Enter the 17-character VIN of your Great Wall 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 VIN and the Great Wall decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture from it. Our data for the brand covers 18 models, from Cool Bear, Cowry and Deer to Hover H6, Steed, Voleex and Wingle, with model years from 2001 to the present, since some models are still built.
The decoder reads only the VIN itself, so it shows nothing about a particular car's past, such as accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Every VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used, so they cannot be mistaken for 1 and 0. The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI, which tells you who built the vehicle and in which country. We do not yet have any WMI codes mapped to Great Wall, so we cannot list codes or countries here. A VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem, because our list of recognised codes is not complete.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle itself. Character 9 is a check digit, which North American VINs must include and which many European VINs fill in differently. The tenth character gives the model year. For a Great Wall, a 7 in that position means 2007 and an A means 2010. Letters continue from there, so F is 2015 and L is 2020.
Character 11 marks the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. Our version data names three body styles for the brand, Hatchback, SUV and Sedan, and the highest power figure in it is 190 hp. VINs have been standardised on 17 characters for cars built since 1981, so the model year letter is the quickest way to place a Great Wall within the range we cover.
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 for a plate at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, or a sticker on the door frame. The VIN is usually also printed in the registration documents, and you should check that all of them match.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Great Wall at the moment, so we cannot name any here. That does not make a VIN with other starting characters wrong.
Read the tenth character. A 1 stands for 2001, a 6 for 2006, a B for 2011 and an H for 2017. The decoder does this for you when you enter the full VIN.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It reads only the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture.
Compare the VIN on the car with the one in the documents, and make sure all 17 characters match. Then look at the service records, inspect the car in person and take a test drive, whether it is a Hatchback, an SUV or a Sedan.