2000 Mercedes-Benz M-Class 4JGAB54E-Y — group 9
95 vehicles sit in group 9 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 4JGAB54E-Y means
- 4JG
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mercedes-Benz registered — assembled in the United States
- AB54E
- together encode the M-Class line — Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), 3.2L 6cyl — as Mercedes-Benz filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- Y
- in position 10 — model year 2000
- 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.