Explanation of VIN numbers of Porsche’s

Here’s how to read your Porsche chassis VIN No. for model year 1980 onwards.

All Porsche model years start from August and end in July, therefore if we look at the Porsche chassis number below the model year is a W figure, W denotes 1998, but the although the model year is 1998 the listing of that Porsche model will be from August 1997 to July 1998.

From model year 1980 Porsche chassis numbers are 17 digits long.

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