1 W - Germany (until 1989 West Germany)
2 P - Porsche
3 0 - sports car or Panamera, 1 - Cayenne
456 ZZZ - Europe/RoW
78–––12 Porsche model number or internal model number:
911 - 911 G-model (until 1989)
924
928
930 - 911 G-model Turbo (until 1989)
931 - 924 Turbo
937 - 924 Carrera GT
944
951 - 944 Turbo
959
964 - 911 1989-1994
968
970 - Panamera 2009-2016
980 - Carrera GT
981 - Boxster 2012-2019
986 - Boxster 1997-2004
987 - Boxster 2005-2012
991 - 911 2011-2018
993 - 911 1993-1997
996 - 911 1997-2004
997 - 911 2004-2011
9PA - Cayenne 955 (2002-2007), Cayenne 957 (2007-2010)
92A - Cayenne 958 (2010-2017)
9 Z - Europe/RoW
10 Model year:
A - 2010
B - 1981, 2011
C - 1982, 2012
D - 1983, 2013
E - 1984, 2014
F - 1985, 2015
G - 1986, 2016
H - 1987, 2017
I - skipped
J - 1988, 2018
K - 1989, 2019
L - 1990, 2020
M - 1991, 2021
N - 1992, 2022
O - skipped
P - 1993, 2023
R - 1994, 2024
S - 1995, 2025
T - 1996, 2026
U - skipped
V - 1997, 2027
W - 1998, 2028
X - 1999, 2029
Y - 2000
1 - 2001
2 - 2002
3 - 2003
4 - 2004
5 - 2005
6 - 2006
7 - 2007
8 - 2008
9 - 2009
11 Factory location:
S - Stuttgart (911, 928, 959, 968, Boxster, Cayman)
N - Neckarsulm Audi factory (924, 944)
U - Uusikaupunki Valmet factory (Boxster 986 was produced there 1997-2004, Boxster 987 2004-2010 and Cayman 987 2005-2011)
L - Leipzig (Cayenne, Carrera GT, Panamera, Macan)
K - Osnabrück VW factory, ex-Karmann, hence the "K" (Boxster/Cayman 981)
1314151617 Serial number. First number might indicate modification.
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