2021 Ford Explorer 1FMSK8BH-M — group B
122 vehicles sit in group B of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 1FMSK8BH-M means
- 1FM
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Ford registered — assembled in the United States
- SK8BH
- together encode the Explorer line — Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), 2.3L 4cyl, Four-wheel drive — as Ford filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- M
- in position 10 — model year 2021
- 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.