Enter the 17-character VIN of your Marcos 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.
The Marcos decoder reads the 17 characters of a VIN and returns the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data lists four Marcos models, among them the LM 400, LM 500, Mantis and TS, with version data for model years 1996 to 2004. The body style recorded in that data is Convertible.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, while the decoder itself stays free and needs no registration.
Every VIN of a car built since 1981 has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to Marcos, so there is no list of codes or countries to show here. That is a gap in our list and says nothing about any particular VIN.
Position 10 holds the model year. For the years in our Marcos data the letters and digits run like this: T for 1996, V for 1997, W for 1998, X for 1999, Y for 2000, then 1 for 2001, 2 for 2002, 3 for 2003 and 4 for 2004. Position 11 usually marks the plant and positions 12 to 17 are the serial number.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North America requires the check digit, while many European VINs fill that position differently, so a check digit that does not calculate is not a reason for concern on its own.
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 first at the registration document, then at the car itself, where the VIN is normally on a plate or stamped into the structure. The exact position varies, so it is worth comparing the number on the car with the number on the papers.
The first three characters are the WMI, which points to the manufacturer and the country. We currently have no WMI codes mapped to Marcos, so the decoder may not name the brand from those characters alone. The model year and the rest of the structure can still be read.
Check the 10th character. In the range covered by our data, T means 1996, Y means 2000, 1 means 2001 and 4 means 2004. The same character can stand for a different year in another 30-year cycle, so the context of the car matters.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. We also have no engine power figure for Marcos in our data, so the decoder does not give one.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the registration document and has exactly 17 characters without I, O or Q. Then inspect the car in person and ask the seller for service records and past ownership details.