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Tyger · 08-02-2005, 04:01 PM

[quote=MikeGalos]Actually, that'll only work if the Exige models don't get added and if there are no other changes to the rest of the entries since the year/sn pair are only guaranteed unique if the rest of the items (except checkdigit) remain the same. For example, if they started building some Elise and Exige models for the US in Shah Alam as well as Hethel and have the a/c delete option all eight of the following would be 6/0027:

I can't see them having separate serial numbers for cars with and without a/c. And I think this is going to be an Elise registry, not an Exige or general Lotus registry.
That being said, I think what the US code classifies as "Section Four" of the VIN (all after the check digit) would serve our purposes nicely.

08-02-2005, 04:01 PM	#45 (permalink)
Tyger burning bright! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New York Posts: 1,165	[quote=MikeGalos]Actually, that'll only work if the Exige models don't get added and if there are no other changes to the rest of the entries since the year/sn pair are only guaranteed unique if the rest of the items (except checkdigit) remain the same. For example, if they started building some Elise and Exige models for the US in Shah Alam as well as Hethel and have the a/c delete option all eight of the following would be 6/0027: I can't see them having separate serial numbers for cars with and without a/c. And I think this is going to be an Elise registry, not an Exige or general Lotus registry. That being said, I think what the US code classifies as "Section Four" of the VIN (all after the check digit) would serve our purposes nicely.