2021 Hyundai Sonata 5NPEL4JA-M — group 3
394 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 5NPEL4JA-M means
- 5NP
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Hyundai registered — assembled in the United States
- EL4JA
- together encode the Sonata line — 2.5L, Front-wheel drive — as Hyundai 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.