2013 Lexus GS JTHBE1BL-D — group D
421 vehicles sit in group D of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What JTHBE1BL-D means
- JTH
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Lexus registered — assembled in Japan
- BE1BL
- 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
- D
- in position 10 — model year 2013
- 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.