Enter the 17-character VIN of your Land Rover 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.
See the factory basics for free, and order a full report for the history behind the VIN.
Enter a 17-character VIN and the Land Rover decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the code. Our data for the brand covers 10 models, among them Defender, Discovery, Discovery Sport, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Series I and Series II. The version data runs from 1948 to the present, uses the SUV body style, and the highest power figure in it is 635 hp.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
Pick a Land Rover model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For Land Rover we recognise two of them, SAL and SUR, and between them they belong to the United Kingdom and Poland. That is why the country of manufacture the decoder shows can differ from one Land Rover to the next. Our list of codes is not complete, so a VIN that starts with other characters is simply one we do not map to this brand.
Characters 4 to 8 are the descriptor section, which the manufacturer uses to describe the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position in a different way, so do not read anything into an unusual value there. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when you are copying one by hand.
Character 10 gives the model year. An L there means 2020, a J means 2018 and a 4 means 2004. Character 11 marks the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. This 17-character system applies to cars built since 1981. Our Land Rover version data goes back to 1948, so the oldest vehicles may carry numbers that do not follow this layout.
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 vehicle registration document first, then compare it with the number on the vehicle itself. The two should match exactly, character for character.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and country. We map SAL and SUR to Land Rover, and these codes belong to the United Kingdom and Poland.
Look at the tenth character. For example, J stands for 2018, L for 2020 and 4 for 2004. Letters and digits are reused over the decades, so use the model range to judge which cycle is meant.
It reads only the VIN, so it gives the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture. Accidents, mileage, theft and owners are not stored in the VIN.
Make sure the VIN in the paperwork matches the one on the vehicle, then decode it and see whether the model year and country agree with the advert. If they do not, ask the seller to explain before you go further.