Enter the 17-character VIN of your Ferrari 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 a 17-character Ferrari VIN and the decoder reads what is encoded in it: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data covers 50 Ferrari models, from the 208/308 and 250 GT through the F40, 458 and 812 to the 12Cilindri and Daytona SP3, with version data running from 1953 to the present.
The decoder does not show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, while the decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
Pick a Ferrari model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. For Ferrari we recognise two of them, ZFF and ZDF, and both belong to Italy. These are the codes in our list, and the list is not exhaustive, so a VIN that begins differently simply falls outside what we map to the brand.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is the check digit. North American VINs must carry a calculated check digit, while many European VINs fill that position differently, so do not read much into it on an Italian-built car. The 10th character is the model year. A K stands for 1989, a 5 for 2005 and an S for 2025. The letters repeat every 30 years, so a B can mean 1981 or 2011, and the rest of the car has to settle which.
Character 11 marks the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. This 17-character format applies to cars built since 1981. Our version data starts in 1953, but for the earlier years the decoder has no standard VIN to work from. Letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when you are copying one down from a worn plate.
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 at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, on a plate or label in the door frame, and on the registration documents. The exact position can differ from model to model, so check more than one place.
They are the World Manufacturer Identifier codes we map to Ferrari, and both point to Italy as the country of manufacture. Our list of codes is not complete, so other starting characters are not a sign of a problem.
Use the 10th character. Letters stand for 1981 to 2000 and then again for 2010 onward, while digits cover 2001 to 2009. For example, L means 2020 and R means 2024.
It shows only what the 17 characters contain: manufacturer, model year and country. Accidents, mileage, theft and owners are not part of a VIN, so the decoder cannot tell you about them.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the one in the registration papers, that it has 17 characters and no I, O or Q, and that the decoded model year fits the car in front of you. Then have the car inspected by someone who knows the model, since the VIN alone says little about its condition.