2014 BMW 528i WBA5A7C5-E — group D
216 vehicles sit in group D of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What WBA5A7C5-E means
- WBA
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in Germany
- 5A7C5
- together encode the 528i line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl, All-wheel drive — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- E
- in position 10 — model year 2014
- 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.