2009 Honda Accord 1HGCS123-9 — 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 1HGCS123-9 means
- 1HG
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Honda registered — assembled in the United States
- CS123
- together encode the Accord line — Coupe, 2.4L 4cyl — as Honda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 9
- in position 10 — model year 2009
- 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.