Attribution & licences
Every photograph and manufacturer mark on this site, with its author, licence and source. Several are CC BY-SA, which makes this page a licence condition rather than a courtesy.
Last updated 28 July 2026
Photographs, 96 files
All from Wikimedia Commons, all under a free licence. Where a licence requires attribution, the author and licence also appear beside the image itself. Reusing one of these photos means honouring its licence, not this site's terms.
| Chassis | File | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E90 | BMW E90 kallerna | kallerna | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| E90 | BMW E90 Kirrinsannassa 2 | kallerna | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| E90 | BMW E90 LCI 3 Series Arctic Metallic (2) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E90 | Tuned BMW M3 SEDAN (E90) rear | Tokumeigakarinoaoshima | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E91 | BMW E91 LCI 330xi Touring Arctic Metallic (2) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E91 | BMW E91 LCI 330xi Touring Arctic Metallic (3) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E91 | BMW E91 LCI 330xi Touring Arctic Metallic (4) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E91 | BMW E91 LCI 330xi Touring Arctic Metallic (1) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E92 | BMW 335i Coupe (E92) Washington DC Metro Area, USA | OWS Photography | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| E92 | BMW 3 SERIES COUPE E92 China | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E92 | 2006-2010 BMW 335i (E92) coupe (2011-07-17) 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| E92 | BMW 3 SERIES COUPE E92 China (2) | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E93 | `11 BMW E93 Convertible (MIAS `11) | Bull-Doser | Public domain | Commons |
| E93 | BMW 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE (E93) China | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E93 | BMW 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE (E93) China (2) | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E93 | BMW 3 SERIES CONVERTIBLE (E93) China (3) | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| E87 | 2010 BMW 120i (E87) 5-door hatchback 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| E82 | 2008-2010 BMW 125i (E82) coupe 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| E88 | 2008-2010 BMW 120i (E88) convertible (2010-05-19) 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| 8P | Audi A3 8P 3.Facelift Dreitürer Attraction 1.6 Ibisweiß | Thomas doerfer | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| 8PA | AUDI A3 8PA China (3) | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 8P7 | Audi A3 Cabriolet, Baujahr 2008 (2008-10-21) | Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem | CC BY-SA 2.0 de | Commons |
| W212 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class W212 Shishi 01 2022-03-02 | JamesYoung8167 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| S212 | Mercedes-Benz E 350 CGi Estate (4979954100) | nakhon100 | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| E81 | BMW E81 116i Performance | Thomas doerfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| E60 | 2004-2007 BMW 525d (E60, 5-Series) saloon in Cyberjaya, Malaysia (01) | Aero777 | CC BY-SA 2.5 my | Commons |
| E61 | BMW E61 5 Series Touring Jet Black (1) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| W211 | Mercedes-Benz W211 | Kallerna | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| S211 | Mercedes-Benz E 220 CDI T-Modell (S211, 2008) (53046907823) | Charles from Port Chester, New York | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| C6 | Audi A6 C6 | IFCAR | Public domain | Commons |
| C6 Avant | Audi A6 Avant (C6) Diesel 1968cc registered October 2007 01 | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 1Z | Skoda Octavia Sport 2008 (14497975874) | order_242 from Chile | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons |
| 1Z Combi | Skoda Octavia II (Type 1Z) Combi Holme Moss | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| B6 | VW Passat B6 Limousine 2.0 TDI DSG Highline Reflexsilber | Thomas doerfer | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| B6 Variant | VW Passat B6 Variant 20090517 front | M 93 | Public domain | Commons |
| T27 | Toyota Avensis III Platinsilber | Thomas doerfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| T27 Tourer | Toyota Avensis Combi 1.8 Executive (III, Facelift) – Frontansicht, 28. April 2012, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| XE20 | LEXUS IS 250 (XE20) China (5) | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| Mk4 | Ford Mondeo MK4 Fließheck Ghia front | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| Mk4 Estate | Ford Mondeo Mk IV estate 1999cc first registered UK November 2010 | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| B8 | Audi A4 B8 Limousine Ambiente 2.0 TDI Eissilber | Thomas doerfer | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| B8 Avant | Audi A4 Avant (B8) front | Luftfahrrad | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| W204 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class w204 amk | AngMoKio | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| S204 | Mercedes C-Klasse T-Modell Elegance (S204) front | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| Mk5 | 2005 Volkswagen Golf (1K) Comfortline 5-door hatchback (2010-05-19) | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| Mk6 | VW Golf VI 1.4 (2010-05-08) | Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem | CC BY-SA 2.0 de | Commons |
| 3T | Škoda Superb II 2013 (front) | Miloslav Rejha | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| 3T Combi | Škoda Superb II Combi Sint Truiden | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 1P | Seat Leon 1P 1.9 TDI Stylance Magicoschwarz | Thomas doerfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| P3 | Volvo V70 D5 (III) – Frontansicht, 28. Mai 2011, Hilden | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| P3 | 2011 Volvo S60 T4 4-door sedan (20035968581) | Manoj Prasad from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons |
| A | 2009 Vauxhall Insignia Exclusiv 130 CDTi 2.0 | Vauxford | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| A Sports Tourer | Opel Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 CDTI – Frontansicht, 3. Juni 2011, Wülfrath | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| J | 2012 Opel Astra (AS) 1.4 Turbo 5-door hatchback (2015-07-10) 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| CU | Honda Accord 2.2 i-DTEC Lifestyle (VIII, Facelift) – Frontansicht, 11. Februar 2013, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| CW | Honda Accord Tourer aka estate 2199cc diesel registered August 2009 | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| GH | Mazda 6 GH Sport Dynamic Front | Thomas doerfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| GH Estate | Mazda 6 GH Sport Kombi 2.0 Exclusive Nereusblau | Thomas doerfer | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| Mk7 | Volkswagen GOLF VII TSI front | Tokumeigakarinoaoshima | CC0 | Commons |
