2016 Kia Sorento 5XYPH4A1-G — group 5
150 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 5XYPH4A1-G means
- 5XY
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Kia registered — assembled in the United States
- PH4A1
- together encode the Sorento line — Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), 2L — as Kia filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- G
- in position 10 — model year 2016
- 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.