As shown above, the 10th character of the VIN indicates its model year. Keep in mind that vehicles manufactured before 1981 might have fewer characters than todays standard VIN of 17 characters. Don’t spend time and money repairing hidden issues of your used purchase when you can simply research a vehicle’s history to ensure it’s in the condition reported by the seller. The infographic below provides a simplified look at a sample VIN. First number might indicate modification.Įxample: WP0AA2995XS626544 → MY1999 911 996 Carrera Coupé 1 W - Germany (until 1989 West Germany) 2 P - Porsche 3 0 - sports car or Panamera, 1 - Cayenne 4 Body type:Ī - 911 Coupé, 924, 928 from MY1991, 944 Coupé, 968 Coupé, Cayman, Cayenne, PanameraĬ - 944 Cabriolet, 968 Cabriolet, 964 Cabriolet/America Roadster/Speedster, 993/996/997 Cabriolet, 997 Speedster, Boxster, Carrera GTĮ - 911 SC Targa/Cabrio, 3.2 Targa/Cabrio/Speedster, 911 G-model Turbo Targa/Cabriolet Check Jeep Grand Cherokee by VIN with the EpicVIN universal VIN decoder. Vehicle manufacturers could have used 8 digits, 10 digits, 25 digits, or. I see decoding errors all the time because of this Please click on the info link below for a list of vehicles that this will decode. a T for a 7, a Z for a 2, or the letter O for a zero 0. Vehicle identification numbers were first used on motor vehicles in 1954 each manufacturer used their own individual VIN format until 1981 and made the.
K - Osnabrück VW factory, ex-Karmann, hence the "K" (Boxster, Cayman, Cayenne)ġ3 14 15 16 17 Serial number. Before 1981, no standardization of VINs on American model cars and trucks existed. - The 1 decoder for classic car & truck VIN numbers (1950-1980).
L - Leipzig (Cayenne, Carrera GT, Panamera, Macan) Example: WP0ZZZ95ZJN100108 → MY1988 944 Turbo 1 W - Germany (until 1989 West Germany) 2 P - Porsche 3 0 - sports car or Panamera, 1 - Cayenne 4 5 6 ZZZ - Europe/RoW 7 8 – – – 12 Porsche model number or internal model number:ĩPA - Cayenne 955 (2002-2007), 957 (2007-2010)