Enter the 17-character VIN of your Spectre 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 Spectre VIN decoder reads the 17-character VIN and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data currently holds one Spectre model, the R42, with version data for model years 1995 to 1998. 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.
Pick a Spectre 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. We do not know of any WMI codes for Spectre at the moment, so we cannot list codes or countries here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem for that reason.
The tenth character is the model year. For the Spectre years in our data, 1995 is S, 1996 is T, 1997 is V and 1998 is W. Character 11 usually points to the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. Character 9 is a check digit, which is required in North America, while many European VINs fill it differently.
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.
The VIN is often on a plate at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, on a sticker at the door pillar, and in the registration papers. Compare more than one of these places, because they should all show the same 17 characters.
The first three characters are the WMI, which stands for the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. We have no WMI codes mapped to Spectre right now, so we cannot give you a list of them.
Look at the tenth character. For the years in our Spectre data, S means 1995, T means 1996, V means 1997 and W means 1998.
It reads only the VIN itself, so it shows the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture. It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN.
Make sure the VIN on the vehicle matches the number in the papers, and that the model year character fits the age the seller gives. Then have the vehicle inspected and ask for service records.