2010 Mercury Grand Marquis 2MEBM7FV-A — group B
142 vehicles sit in group B of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 2MEBM7FV-A means
- 2ME
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mercury registered — assembled in Canada
- BM7FV
- together encode the Grand Marquis line — Sedan, 4.6L 8cyl — as Mercury filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- A
- in position 10 — model year 2010
- 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.