2012 Tesla Model S 5YJSA1DN-C — all VINs
168 vehicles carry this factory build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 5YJSA1DN-C means
- 5YJ
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Tesla registered — assembled in the United States
- SA1DN
- together encode the Model S line — Hatchback, Electric, Rear-wheel drive — as Tesla 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.