2017 Mazda MAZDA3 3MZBN1V7-H — group D
268 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 3MZBN1V7-H means
- 3MZ
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mazda registered — assembled in Mexico
- BN1V7
- together encode the Mazda3 line — Sedan, 2L 4cyl, Front-wheel drive — as Mazda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- H
- in position 10 — model year 2017
- 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.