User:Leemutimer/Porsche vin numbers

The ISO standard VIN was introduced for the Porsche model year 1981.

VINs consist of 17 characters and for Porsche can be decoded as follows:-

Vehicle Specification for USA etc (positions 4,5 and 6)
VIN has been implemented differently in two regions, they consist of the following countries:-

USA etc = USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland.

RoW = Rest of world. (ie everywhere except USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland.)

Vehicle Specification for "USA etc" is a 3 character code giving details of the body type, engine, seatbelts and airbags fitted.

(More info needed.)

Examples of Model Type codes (positions 7,8 and 12)
Cayenne = 9PA. Panamera = 970.

Boxter = 986 then 987.

Cayman = 987.

Carrera GT = 980.

911 = 964, 993, 996, 997.

928 = 928.

944 = 944.

924 = 924.

Body Configuration Code (position 13)
More info needed.

Examples:-
WP0ZZZ94ZFN40**** a 944.

WP0ZZZ98Z7U75**** a Cayman.

WP0ZZZ92ZGN40**** a 924S.

WP1ZZZ9PZ8LA7**** a Cayenne.

WP0ZZZ96ZRS81**** a 968.

WP0ZZZ99Z5S73**** a 911.

WP0ZZZ97ZAL08**** a Panamera.

WP0ZZZ98Z4L00**** a Carrera GT.

WP0ZZZ98Z8U72**** a Boxster S.

WP0ZZZ99Z5S76**** a 911 C2S Convertible.

WP0ZZZ99Z2S64**** a 911 C4 convertible.

References / Credit
All the information summarised here was first published in articles by Chris Horton in the December 2010 and January 2011 editions of Porsche Post (Magazine of the Porsche Club Great Britain).