2018 BMW M4 WBS4Y9C5-J — group 5
104 vehicles sit in group 5 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What WBS4Y9C5-J means
- WBS
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in Germany
- 4Y9C5
- together encode the M4 line — Coupe, 3L 6cyl, Rear-wheel drive — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- J
- in position 10 — model year 2018
- 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.