Land Rover VIN Decoder


Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

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WMI for Land Rover
WMI NAME MANUFACTURER COUNTRY VEHICLE TYPE
SAD Land Rover JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED UNITED KINGDOM (UK) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)
SAJ Land Rover JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED UNITED KINGDOM (UK) Passenger Car
SAL Land Rover JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED UNITED KINGDOM (UK) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)




Decode VIN for Land Rover
№Description
1-3WMI
4 - 5 Model code:
(in the model code, the first character stands for the model and the second for the emission compliance or trim level)
AE - Discovery III / Lr3 SE (7 seats) (for USA)
AD - Discovery III / Lr3 SE (5 seats) (for USA)
AG - Discovery III (IV) / Lr4 HSE (7 seats) (for USA)
AK - Discovery III (IV) / Lr4 (7 seats) (for USA)
DH - Defender 110 (for USA)
DX - Defender 90 (for USA)
DV - Defender 90 (for USA)
FP - Freelander II / Lr2 SE (for USA)
FR - Freelander II / Lr2 (for USA)
FS - Freelander II / Lr2 SE w / Tech Pack (for USA)
HC - Range Rover I (Classic)
JY - Discovery I (for USA)
ME - Range Rover III (for USA)
MF - Range Rover III HSE (5 seats) (for USA)
MN - Range Rover III (for USA)
NE - Freelander I HSE (for USA)
NM - Freelander I (for USA)
NY - Freelander I SE (for USA)
PV - Range Rover II (for USA)
SF - Range Rover Sport (for USA)
TY - Discovery II (for USA)
VP - Range Rover Evoque
VR - Range Rover Evoque
VT - Range Rover Evoque
VV - Range Rover Evoque
6 Body type:
1 - station wagon, 3 doors
1 - station wagon, 5 doors (Defender, Range Rover)
2 - Station wagon, 5 doors
2 - 2-door open (Defender)
3 - station wagon, 3 doors (Defender, Range Rover Classic)
A - five-door
B - with soft top
C - three-door
M - five-door
7 Engine's type:
1 - 2.7 liters, turbodiesel
1 - 3.5 liters, petrol V8, injection
2 - 2.5 liters, petrol V6 (Freelander)
2 - 3.7 liters, petrol, injection
2 - 3.9 liters, petrol, injection (Defender)
2 - 4.0 liters, petrol, injection (Defender)
3 - 4.0 liters, petrol V8
3 - 4.2 liters, petrol V8
4 - 4.2 liters, petrol, injection, supercharging
4 - 4.6 liters, petrol V8, injection
5 - 4.0 liters, petrol, injection
5 - 4.4 liters, petrol, injection
5 - 2.5 liters, turbodiesel
6 - 4.6 liters, petrol V8, injection
7 - 2.5 liters, turbodiesel (with neutralizer)
8 - 2.5 liters, turbodiesel (with neutralizer)
A - 4.4 liters, gasoline, injection
B - 2.0 liter petrol, turbo (240 hp) (Freelander II, Range Rover Evoque)
D - 5.0 liters, petrol V8
C - 3.0 liters, turbodiesel
E - 2.0 liters, petrol, injection
F - 2.5 liters, turbodiesel (without converter)
G - 2.5 liters, petrol, injection
L - 3.5 liter petrol, injection
M - 3.9 liters, petrol, injection
P - 4.0 liters, petrol, injection
V - 3.5 liters, gasoline, carburetor
Y - 2.0 liters, petrol, injection
8 Steering wheel location and transmission type:
0 - steering wheel on the left (Range Rover Sport
2 - steering wheel on the left, automatic 5st KP (Freelander)
3 - steering wheel on the right, automatic gearbox
4 - steering wheel on the left, automatic gearbox
7 - steering wheel on the right, mechanical gearbox
8 - steering wheel on the left, manual gearbox
9 - steering wheel on the right (Range Rover Sport)
G - steering wheel on the left, automatic 6st gearbox
9Check Digit
10Year
11 Manufacturing plant:
A - Solihull, UK (Solihull)
H - Heywood, UK (Haywood)
12-17Sequential Number


According to the requirements of the standard in the VIN, the year of manufacture is indicated by the 10th character. Not all manufacturers comply with this - explicitly, the year of issue in the VIN on the European market is not indicated on HONDA, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, MAZDA, Toyota, NISSAN cars. But models released for the North American market necessarily contain the model year in the 10th VIN character.

VIN: symbol year of manufacture
Year Symbol Year Symbol Year Symbol
1971 1 1991 M 2011 B
1972 2 1992 N 2012 C
1973 3 1993 P 2013 D
1974 4 1994 R 2014 E
1975 5 1995 S 2015 F
1976 6 1996 T 2016 G
1977 7 1997 V 2017 H
1978 8 1998 W 2018 J
1979 9 1999 X 2019 K
1980 A 2000 Y 2020 L
1981 B 2001 1 2021 M
1982 C 2002 2 2022 N
1983 D 2003 3 2023 P
1984 E 2004 4 2024 R
1985 F 2005 5 2025 S
1986 G 2006 6 2026 T
1987 H 2007 7 2027 V
1988 J 2008 8 2028 W
1989 K 2009 9 2029 X
1990 L 2010 A 2030 Y