Silver sport wagon inside an aircraft hangar with a passenger jet in the distance

CAR DATABASE

Vehicle photography · aircraft concepts · specialist transport

Machines, catalogued
with context.

A visual reference for tracing vehicle identities, comparing body forms, and exploring imaginative airliner liveries.

A field guide for the eye

Start with the object.
Then follow the details.

Good identification begins with proportion, body configuration, lights, glass, wheels, and purpose-built equipment. The catalogue keeps those clues connected to stable records so one image can lead to a more precise comparison.

01
ROAD

Vehicle records

Individual car and service-vehicle references, organised by stable catalogue identifiers.

02
AIR

Modified airliners

Concept liveries and aircraft design studies, read as visual proposals rather than operating fleets.

03
UTILITY

Specialist transport

Snow vehicles, emergency equipment, and unusual machines grouped by form and use.

Reading a record

Four passes from image to identification.

  1. Silhouette

    Read wheelbase, roofline, overhangs, wing planform, and tail geometry before small details.

  2. Function

    Separate passenger, emergency, commercial, military, and concept roles from cosmetic cues.

  3. Signature

    Compare lamps, windows, doors, grilles, engine placement, and other model-specific markers.

  4. Context

    Treat captions and concept liveries as labels to examine, not as automatic proof of production or service.

Featured record

Subaru Impreza
Casablanca wagon

A distinctive wagon derivative identified by repeated, specific references to catalogue record 00079059. Use the record as an entry point for comparing the Casablanca’s retro-styled front treatment with the standard Impreza wagon shape.

View record 00079059

Beyond production vehicles

A livery can be a proposition.

The aviation collection focuses on modified-airliner imagery: visual studies that test colours, identities, and aircraft combinations. Each should be read as a design concept unless independent evidence establishes otherwise.

Enter the aviation collection