Model Year Character Codes
As shown above, the 10th character of the VIN indicates its model year.
- A: 1980 or 2010
- B: 1981 or 2011
- C: 1982 or 2012
- D: 1983 or 2013
- E: 1984 or 2014
- F: 1985 or 2015
- G: 1986 or 2016
- H: 1987 or 2017
- J: 1988 or 2018
- K: 1989 or 2019
- L: 1990 or 2020
- M: 1991 or 2021
- N: 1992 or 2022
- P: 1993 or 2023
- R: 1994 or 2024
- S: 1995 or 2025
- T: 1996 or 2026
- V: 1997 or 2027
- W: 1998 or 2028
- X: 1999 or 2029
- Y: 2000 or 2030
- 1: 2001 or 2031
- 2: 2002 or 2032
- 3: 2003 or 2033
- 4: 2004 or 2034
- 5: 2005 or 2035
- 6: 2006 or 2036
- 7: 2007 or 2037
- 8: 2008 or 2038
- 9: 2009 or 2039
Country of Origin Character Codes
The 1st character in a car’s vehicle identification number indicates the country in which it was manufactured.
Some of the country codes include:
- 1, 4, 5: United States
- 2: Canada
- 3A-37: Mexico
- J: Japan
- VF-VR: France
- 9: Brazil
- WA-W0: West Germany
- S: Great Britian