This was posted at Jalopnik. I thought some people might find it interesting.

Jalopnik Car Care: How To Decode Your Car's VIN

 

Good find thanks Dboz... this kind of stuff always interested me for some reason..

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Took me a while to find this thread, but thought it actually showed the VIN breakdown for the Genesis Coupe ... well it DOES NOT and I know I saw it somewhere !!

Anyone know where I may have seen actual VIN decoding for the Coupe ??

Thanks,

Doug

This is good info to have. Another member did post this though. Its easily overlooked in a thread though.

Post #46: Delay on the 4cylinder Coupe.... Delivery to start in Mid March

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1. Geographic zone
- K : Korea
2. Manufacturer
- M : Hyundai motor company
3. Vehicle type
- H : Passenger
4. Vehicle line
- H : BK
5. Model & Series
- S : STANDAD (L)
- T : DELUXE (GL)
- U : SUPER DELUXE (GLS)
- V : GRAND SALON (GDS)
- W : SUPPER GRAND SALON (HGS)
6. Body type
- 5 : 5DOOR Sedan
- 6 : Coupe
7. Restraint system
- 0 : None
- 1 : Both side - Active belt (A/Belt)
- 2 : Both side - Passive belt (P/Belt)
- 3 : Driver side - A/Belt & Airbag
Passenger side - A/Belt or P/Belt
- 4 : Both side - A/Belt & Airbag
- 5 : Depowered airbag
- 6 : Advanced airbag or Depowered airbag
with suppression
8. Engine type
- D : Gas 2.0 DOHC
- H : Gas 3.8 DOHC
9. Check digit or others
- ⌈ : Check digit
- P : LHD
- R : RHD
10. Production year
- 8 : 2008, 9 : 2009, A : 2010
11. Plant of production
- A : A-SAN (Korea)
- U : Ulsan (Korea)
12. Vehicle production sequence number
- 000001 ~ 999999

Paint Code
Code Color
NAA Ceramic White
NBA Space Black
NCA Sleek Silver
NDA Gray Titanum
NEA Blue Diamond
NFA Dynamic Yellow
NGA Super Red
NHA Blue Sapphire
NJA Lime Green

1st 3 Letters are W.M.I. (World Manufacturer Identifier) (ie Hyundai Korea - passenger vehicle)

Next 7 Letters/Digits are VDS (Vehicle Description Section)

4th digit = model line & drive type (ie Genesis Coupe 2010-)
5th digit = trim level (ie GT Genesis coupe)
6th digit = body type (ie coupe)
7th digit = restraint system (ie advanced airbags)
8th digit = engine type (ie 3778CC DOHC RS)
9th digit = check digit (0-9 of X)
10th digit = model year (ie 2010)
11th digit = manufacturing plant code (Ulsan Plant, Korea)

Last 7 Letters/Digits (Last 6 Being only #s) are Vehicle Serial Number


Well,
It looks like while I was helping another customer & trying to post this, usagi punked me out beating me to the punch w/an even more detailed explanation, Thanks Bro
I'm leaving my post anyway cause it took me a few mins to type...LoL

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THANKS GUYS ... printed it off this time !!

What made me search for this is I was thinking (hoping) that the transmission type was specified ... these cars are so new in the system that many dealers did not specify what trans car had. Can figure it out based on the sticker price though.

FYI ... Only code that does not jive with the VIN's I wrote down from various cars (supossedly at dealerships in Illinois & Wisconsin) is digit "7. Restaint system". All the VIN's I've got written down here have a "K" here instead of 0 - 6 as shown above.

FYI 2 ... of the TWELVE cars I've found at 11 different dealers ... ALL OF THEM ARE AUTOMATIC !!

Doug

I can give you this link for many official hyundai information. It requires registration.
Hyundai Service Website
Its interesting for me to tell me is there information about Genesis Coupe.

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