2016 BMW 428i WBA4A9C5-G — group 7
196 vehicles sit in group 7 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What WBA4A9C5-G means
- WBA
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in Germany
- 4A9C5
- together encode the 428i line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- G
- in position 10 — model year 2016
- 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.