2005 Mazda RX-8 JM1FE173-5 — all VINs
602 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What JM1FE173-5 means
- JM1
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mazda registered — assembled in Japan
- FE173
- together encode the RX-8 line — Coupe, 1.3L — as Mazda filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 5
- in position 10 — model year 2005
- 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.