🏎️ Cars
The basics
One vehicle is chosen for everybody each day. You get six guesses. Type into the search box and pick a car from the suggestions, because only cars in the catalog can be submitted.
The search is deliberately loose. You can type a make like Subaru, a model like Supra, a country like Italy, a year, or an engine size such as 3.0L, and the suggestions will narrow as you go.
Reading the feedback
Each guess adds a row to the board comparing seven fields with the hidden answer.
- Make, model and generation are exact matches. They either light up or they do not.
- Country of origin is also exact, and it is usually the single most useful field early on.
- Year, horsepower and engine displacement are numeric, so they show an arrow telling you whether the answer is higher or lower.
Why the numbers matter more than they look
The three numeric fields are the ones that do real work. A single guess that comes back with lower year, higher horsepower and lower displacement has already told you the answer is older, more powerful and smaller engined than what you tried, which usually points at a turbocharged car from a specific era.
Exact fields only remove one option at a time. Arrows remove everything on one side of a number, which is a much bigger cut.
A worked opening
Say you open with a 2015 BMW M3. The board comes back with Germany matching, the year arrow pointing down, horsepower pointing up and displacement pointing down.
That combination is quite specific. You are looking for a German car, older than 2015, with more power than an M3 of that era but a smaller engine. Small engine plus big power almost always means forced induction, and older plus German plus turbocharged narrows the field fast. Your second guess should test that theory rather than jump to a completely different brand.
Tips worth remembering
- Open with a car you know the specs of. A guess you cannot interpret wastes a turn even if it feels adventurous.
- Treat country of origin as an anchor. Once it matches, stop guessing across other regions.
- Do not chase the exact horsepower figure. Getting within the right band is enough to identify the car.
- If two guesses give contradictory-looking arrows, re-read them. Displacement and horsepower move in opposite directions more often than people expect.