Where was your car built ?

[Sharkie]

The 11th Character of the VIN shows the manufacturing plant of you car:

11th Character Meanings (Manufacturing Plant)

A = Ingolstadt, Germany
B = Brussels, Belgium
C = Taipei, Taiwan
D = Bratislava, Slovakia
E = Emden, Germany
G = Steyr/Graz, Austria
H = Hannover, Germany
J = Jakarta, Indonesia
K = Karmann, Osnabruck Germany
L = Leipzig, Germany
M = Puebla, Mexico
N = Neckarsulm, Germany
P = Mosel, Germany
R = Martorell, Barcelona, Spain
S = Stuttgart, Germany
T = Kvasiny, Czech Republic
U = Uitenhage, South Africa
V = Palmela, Portugal (Westmoreland, PA, USA before 1988 )
W = Wolfsburg, Germany
X = Poznan, Poland
Y = Pamplona, Spain
1 = Gyor, Hungary
2 = Changchun, China
4 = Curitiba, Brazil

[ope126]

W = Wolfsburg, Germany...

(Intersting to see where 03 /04 GTI Golf's were made, I heared they stopped making them in Germany after 02, where they then built in South Africa?)

OK, who is next...

[sing.song]

I've be wondering this question!

W = Wolfsburg, Germany.



just glad it's not 'made in china'

[itsbazza]

Wicked find.

My old cabrio was born is K = Karmann, Osnabruck Germany

[The_Hawk]

My VR6

W = Wolfsburg, Germany

[Lukev85]

My Bora was made at Wolfsburg Germany, i would have though Mexico or south africa

[gareth_oau]

are these VIN/Characters relevant for Audi also?

The 11th Character of the VIN shows the manufacturing plant of you car:

11th Character Meanings (Manufacturing Plant)

A = Ingolstadt, Germany
B = Brussels, Belgium
C = Taipei, Taiwan
D = Bratislava, Slovakia
E = Emden, Germany
G = Steyr/Graz, Austria
H = Hannover, Germany
J = Jakarta, Indonesia
K = Karmann, Osnabruck Germany
L = Leipzig, Germany
M = Puebla, Mexico
N = Neckarsulm, Germany
P = Mosel, Germany
R = Martorell, Barcelona, Spain
S = Stuttgart, Germany
T = Kvasiny, Czech Republic
U = Uitenhage, South Africa
V = Palmela, Portugal (Westmoreland, PA, USA before 1988 )
W = Wolfsburg, Germany
X = Poznan, Poland
Y = Pamplona, Spain
1 = Gyor, Hungary
2 = Changchun, China
4 = Curitiba, Brazil

[Sharkie]

Don't think they'd be the same will do some research:

Try some of these sites. Not all codes work.....

Audi

http://www.s2central.net/vindecoder.html

VW

http://passat.stoynev.us/misc_tech/vin.php

http://www.abvwc.org.uk/vw_vin.htm

[Oneofthegreats]

Built in Wolfsburg Germany,

Rebuilt & refined in my shed!

Demolished by a f#$khead idiot driver

Maybe rebuilt again in my shed.

[cab93]

K

I have "K"for the Karmann factory in Osnabruck, like all good cabbys

[Mischa]

mk2 : wolfsburg
gt : bloody seth efreeka

[gareth_oau]

thanks sharkie, the link works perfectly for Audi VINs

[OMGMK4]

P is for Mosel, Germany
Thaks for that!
Atleast its not a # 2, j or c

[blutopless2]

my jetta built in mexico

[IbizaGTI]

not surprisingly the Ibiza has R = Barcelona...
but it does mean it works for the SEATs... any one know if there were VW badged cars made in the Spanish plant? I could have sworn some of the Polo badged station wagons in Europe were actually cordobas...