2020 BMW 330i 3MW5R7J0-L — group 3
550 vehicles sit in group 3 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 3MW5R7J0-L means
- 3MW
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in Mexico
- 5R7J0
- together encode the 330i line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl, All-wheel drive — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- L
- in position 10 — model year 2020
- 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.