2012 BMW 328i WBA3C1C5-C — group C
96 vehicles sit in group C of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What WBA3C1C5-C means
- WBA
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in Germany
- 3C1C5
- together encode the 328i line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- C
- in position 10 — model year 2012
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.