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There are at least four competing standards used to calculate VIN worldwide.

* FMVSS 115, Part 565: Used in United States and Canada
* ISO Standard 3779: Used in Europe and many other parts of the world
* SAE J853: Very similar to the ISO standard
* ADR 61/2 used in Australia, Referring Back to ISO3779 and 3780.[1]

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Edit: found an EU decoder! It works! http://www.super7thheaven.co.uk/calcs/vin_decoder.htm

The VIN code WF0NXXGAGNNA73102 breaks down as

Manufacturer Identifier: WF0
Body type: 5 Door Estate/Wagon/Clipper
Line: Ford Germany (Own Assembly)
Assembly Plant: Cologne (Germany)
Model: Granada/Scorpio
Year: 1992 (some codes are used for more than one year)
Month: March
Production Sequence: 63102



From 7th heaven:

LINE (position 7)
B = Ford Great Britain (own assembly)
C = Ford Great Britain (assembly by affiliate)
C = Ford Lusitana S.A.R.L. Azambuia, Portugal (own assembly)
E = Ford Germany (assembly by affiliate)
G = Ford Germany (own assembly)
L = Ford Brazil (own assembly)
S = Japan (own assembly)
W = Ford Spain (own assembly)
Z = United States (own assembly)
ASSEMBLY PLANT (position 8)
A = Dagenham (United Kingdom) - Cologne (Germany) - Ipiranga (Brazil)
B = Halewood (united Kingdom) - Genk (Belgium) - Sao Bernado (Brazil)
C = Langley (United Kingdom) - Saarlouis (Germany)
E = Cork (Ireland)
F = La Villa (Mexico)
G = Barcelona (Spain)
H = Hiroshima (Japan)
J = Caracas (Venzuela)
K = Rheine (Germany)
M = Rheine (Germany)
N = Amsterdam (Netherlands)
P = Valencia (Spain) - Azambuja (Portugal)
S = Setubal (Portugal)