2012 Lincoln MKZ 3LNHL2GC-C — all VINs
5,034 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 3LNHL2GC-C means
- 3LN
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Lincoln registered — assembled in Mexico
- HL2GC
- together encode the MKZ line — Sedan, 3.5L 6cyl, Front-wheel drive — as Lincoln filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- C
- in position 10 — model year 2012
- 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.