https://importscanner.com/tags/vehicle-history/ Recent content in Vehicle History on Import Scanner Hugo en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://importscanner.com/post/vin-decoding-explained/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://importscanner.com/post/vin-decoding-explained/ Every car built since 1981 carries a 17-character VIN, and most buyers never read it. That’s a mistake — the VIN is the vehicle’s birth certificate, criminal record, and passport rolled into one code. The Three Sections Characters 1-3 (World Manufacturer Identifier): where it was built and who built it. Position 1 is the country code — 1, 4, 5 = USA; J = Japan; W = Germany; Z = Italy.