Car Configuration

This web application allows you to choose a car that suits your needs. The application uses 'mtcars' dataset from the 'datasets' package in R which lists down 10 aspects of automobile design and performance for 32 cars. Amongst the 10 features, we used 7 to help configure the list of targeted cars. The 7 features include 'Distance', 'Gasoline Price', 'Maximum expenditure on gasoline', 'Number of cylinders', 'Displacement', 'Gross Horsepower', and 'Transmission'.

The application uses 'mtcars' dataset from the 'datasets' package in R which lists down 7 aspects of automobile design and performance for 32 cars.

library(datasets)
data(mtcars)
head(mtcars, 10)

##                    mpg cyl  disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
## Mazda RX4         21.0   6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46  0  1    4    4
## Mazda RX4 Wag     21.0   6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02  0  1    4    4
## Datsun 710        22.8   4 108.0  93 3.85 2.320 18.61  1  1    4    1
## Hornet 4 Drive    21.4   6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1  0    3    1
## Hornet Sportabout 18.7   8 360.0 175 3.15 3.440 17.02  0  0    3    2
## Valiant           18.1   6 225.0 105 2.76 3.460 20.22  1  0    3    1
## Duster 360        14.3   8 360.0 245 3.21 3.570 15.84  0  0    3    4
## Merc 240D         24.4   4 146.7  62 3.69 3.190 20.00  1  0    4    2
## Merc 230          22.8   4 140.8  95 3.92 3.150 22.90  1  0    4    2
## Merc 280          19.2   6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30  1  0    4    4

You need to insert the distance of your trip and the price of gasoline in your region which calculates the Gasoline Expenditure for each car in the dataset. You can enter the maximum expenditure on gasoline to which the a reactive response for the application will show the cars having mpg (Miles per gallon) in your suitable range.

Additionally, you can also choose some characteristics of the cars that you desire: Cylinders, Displacement, Horse Power and Transmission. Cars filtered through the above fields would be listed as the output.