[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by NeedForSpeed

US:
CXW AY7E- 92 LS-L
CXV CY5E- 94 [FWD?]
CXW DY7E- 95 LSi
CXW FY7E- 97 LSi

AU
CXW AU7E- 92
CXW DU7E- 95

UK:
CXW AK7E- 92
CXW BK7E- [95 registration]

FR:
CXW BL7E-

SWISS:
CXW CL7E- [95 registration]

JAPAN:
CXW A23E- VERSION-E, S40, S40II
CXD A25E- VERSION-L
CXW D22E- S3
CXW D23E- S4?

MID-EAST:
CXW TE0R
CXW TE0S- for GCC
CXW BL0E- for Levant

NZ:
CXD A25E- VERSION-L




OKAY, check it out, we have enough information to begin to decode the APPLIED MODEL,

All SVX registration lists should be categorized by APPLIED MODEL YEAR:
A, B, C, D, E, F.

CX@ A, 1992
CX@ B, 1993
CX@ C, 1994
CX@ D, 1995
CX@ E, 1996
CX@ F, 1997

Further, the following conclusions seem evident:

CXD- AWD-4WS
CXW- AWD
CXV- FWD

The fifth character seems to indicate a world market, but I don’t have enough Model numbers to determine if Canada and US are the same.
This is what seems correct at this point:

CXWA Y 7E,, Y= US [North America?]
CXWA K 7E,, K= United Kingdom [?]
CXWA L 7E,, L= EURO [France, Swiss so far]
CXWA U 7E,, U= Australia
CXWA 2 3E,, 2= Japanese Domestic Market
CXWA 2 5E,,
CXWT E 0R,, E= Gulf region [GCC]

All codes seem to end in E, except Dan’s GCC 'R' code, perhaps this is a code for non-catalyst

All codes have consistant A-F Manufacture, except Dan's GCC 'T' code.

What seems to be left, is to figure out the 6th and 7th characters

Ron, this thread has WIN written all over it!

These derivations and assumptions are at last giving us good hard information as to what the VIN #s and other coding means.

We are not going to be agreeing on the "model year" business, as the concept of a model year does not apply in any other world market except the US. However your deduction that the Applied Model Code will give us indications of both what market the car was destined for, plus a clue when it was manufactured, this is a brilliant observation.

Earl and I have been drawing up and populating the world list. This information has primary key drivers and we have been insisting on the VIN being supplied as it is a signature piece of data.

Now I realise that the AMC is also vital. We will expand the Registration Database to include a column for the AMC.

The first derivation I noticed when assessing the trim codes was that there is a relationship between colour codes and marketing year [Rest of World] or Model Year [USA] Armed with all this new information we now know plenty about the origin of the cars based on the VIN plate information.

Joe