Help Me Figure Out What To Do With This Massive Israeli Car Data File I Stumbled Upon

Okay, so here’s the deal – I somehow ended up with this massive file that’s got like a million lines of what looks like Israeli car data. It’s all separated by these pipe characters (|) and has Hebrew writing mixed in. From what I can tell by looking at it, it’s got stuff about different cars – models, years, engine info, all that – but written out in Hebrew. Kinda wild.

02263039|0650|P|ñåáàøå éôï|0226|GP3ELCC|XV|XV|1.6 PREMIUM|5|14|2016|FB 16

02258339|0650|P|ñåáàøå éôï|0247|GP7ELUC|XV|XV|2.0I|5|14|2016|FB 20

02279939|0650|P|ñåáàøå éôï|0253|SJ5DL7C|FORESTER|FORESTER|2.0XS|5|14|2017|FB 20

02247639|0650|P|ñåáàøå éôï|0243|GP7ELTC|XV|XV|2.0 PREMIUM|5|14|2016|FB 20

01851239|0650|P|ñåáàøå éôï|0228|GP7ELUC|XV|XV|2.0I|1|14|2017|FB 20

What I’ve Figured Out:

  • Pipe-delimited format
  • Column 4: Hebrew vehicle descriptions (decodes to makes/models like Honda CR-V, Seat, BMW)
  • Column 12: Year (1999-2017+)
  • Column 13: Engine codes (G4LC = Hyundai/Kia 1.4L, etc.)
  • Columns 10-11: Likely cylinders and engine displacement
  • ISO-8859-8 encoding for Hebrew

Questions for the Community:

  1. Does anyone recognize this specific data format or structure?
  2. What industries would find this data most valuable?
  3. Any creative but legitimate applications for this type of automotive dataset?
  4. What are the best ways to process/enhance this data?
  5. Any Israeli-specific considerations I should know about?
  6. Has anyone worked with similar automotive data commercially?
  7. What might the other columns represent (1-3, 5-9)?

I have technical skills (Python, SQL, APIs) to work with this but need domain knowledge about what’s actually valuable here and how to properly interpret the structure.

Not looking to share the full dataset publicly, but happy to provide more samples if helpful for analysis. Interested in legitimate applications and technical insights.

Thanks for any help!

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