# Characteristics

For each vehicle in your fleet, you can access to technical characteristics set when you create a vehicle or retrieved in DriveQuant vehicle database: 

* Brand, model and version of the vehicle
* Engine configuration
* Consumption data
* Gearbox configuration
* Vehicle dimensions
* Tyre dimensions

{% hint style="info" %}
If you have your **admin API key**, you can try the API via this [**link**](https://drivequant.stoplight.io/docs/drivequant-public/55ca14d20f996-get-vehicle-s-characteristics).
{% endhint %}

## GET /drivekit/admin/vehicles/{vehicleId}/characteristics

> Get vehicle's characteristics

```json
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```

## Response

Description of each vehicle characteristics is available [here](/backend/vehicle/references.md#vehiculecharacteristics).


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