Engine [engine]

The engine [engine] attribute refers to the type of fuel or electric power the engine in the vehicle ad uses.

In this article

• When to use
• Format
• Best practice

When to use

Required for vehicle ads listed in Germany, Italy, Spain and Netherlands.

Optional for all vehicle ads.

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure Google understands the data you're submitting.

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Supported values	gasoline diesel electric hybrid plug-in_hybrid other
Repeated field (What’s this?)	No

File format	Example value
Text/Tab delimited	gasoline
XML (Feeds)	<g:engine>gasoline</g:engine>

To format your data for Content API, refer to the Vehicle ads Content API guidelines.

Best practice

This best practice can help you go beyond the basic requirements to optimize your product data for performance.

• Give the accurate, appropriate value representing the engine of the vehicle. This can improve the performance of your vehicle ads.