2012 Cadillac CTS 1G6DE5E5-C — group 3
92 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 1G6DE5E5-C means
- 1G6
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Cadillac registered — assembled in the United States
- DE5E5
- together encode the CTS line — Sedan, 3L 6cyl, Rear-wheel drive — as Cadillac filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- C
- in position 10 — model year 2012
- 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.