2012 Mini Hardtop WMWSV3C5-C — group B
199 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 WMWSV3C5-C means
- WMW
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Mini registered — assembled in Germany
- SV3C5
- together encode the Hardtop line — Hatchback, 1.6L 4cyl — as Mini filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- C
- in position 10 — model year 2012
- 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.