vehicle identification number
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unique code including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds
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Vinony's link graph records 445 inbound references to vehicle identification number, and connects out to Fiat, Hyundai Motor Company and Isuzu Elf.
Vinony files it under 1981 introductions, Automotive technologies and Country codes.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nominal number
- Subclass of
- serial number
- Has part
- integer
- Image
- VIN-FORD-Expedition.PNG
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- short name
- VIN
- Commons category
- Vehicle Identification Number
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/vin
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Encyclopedic overview
VIN on a Chinese moped VIN on a 1996 Porsche 911 GT2 (993) VIN visible in the windscreen VIN recorded on a Chinese vehicle licence
A vehicle identification number (VIN; also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, as defined by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3779 (content and structure) and ISO 4030 (location and attachment).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vehicle identification number” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.