2003 BMW X5 5UXFA535-3 — group 8
151 vehicles sit in group 8 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 5UXFA535-3 means
- 5UX
- the World Manufacturer Identifier BMW registered — assembled in the United States
- FA535
- together encode the X5 line — Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), 6cyl — as BMW filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 3
- in position 10 — model year 2003
- 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.