Enter the 17-character VIN of your Premier 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 Premier decoder reads the 17 characters of a VIN and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture where the code allows it. Our data for Premier covers two models, 118 and Padmini, with model years from 1964 to 2001, and the body style on record is Sedan. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters of a VIN are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to Premier, so there is no list of codes or countries to show here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that begins with other characters is not a problem in itself.
The tenth character is the model year. Premier appears in our data from 1964 to 2001, but the 17-character VIN applies to cars built since 1981, so that is the part of the range the decoder can work with. A Premier from 1990 would carry an L in position 10, one from 1995 an S, and one from 2001 the digit 1. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
The rest follows the general layout: characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, character 9 is the check digit, character 11 points to the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. The check digit is required in North America, while many European VINs fill it differently. A Premier built before 1981 may carry a shorter number that the decoder cannot read.
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 registration papers first, then on the car itself. The number is usually on a plate or stamping, often near the base of the windscreen or on a door frame. Make sure you copy all 17 characters.
The first three characters are the WMI, which stands for manufacturer and country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Premier yet, and our list is incomplete, so a VIN that we do not recognise is not a sign of a problem.
Read the tenth character. For the years in our Premier data that fall in the 17-character era, 1990 is L, 1995 is S and 2001 is 1. Cars built before 1981 do not follow this scheme.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or the number of owners, because none of this is stored in the VIN. It only reads the characters of the number itself.
Compare the VIN on the car with the one in the registration papers and check that all 17 characters match. Then see whether the model year the decoder gives fits the car and the seller's description, and ask to inspect the car and any service records in person.