About Car Fact Sheet
Car Fact Sheet is a free vehicle data reference tool covering every new car sold in the United States across recent model years. It combines published government data from the EPA, NHTSA, and IIHS with manufacturer specifications, warranty terms, owner complaint records, and independent reliability ratings into a single, searchable reference.
Data is sourced from EPA, NHTSA, IIHS, AAA, RepairPal, and manufacturer specifications. Where available, each data point includes a link to its original source. There are no editorial opinions, no sponsored rankings, and no dealer partnerships.
Why This Site Exists
Most car shopping sites mix advertising revenue with editorial content. Manufacturer-sponsored reviews sit alongside "expert picks" that happen to align with paid placements. The buyer has no way to separate the signal from the noise.
Car Fact Sheet exists to solve that problem. We pull data directly from the primary sources that car buyers should be checking anyway, and we put it all on one page so you don't have to visit six different websites to get a complete picture.
What Every Fact Sheet Includes
Each vehicle page aggregates data from seven categories:
- Safety ratings from NHTSA (1-5 star crash test results) and IIHS (crash avoidance and crashworthiness evaluations)
- Fuel economy from the EPA, including city, highway, and combined MPG, annual fuel cost, and CO2 emissions
- Recall history from NHTSA's recall database, including affected components and campaign counts
- Owner complaints from NHTSA's complaint database, with component breakdowns and peer context
- Reliability ratings from RepairPal, based on repair frequency, severity, and cost across certified shops
- Ownership costs from AAA's annual Your Driving Costs study, covering maintenance, insurance, depreciation, and fuel
- Warranty terms and manufacturer specifications from each automaker's published data
Where available, data points link to their original source so you can verify independently.
How Rankings Work
When you see a comparison page like "Safest SUVs for 2026," that ranking is generated entirely from published data using deterministic filter rules. The criteria are displayed on every comparison page. No vehicle is promoted or demoted based on editorial judgment.
Letter grades (A through F) on vehicle pages are computed from the raw data. The methodology page documents every formula, threshold, and data source.
What This Site Is Not
- Not a review site. We do not publish opinions or editorial recommendations.
- Not a recommendation engine. Auto-generated summaries on vehicle pages are informational. They do not tell you what to buy.
- Not a dealership. We do not sell cars, provide quotes, or connect buyers with dealers.
- Not a financial advisor. Ownership cost estimates are class averages from AAA, not personalized quotes.
- Not a competitor to Edmunds, KBB, or Cars.com. Those are shopping and review platforms. This is a data reference tool.
Data Freshness
Vehicle data is updated on a rolling basis as agencies publish new information. EPA fuel economy data typically updates in January. NHTSA safety ratings are published as vehicles are tested throughout the year. Recall data updates continuously. IIHS ratings are published as crash test evaluations are completed, typically between January and November.
The dataset is refreshed periodically as source agencies publish new data.
Accuracy and Corrections
We check data against original sources periodically. If you find incorrect data on any vehicle page, report it to data@carfactsheet.com with the vehicle and the field that appears incorrect. We check all reports against the original source and correct confirmed errors.
Contact
For data corrections: data@carfactsheet.com