Breakdown of VIN for Domestic and Export, excluding USA
Breakdown of VIN for USA
Engine Numbers
Breakdown of engine number
Two different sets of codes were used depending on whether the car
was supplied as a i) normally aspirated (NA) or ii) turbo car.
i) Normally Aspirated cars
Up until 1976 all cars were supplied with the 907 engine, and the
second character was not used. The following codes were used for the
first character:
From 1976 to 1980 all cars were again supplied only with the 907
engine and the following codes were used for the first character:
The codes for the second character were:
From 1980 onwards the standard engine supplied was the 912 and the
european models used the same codes as those for the period 1976-80, but
for the high compression (HC) models the second character code was
changd to:
ii) Turbo models
From 1980 all cars were supplied only with the 910 engine and the
following codes were used for the first character:
The codes for the second character were:
From 1980 until late 1981/early 1982, all Turbo Esprit engines (type
910) were built with a 'dry sump' lubrication system. Cars not fitted
with air conditioning were changed to a 'wet sump' configuration in late
1981, followed by the air conditioned cars in early 1982.
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