| Mk7 Variant | VW Golf Variant 1.6 BlueTDI Comfortline (VII) – Frontansicht, 29. Juni 2014, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| 8V | Audi A3 8V diesel 1968cc registered September 2013 | Charles01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 8V Sportback | Audi A3 SportBack 2017 (front) | Peulle | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 5E | ŠKODA OCTAVIA (5E) China | Dinkun Chen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| 5E Combi | Škoda Octavia III Combi 02 | This image is a work by Miloslav Rejha (User:M.Rejha). When reusing, please credit me as: | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| Mk3 | Ford Focus Trend (III) – Frontansicht, 17. September 2011, Ratingen | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| Mk3 Estate | Ford Focus Turnier Titanium (III) – Frontansicht, 17. September 2011, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| BL | 2009 Mazda3 (BL) Maxx hatchback (2009-12-12) | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| E150 | Toyota Auris -2008(2) | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| 508 | Peugeot 508 white front Poznan 2011 | Peżot | CC0 | Commons |
| 508 SW | Peugeot 508 SW Professional Line HDi 140 | peugeot-laumer | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| J10 | Nissan Qashqai, Bj. 2008 - Front (2008-09-21 ret) | Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem | CC BY-SA 2.0 de | Commons |
| FD | Hyundai i30 FD 02 | Maksim Sidorov | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| ED | Kia cee'd CRDi | Thomas doerfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| III | Renault Megane 5-Door (MIAS '10) | Bull-Doser | Public domain | Commons |
| 5F | Seat Leon 1.4 TSI Start&Stop Style (III) – Frontansicht, 10. August 2013, Ratingen | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| 8R | Audi Q5 2.0 TDI quattro – Frontansicht, 18. März 2012, Wuppertal | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| 5N | VW Tiguan Trend & Fun 2.0 TDI 4MOTION – Frontansicht, 20. Juni 2011, Velbert | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| 6J | Seat Ibiza (6J) – Frontansicht, 25. April 2011, Ratingen | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| X85 | Renault Clio 20th (III, Facelift) – Frontansicht, 12. Juni 2011, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| R56 | Mini Cooper (R56) – Frontansicht, 28. Mai 2011, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| GF | Mitsubishi Outlander 2.2 DI-D 4WD Instyle (III) – Frontansicht, 23. September 2012, Hilden | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| SH | Subaru Forester (III) – Frontansicht, 10. Juni 2012, Wuppertal | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| E83 | 2005 BMW X3 2.0d, front left (Portugal) | Mr.choppers | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| 9440 | 2007-2008 Saab 9-3 (MY2008) Vector sedan 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| 955/957 | Porsche Cayenne (955) Washington DC Metro Area, USA | OWS Photography | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| Mk1 | Citroën Grand C4 Picasso HDi 110 Tendance (Facelift) – Frontansicht, 16. April 2011, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| 3G Variant | 2015 Volkswagen Passat (3G MY16) 132TSI station wagon (2015-11-11) 01 | OSX | Public domain | Commons |
| DZ | Volvo XC60 D3 – Frontansicht, 16. April 2011, Hilden | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| J Sports Tourer | Opel Astra Sports Tourer Edition (J) – Frontansicht, 28. August 2011, Heiligenhaus | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| S205 | Mercedes-Benz C 220 d Bluetec T-Modell (S205, 2015) (54810726420) | Charles from Port Chester, New York | CC0 | Commons |
| 3G | Volkswagen Passat (B8) by Japan specification | 根川孝太郎 (Kotaro Negawa) | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| T7 | Peugeot 308 1.6 HDi Confort 2009 (14935872948) | order_242 from Chile | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons |
| 5J Combi | Skoda Fabia Combi Familiy (II, Facelift) – Frontansicht, 2. Juni 2011, Düsseldorf | M 93 | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| FD CW | Hyundai i30 cw (FD) silver (1) | Damian B Oh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| ED SW | Kia cee'd sw Facelift Spirit Zilinaschwarz | Thomas doerfer | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| C394 | Ford Kuga (seit 2008) 2.0 TDCi front MJ | No machine-readable author provided. M 93 assumed (based on copyright claims). | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
Manufacturer marks, 30 files
Logos are the registered trademarks of their respective owners. They're used here only to identify the make whose cars are being described, nominative use, and imply no endorsement of, or affiliation with, this site. The image files themselves come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences below; a public-domain image file does not put the trademark in the public domain.
| Make | File | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi | audi.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| BMW | bmw.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Chevrolet | chevrolet.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Citroën | citroen.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Dacia | dacia.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Fiat | fiat.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Ford | ford.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Honda | honda.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Hyundai | hyundai.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Jaguar | jaguar.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Kia | kia.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Land Rover | land-rover.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Lexus | lexus.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Mazda | mazda.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Mercedes-Benz | mercedes-benz.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Mini | mini.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Mitsubishi | mitsubishi.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Nissan | nissan.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Opel | opel.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Peugeot | peugeot.png | Public domain | Commons |
| Porsche | porsche.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Renault | renault.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Saab | saab.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| SEAT | seat.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Škoda | skoda.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Subaru | subaru.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Suzuki | suzuki.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Toyota | toyota.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Volkswagen | volkswagen.svg | Public domain | Commons |
| Volvo | volvo.svg | Public domain | Commons |
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Editorial content, CC BY-NC 4.0
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