page broken into manufacturers and vehicle types. Also tried to update content to 2017, removing out-of-production vehicles. --SteveCof00 (talk) 10:32, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Explain past revert Although far shorter, the table now matches the explanation given at the top of the article. At the very least, it needs to apply to vehicles in production for 2017; not ones that were discontinued over 20 years ago. --SteveCof00 (talk) 09:25, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of current information (such as the 2017 Maserati Quattroporte) was deleted and the list still has 2014 content on there. The question is if we want to include longest cars historically (such as the Ford Meteor) and different versions of the same car (SWB and LWB versions of sedans, for example). At least relevant, up to date information should not be simply deleted. Maybe leave a note above? Onedestiny18 (talk) 21:45, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To answer these questions, it would make the most sense to have one version of each vehicle (so if it's a LWB vehicle, not the standard-wheelbase); pickups and vans are sometimes sold in multiple lengths. As far as including historical vehicles, this should avoid that, as it is written for current production vehicles (deleting the Rolls-Royce Phantom is needed [discontinued 2016], but more so the Cadillac Fleetwood [discontinued 1996]). Extremes in production (of all time) are subject for List of automotive superlatives. Although some entries were deleted, in my edit, I changed the table so each automotive manufacturer had a single entry, leaving a single longest-vehicle entry for Ford, GM, Daimler, BMW, VW, etc... Once brought up to date, the sedan, SUV, pickup (and van) lists hold much of the same information. --SteveCof00 (talk) 11:03, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with list of automobile superlatives?

So there is also an article of automobile superlatives which includes some of the same info. It's also better updated as this list appears somewhat obsolete (the Bentley Mulsanne is dead) and is also far better internationalised. 143.159.130.153 (talk) 21:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Longest coupe’s

I would really like to see coupes added 101.128.85.209 (talk) 23:01, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures?

Pictures of the vehicles would nice. —Bruce1ee ^talk 14:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some, let me know if this is good! By the way, if you could help me out, that'd be appreciated :) RpM Tartar (talk) 08:41, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding cars that has ceased production?

I felt like this should also be added, since one may be trying to find that info, however, cars that has ceased production should also be separated into 20th and 21st century. RpM Tartar (talk) 06:03, 10 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

20th Century Sedans

How about a list of 20th century sedans? The 1960 Cadillac DeVille was 225 inches. Greg Lovern (talk) 05:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Greglovern Quite a good idea that I've been thinking for a while, but it it will be challenging to complie the actual list. RpM Tartar (talk) 04:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]