Enter the 17-character VIN of your Soueast 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 Soueast decoder reads what the number itself holds: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our version data for the brand is small. It lists one model, Lioncel, one body style, sedan, and model years from 2005 to 2010.
The decoder does not show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
Pick a Soueast model to see how its VIN works.
Every VIN 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. We do not currently have any WMI codes mapped to Soueast, so we cannot list one here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that starts with other characters is not a cause for concern.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. The tenth character gives the model year. For the 2005 to 2010 range in our data, the letters run 5 for 2005, 6 for 2006, 7 for 2007, 8 for 2008, 9 for 2009 and A for 2010.
Character 11 marks the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. This layout applies to cars built since 1981, which covers every Soueast in our data.
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 the 17-character number on the vehicle's registration papers and on the identification plate or sticker on the car. Compare the two, since they should match.
The first three characters are the WMI, which stands for the manufacturer and country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Soueast at the moment, so the decoder may not link your VIN to the brand by its first characters. That does not mean anything is wrong with the VIN.
Read the tenth character. In the 2005 to 2010 range covered by our data, 5 means 2005, 6 means 2006, 7 means 2007, 8 means 2008, 9 means 2009 and A means 2010.
It cannot tell you about accidents, mileage, theft or earlier owners. A VIN only identifies the vehicle, and it does not record what happened to it afterwards.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the one in the documents, and decode it to confirm the model year and country of manufacture fit the car you are shown. Then look into the car's past, since the VIN alone says nothing about it.