2014 Hyundai Sonata 5NPEC4AC-E — group F
492 vehicles sit in group F of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 5NPEC4AC-E means
- 5NP
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Hyundai registered — assembled in the United States
- EC4AC
- together encode the Sonata line — Sedan, 1.6L — as Hyundai filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- E
- in position 10 — model year 2014
- 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.