diff --git a/app/controllers/vehicle_controller.rb b/app/controllers/vehicle_controller.rb
index 1dde25b..fe4dbf4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/vehicle_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/vehicle_controller.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class VehicleController < ApplicationController
 
   # return an HTML form for creating a new vehicle
   def new
-  
+    @vehicle = Vehicle.new
   end
 
   # create a new vehicle