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Originally Posted by dkl
Door jam label doesn't tell where the car was assembled. The "Made in ..." label only applies to where the majority of the parts were made. I know for a fact that my MCoupe was also assembled in SC as ALL X5 and Z4 are assembled here. However, it has a "Made in Germany" label on the door jam, which I know isn't true...at least for the car.
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I think you misunderstood what I wrote.
Yes, if you know how to break-down the VIN...then it does reveal the city code and plant where the car was assembled. Although the VIN label on the door jamb says "Made in Germany"...I wrote that the OP should
look at the first 3 digits of his VIN...which reveals the MFG's (city/code) location... where the vehicle rolled off the assembly line. See the image below which shows how the 17 digits in a VIN is broken down...and what info it reveals. I should have also wrote that the
10th digit of the VIN also
reveals the specific plant where the vehicle was assembled:
The OP asked in question #3...
where was his vehicle built, Germany or the USA. Well the first 3 digits of his VIN will reveal which BMW MFG code and the 10th digit reveals the exact assembly plant it rolled out of. If those first 3 digits say
4US & the 10th VIN digit says "L" then it rolled off the assembly line down in Greer (Spartanburg) So Carolina.
I was not referring to the part of the MFG label that says "Built in Germany"...I wrote that he should look at the first 3 digits of his VIN and that would answer the question that was asked...if the car was assembled here or Germany.
As you can see in the image below...this M5 rolled out of the GMBH Plant in Munich...thus the first 3 digits of the VIN start with
WBS
Below is a VIN label from a 1999 e39 528i which would have come off the BMW AG assembly line in Munich, West Germany...thus the first 3 digits of the VIN is
WBA:
