2004 Mazda MX-5 JM1NB354-4 — all VINs
348 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What JM1NB354-4 means
- JM1
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mazda registered — assembled in Japan
- NB354
- together encode the MX-5 line — Convertible — as Mazda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 4
- in position 10 — model year 2004
- 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.