Some addenda for 'To Decode the VIN':
1. For those early cars which pre-date
Porsche model year 1981:
Example: 9289100870
928 = type, 9 = 1979, 1 = 4.5ltr [2 in USA,
Japan],
0 = coupe body style and (0)870 = serial number in that year
2. For those cars with VINs commencing
"WPO":
Same as documented below by Glenn ..
except that the
model year letters I, O and Q were not used; so B=1981 through
to S=1995.
Phil Chadwick, '85 S
To Decode the VIN
WPO = World Manufacturer code
(West Germany, Porsche).
ZZZ = filler for Rest of the
World (RoW) models (US models have something called a
VDS code here).
'nn' = first two digits of
the model designation.
Z = filler.
M = model year (series
begins.
A=1980 (chassis numbers).
B=1981 (first year of VIN
code), etc and omits "I" and "O".
2000=0 (zero), 2001=1 etc).
S = place of manufacture
(Stuttgart).
8 = third digit of model
designation.
4 = model sub-type (eg in the
80s, "4" designated the RoW mainstream
928S/S4 model and "6" the USA, Japan and
Canada model.
0001 = car's serial number.
Glenn Evans '80 928 'S' look, 5 speed
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