In the past I’ve always tried browsing forums to try to find out an options list. In the past few years though I’ve found that it is harder and harder to find these. Searching forum posts from 10+ years ago is difficult especially with the limited search tools that are often provided.
Sometimes I try to find old news articles from when a car was announced, but they generally aren’t’ complete options list, and it’s even harder to find mid generation options that were added later.
So my question is what is the best resource you have found to get options lists? Or if you have any tips for searching forums.
Thanks!
I’m going to say the manufacture’s vehicle brochure. Many are online.
Search up the brochure for your vehicle. For example: “2013 Lexus GS brochure.”
They don’t have a brochure available for the 1999 Camry
God bless you, or whatever deity you do/don’t believe in. This website will make me erect I swear.
Bro, wow. Thank you.
Seems to be mostly US stuff, so not very relevant for most people :(
Coincidentally, I’ve been looking for something like this site to figure out which trims got adaptive cruise in that sweet ass a3 etron you got
Ahahaha not many. Prestige only like mine iirc
Google?
I was able to find a entire vehicle breakdown booklet of my 1987 Cressida for a guy selling them on ebay. It’s really well put together with pics and paragraphs of engine, suspension, features interior. It’s fantastic honestly and I have it on display in my house lol
Dang you got any photos of said Cressida?
Vinanalytics will tell you the build spec of a Porsche based on VIN and they’ve since added BMW, Mini, Rolls Royce to their decoder.
Until recently, Autobytel had a tool where you could build and price most cars 1996 and newer (I think). It had all the options and packages listed. Sadly, it’s gone and I’ve found no replacement.
Any car you’re looking for, just google YEAR MAKE MODEL BROCHURE PDF. Its always the first option and just opens the pdf
Internet doesn’t have US brochures for old import cars
BMW has order and pricing guides that list every single option. Super useful.
Edmunds.com reviews
For Mercedes-Benz lastvin to see all the options You can combine that with auto brochure.com brochure (or just use it separately) and Wikipedia page of the model you are looking for and you will have all the info you need
Slightly unrelated, but some manufacturers have original press releases of their cars dating back to the 90s