10 stafur segir til um módel ár

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

The 17-digit numbers are structured according to

Tíundi stafur í verksmiðjunúmeri segir til um módel ár bílsins, í flestum tilfellum.

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

In the so-called model year is important to note that in the middle of last year's already beginning the next model year.
Example: The Model 1998 has been built since about June 1997. Therefore, the exact month of the Year is very important.