The VIN for our car and any car after 1981 is a 17 character code. This post deals with only the S2000.

1. J (manufactured, Japan)
2. H (manufacturer, Honda)
3. M (passenger car, made in Japan)
4-6. AP1/AP2 (chassis)
7. 1 (coupe+manual transmission)
8. 4 (grade)
9. Check digit
10. Y, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (model year, y=2000, 1=2001, etc)
11. T, S (manufacturing plant, T=Tochigi, S=Suzuka)
12-17. Production Number

 

For an overview or to figure decode another car's vin: http://www.vinguard.org/vin.htm (Notice the VIN pictured on top is the NA1 ... in other words, the NSX )

 

Unfortunately JDM VINs aren't broken down like that ... hehe

 

I guess I have number 4205 built in 2007.

 

I'm number 2340!!!!!

 

Cool I'm gonna check mines when I get the chance

 

Hmmmm you guys realize that by posting that I got your vin!!! Sniped I think...A little research will tell me which plant produced your model year and the rest we need is all here.

Maybe I'm wrong. Either way I'm going to check my VIN in 2 minutes

 

you should be

jhmap114x2t0xxxxx

 

I concur...results pending

Check digit calculation is interesting!

 

I'm 00192...or was it 198. Either way, sub 200.

The way I see it, the workers were so happy to be getting back into the swing of things working on the first year with the glass window that they made my car just perfect