2011 Lexus GS JTHBE1KS-B — all VINs
672 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What JTHBE1KS-B means
- JTH
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Lexus registered — assembled in Japan
- BE1KS
- together encode the GS line — Sedan, 3.5L 6cyl — as Lexus filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- B
- in position 10 — model year 2011
- 9, 11–17
- vehicle-specific fields: check digit, plant code and production sequence
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.