Decoding the VIN of a Ford Focus I (Mk1)

 Let's decode (for free) our baby's birth certificate 😉

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
*	W	F	0	A	X	X	G	B	B	A	Y	C	1	2	3	4	5	*

The grayed areas (1 "*", 6 "X", 7 "X", 10 "B = Focus" and 19 "*") are constant and the last five digits (14 à 18) represent the serial number.

WF0	Ford Werke AG Deutschland	European models
SFA	Ford Motor Company Ltd.	Great Britain / UK
WF1	Ford	USA
XLC	N.V. Nederland Ford	Netherlands
VS6	Ford Espana S.A	Spain
TW2	Ford Lusitana S.A.R.L.	Portugal

A	5-door sedan	"Hatchback"
B	3-door sedan	"Hatchback"
F	4-door sedan with trunk	"Sedan"
N	Station wagon	"Clipper"

G	Ford Germany	(internal assembly)
B	Ford GB	(internal assembly)
C	Ford GB II	(subcontracted assembly)
E	Ford Germany II	(subcontracted assembly)
W	Ford Spain	(internal assembly)
L	Ford Brazil	(internal assembly)

A	Dagenham/Köln/Ipiranga	(factory of assembly)
B	Halewood/Genk/Sao Bernado	(factory of assembly)
C	Saarlouis	(factory of assembly)
P	Valencia/Azambuja	(factory of assembly)

W	1998	(year of production)
X	1999	(year of production)
Y	2000	(year of production)
1	2001	(year of production)
2	2002	(year of production)
3	2003	(year of production)
4	2004	(year of production)
5	2005	(year of production)

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Jul.

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Sep.

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Nov.

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1998

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Y

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1999

C

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D

E

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2000

B

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D

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2001

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2002

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2003

C

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2004

B

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2005

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