2009 Kia Optima KNAGE228-9 — group E
338 vehicles sit in group E of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What KNAGE228-9 means
- KNA
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Kia registered — assembled in South Korea
- GE228
- together encode the Optima line — Sedan, 2.4L — as Kia 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.