Car VIN Numbers?
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- industry73
I am working on a website for a Auto Auction company.
They want to be able to just enter in the vehicles VIN# and have that pull all the data Year/Make/Model/etc. which is possible, I have done it before, but i never purchased the VIN data, just used what a Dealership had in their system.
I need to know where i can purchase a VIN Database
- shutdown0
i don't think you can buy that type of information otherwise anybody would be banging out their own VIN plate numbers for the dodgy cars they sell.
I'm sure it's only government/police types that can have access to it.
You might be able to buy number plate listings though...but not 100% sure
- industry730
VIN numbers are actually pretty simple, the first digits are the country code (US(1or4), Germany(W)) the second is the manufacturer (ford, BMW) and so on.
only the last few numbers (12th -17th) are the Rollout number, Which is unique per vehical, everything else identifies Year/make/model/features
those are what i need, what codes represent what. this is available info, I guess i'll just have to call the D.O.T. or Ford or something.