Decoding BMW VINs

[e30Matt]

Charts outlining what all your car's VIN number consists of:

[randomtask37]

:up:

[BS87]

Also, VIN Decoder website, thanks to BMW-Z1.com

http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi

[e30pwr]

One Problem.......for my 11th digit, it is a "1". Any ideas?

[GaryE30]

Re-count?

[e30pwr]

I did pull a florida and recount. It goes...."....G1..."

[Mastrcruse]

Yours is very rare and was built in a special location. You now have selling power on ebay. haha

[skylerwaite]

Mine is an 8! Super top secret location.

[Zasz]

I also have a number, so I can't tell if it was made in Munich or whatever. But thanks for the info, now I can be proud to have a German BMW, not a US one :P (yay elitism).

[E30Kaiser]

The vin they have at the top as an example has a number in the 11th digit as well....wtf?

[nando]

there was somebody a while back who did an even more detailed VIN search, he could break it down to the very day your car was produced and it's options. My car's birthday is actually tomorrow, 10-19-1990.

[matt]

There is a lot more information in a VIN than is listed in that chart.

For example, the third digit. A = regular BMW, S = BMW M.

The fourth through seventh digits are also the production code which specify auto/manual, convertible/hardtop, US/ROW, etc. You can see that on realOEM when you look up a serial number.

[jesse_e30]

Ha... nice to know mine was made in Germany. And my 11th is 4, must be secret

[nando]

Ha... nice to know mine was made in Germany. And my 11th is 4, must be secret

All E30s were made in Germany....

[Ray Smoodiver]

In case you haven't been here

https://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html