![]() ![]() It’s everything you need to know about your car.Ī quick look online will soon lead you to sites on which you can input your VIN, so give it a go and see what’s what. As you can tell, it’s far more than just a collection of numbers and letters. So there you have it, the inner workings of a VIN. So, this was the 14577thCapri to be built. That is simply the production sequence number. As such, T means April for our Capri.Īnd finally, there’s 14577. Ford liked to mix up the numbers so there was no obvious correlation between alphabet and month. The 11th position signifies the year, which for us is U, so 1978. The 10th position is a repeat of the fourth, and just confirms the body type. For our car, it's E, which means it’s a Capri. ![]() The ninth position signifies what model it is. However, knowing what we know so far from the other numbers, we can safely assume this car was built in Cologne. In our case, A means either Dagenham, Cologne (Germany) or Ipiranga (Brazil). The eighth position goes into a bit more detail and tells us the plant the car was built at. Happily for us, G means it was built by Ford in Germany. The seventh position, which is G in this case, signifies whether or not the car was built by Ford or by an affiliate (cars built under licence). It’s just a placeholder to make sure the VIN has the magic 17 digits. All manufacturers logos, marques, and all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. XX means, well, in the case of Ford, it doesn’t mean anything. VIN Decoder () is not responsible for the accuracy of the information it publishes - technical data, characteristics, specifications, indicators, etc. So, in this case, C means two-door coupe. The fourth spot on the VIN ( C) denotes the body style of the car. The first three digits ( WFO) represent the market responsible for the creation of the car – so in this case, WFO means Ford Werke A.G.
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