Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin: — Built in:
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2016-01-28 18:47 |
Must be an older model with newer parts - plate returns it as a 1998. |
◊ 2017-05-09 20:42 |
Per VIN, ML 230 delivered October 11, 1998 (exactly one year before my birthday!) with grey leather interior. 1999 MY I guess? WDC1631361A071390 |
◊ 2017-05-09 22:40 |
SA 809 = 1999 |
◊ 2021-08-18 02:54 |
Model ML230 Order Location BIELEFELD BRANCH - where is this?? Delivery Date 1998-10-11 Approx. Build Date 1998-10 809 CHANGE OF MODEL YEAR, THE LAST FIGURE SHOWING THE NEW MODEL YEAR https://www.lastvin.com/vin/Yz6Xk2Rb8gP21xjL9 |
◊ 2021-08-18 03:08 |
from what i can find it would be in Germany .. if i have the good Bielefeld of course |
◊ 2021-08-18 15:05 |
You have no idea what joke you just made without knowing... |
◊ 2021-08-18 15:10 |
Has to do with this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy We have a similar joke about the region of Molise |
◊ 2021-08-18 15:13 |
Yeah, though the version I know is that the city is just so boring with nothing there, that it simply doesn't exist. |
◊ 2021-08-18 15:17 |
I truly did not know I made a joke. I did google the location but it was pulling different results |
◊ 2021-08-18 15:58 |
oh my... that's a funny theory ... |
◊ 2021-08-18 17:02 |
American built by the 11th digit being an A. |
◊ 2021-08-18 17:21 |
@dhill_cb7, before you change all the 'A' VINs to USA, please be aware of the fact that the A is a part of the euro/'normal' MB VIN serial numbers For the US style numbers, you should normally also find the model year at the tenth position like you are used to - but Mercedes has not always followed these rules -- Last edit: 2021-08-18 17:29:30 |
◊ 2021-08-18 17:47 |
I understand. Take a gander at the PDF on the forum I linked up. I am not sure how to upload a picture of it. I copied and pasted the data best I could. 1 World manufacturer code: WDC=MBUSI 2 Vehicle model 163=M-class 163.154=ML 320, 163.172=ML 430, 163.174=ML 55 AMG, 163.175=ML 500 3 Steering 1 LHS vehicle 2 RHS4 Manufacturing plant 4 Plant A Tuscaloosa X Graz 5 Chassis number (production consecutive number) Begins in the case of vehicles of Graz production with a "7" vehicle Edit: I broke the above VIN down so you can see clearly what I mean WDC (1) 163136 (2) 1 (3) A (4) 071390 (5) Please look at the #45 post by 43sqd. The PDF is an official VIN decoder for MLs. Link to "www.benzworld.org" -- Last edit: 2021-08-18 17:59:47 |
◊ 2021-08-18 18:10 |
Got it. No X7 here so clearly US made |