2021 Mazda MX-5 JM1NDAM7-M — group E
182 vehicles sit in group E of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What JM1NDAM7-M means
- JM1
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mazda registered — assembled in Japan
- NDAM7
- together encode the MX-5 line — Convertible, 2L 4cyl, Rear-wheel drive — as Mazda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- M
- in position 10 — model year 2021
- 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.