The new version - whenever it comes but not according to reports particularly imminent - may throw up a lot of these potential conflicts as it opens up [codes] across manufacturers.
Not really imminent, there is still work
And links between manufacturers, models, etc. would be made manually
i.e. first a database of makes & models, and then roles and pictures linked to these, rather than having just the text entered for each role and the list generated from that, I do not know if it is clear what I say
So there won't be conflicts in that way, we'll be able to link together models or car generations without having to specify a same code in each of them.
To come back a project codes, sometimes they can be used as reference too. For example the model codes for Renault are usually derived from project codes.
The target audience for the site are car enthusiasts. So if they usually refer to cars of a given make by project codes, we can do that too, even if the manufacturer does not