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Article improvement

I feel, one of the key article of this wikiproject, Automotive engineering needs a good revision and copy edit. I would love to help in the process as much as viable. Being a civil engineering student I am unknown of some key terms. In addition, i see the need of forming a new article Automobile engineering much famous in South asian countries including Nepal and India to flourish the information regarding the subject and make the area of study open to fellow readers.Franked2004 (talk)

"Ultimate Crash Test" public TV show

US PBS network has "NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test", which really is. Eight controlled vehicles moving at speed are in a violent crash (multiple probably fatals). Then analysis. If you can see it the first minute will probably impress you. Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 17:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Volvo Margarete Rose

This has been unsourced for 15 and 1/2 years. Can you please add reliable sources, prod it, or redirect it? Bearian (talk) 02:10, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Boivie added a few links and I added one more, along with some text improvements. Thanks, Mr.choppers | ✎ 04:35, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC about what are proper names

There is a RfC about proper names at MOS/Caps/RfC: What is a proper name. This seems simple but is often a very contentious subject and really could use "outside eyes" from uninvolved editors. Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 21:39, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merger of Test driver with Test drive

It has been proposed that Test driver be merged with Test drive. Interested editors are welcome to contribute to the existing discussion. DH85868993 (talk) 08:09, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Automotive hemming

This C-Class article has been unsourced for 15 years. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 10:48, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is most volunteers. If you want it done then you will probably have to do it yourself. Or ask very, very, very nicely for help from the volunteers. Stepho talk

Requested move at Talk:Kia K4 (2024)#Requested move 8 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kia K4 (2024)#Requested move 8 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:20, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Vehicle Excise Duty#Requested move 21 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Vehicle Excise Duty#Requested move 21 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 01:57, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grace's Guide?

Is Grace's Guide To British Industrial History generally a trusted 3rd-party source? It doesn't look "reliable" for direct citation, but I'm wondering if others have found it useful as a way to find secondary sourcing on a topic. Thanks, Suriname0 (talk) 15:57, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I only checked one article and it was sourced entirely from wiki. They do however have scans of a lot of magazines, Greglocock (talk) 00:07, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the articles themselves are either user generated (WP:USERGEN) or sourced from Wikipedia - which rules them out. However, the accompanying scans of magazines articles and brochures are perfectly suitable. In the reference you put the original source (ie magazine or manufacturer) but add |via=Grace's Guide and the Grace's Guide URL |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im1958VVM-Jaguar.jpg . Stepho talk 00:18, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]