Enter the 17-character VIN of your Borgward to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Enter the 17-character VIN of a Borgward and the decoder reads what is written in the number itself: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand lists five models, among them BX5, BX6, BX7, BXi7 and Isabella, with version data for model years 2016 to 2021. The body style in that data is SUV.
The decoder reads only the VIN, so it says nothing about a particular car's past. Accident damage, mileage, theft records and previous owners are not stored in the number, and that information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. At the moment we have no WMI codes on file for Borgward, so we cannot point to a specific prefix or country for the brand. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that begins with other characters is not a cause for concern.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which avoids confusion with the digits 1 and 0.
The tenth character gives the model year, and for the years in our Borgward data the letters are G for 2016, H for 2017, J for 2018, K for 2019, L for 2020 and M for 2021. The eleventh character marks the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number of the individual vehicle.
Every VIN has six parts. This is what each of them means.
| Part | Characters | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | 1 to 3 | World manufacturer identifier: who built the vehicle and where |
| VDS | 4 to 8 | Vehicle descriptor: model, body type and engine, as set by the manufacturer |
| Check digit | 9 | Control value that helps confirm the VIN is valid |
| Model year | 10 | Code for the model year |
| Plant | 11 | Code for the assembly plant |
| Serial | 12 to 17 | Production sequence number of this vehicle |
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Look in the vehicle registration papers first, then compare it with the number on the car itself, usually on a plate or sticker near the base of the windscreen or on the door frame. All 17 characters should match across these places.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Borgward at the moment, so we do not list any prefix here.
Check the tenth character. For the model years in our Borgward data, G means 2016, H 2017, J 2018, K 2019, L 2020 and M 2021.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also does not tell you the condition of a particular car.
Make sure the VIN in the papers matches the number on the car and that the tenth character fits the model year you were told. Then ask for service records and look at the car in person, since the VIN alone says little about its past.