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A vehicle identification number, commonly abbreviated to VIN, or chas*is number, is a unique code including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds as defined in ISO 3833. > VINs were first used in 1954. From 1954 to 1981, there was no > accepted standard for these numbers, so different manufacturers used > different formats. In 1981, the National Highway Traffic Safety > Administration of the United States standardized the format. It > required all over-the-road-vehicles sold to contain a 17-character > VIN, which does not include the letters I (i), O (o), or Q (q) (to The vehicle identification number is the unique code of the vehicle consisting of 17 symbols. The code provides the information on the manufacturer and the characteristics of the vehicle and its production year. The structure of the code is based on standards ISO 3779-1983 and ISO 3780. Identification numbers are mapped on the integral body parts or the chas*is and on the purpose-made number plates. The first three characters uniquely identify the manufacturer of the vehicle using the world manufacturer identifier or WMI code. A manufacturer who builds fewer than 500 vehicles per year uses a 9 as the third digit, and the 12th, 13th and 14th position of the VIN for a second part of the identification. Some manufacturers use the third character as a code for a vehicle category (e.g., bus or truck), a division within a manufacturer, or both. For example, within 1G (as*igned to General Motors in the United States), 1G1 represents Chevrolet pas*enger cars; 1G2, Pontiac pas*enger cars; and 1GC, Chevrolet trucks. The first character of the WMI is the region in which the manufacturer is located. In practice, each is as*igned to a country of manufacture, although in Europe the country where the continental headquarters is located can as*ign the WMI to all vehicles produced in that region