Enter the 17-character VIN of your Rolls-Royce 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 Rolls-Royce decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture from the code itself. Our data covers 11 models, among them Corniche, Cullinan, Dawn, Ghost, Park Ward, Phantom, Silver Dawn, Silver Seraph, Silver Spur, Spectre and Wraith, with version data for model years 1951 to 2023. Body styles in the data are Convertible, SUV, Sedan and Coupe, and the highest power listed is 612 hp.
The decoder is free and needs no registration, but it only reads the VIN. Accidents, mileage, theft records and previous owners are not stored in the number, and that information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Pick a Rolls-Royce model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the WMI, the world manufacturer identifier. For Rolls-Royce we map the code SCA, and it belongs to the United Kingdom. A VIN that begins with SCA is therefore read by the decoder as a Rolls-Royce built in the United Kingdom. Our list of codes is not complete, so it only shows the ones we recognise for the brand.
Characters 4 to 8 form the descriptor section, where the maker encodes details of the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently. The 10th character gives the model year, and the 11th identifies the plant.
As an example, a P in the 10th position stands for 2023, the latest year in our Rolls-Royce data, and an N stands for 2022. Characters 12 to 17 are the serial number of the individual car. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which avoids confusion with the digits 1 and 0. The 17-character format applies to cars built since 1981.
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 papers or title first, since the VIN is printed there. The same 17 characters are also marked on the car itself, and the two should match.
The first three characters are the WMI. We map SCA to Rolls-Royce, and it points to the United Kingdom as the country of manufacture. Other codes may exist that are not on our list.
Read the 10th character. For example, N means 2022 and P means 2023. Our version data for the brand runs from 1951 to 2023, but the 17-character VIN is used for cars built since 1981.
It does not show accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, because none of that is part of the VIN. It reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture.
Compare the VIN in the papers with the VIN on the car, and decode it to see whether the model year and country match the seller's description. Then ask for service records and have the car inspected in person.