Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
The 17-digit numbers are structured according to
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| W | V | W | Z | Z | Z | 1 | J | Z | Y | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | model year 2000 |
| W | V | W | Z | Z | Z | 1 | J | Z | 1 | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | model year 2000 |
| Abbreviated notation | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J | - | Y | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | up to model year 2000 | ||||||
| 1 | J | - | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | from model year 2000 | ||||||
In the abridged version, we write only the last 11 points and at the 9th and the 11th A dash.
The 11th Site features the work in which the vehicle was manufactured. The points 7 and 8, the model and the important passage 10, the model year of the vehicle.
The abbreviated version can be found in some articles as a choice in the shop, because at a given chassis number, a component has been changed.
The 10th Place of the chassis number - The model year
| A | - | 2010 |
| 9 | - | 2009 |
| 8 | - | 2008 |
| 7 | - | 2007 |
| 6 | - | 2006 |
| 5 | - | 2005 |
| 4 | - | 2004 |
| 3 | - | 2003 |
| 2 | - | 2002 |
| 1 | - | 2001 |
| Y | - | 2000 |
| X | - | 1999 |
| W | - | 1998 |
| V | - | 1997 |
| T | - | 1996 |
| S | - | 1995 |
| R | - | 1994 |
| P | - | 1993 |
| N | - | 1992 |
| M | - | 1991 |
| L | - | 1990 |
In the so-called model year is important to note that in the middle of last year's already beginning the next model year.
Example: The Model 1998 has been built since about June 1997. Therefore, the exact month of the Year is very important.
