Car make · Italy · 2001–2012

Lamborghini VIN Decoder

Enter a Lamborghini VIN to read its model year, model, trim, engine and factory specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

Lamborghini

MAKE DATA

Country: ItalyFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: ZHW · ZA92 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 5 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 2001–2012Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Lamborghini

Beloved by fanatics everywhere, Lamborghini cars are made for speed and also to fit the part. Extreme style and extreme performance would be the chief qualities of Ferrari's national rival. Unless of course your zipcode is 90210, you are unlikely to determine a scissor-doored Lamborghini in front of you within the Local cafe drive-through or parked alongside you in the mall they are exclusive automobiles made to focus on a little, very specialized audience.

His business later broadened with Feruccio setting a tractor factory as a result of Italy's great need for farming implements. His trucks were constructed from war-waste and parts obtained from derelict automobiles, remains, essentially each piece of metal that may be saved and employed for production.

By 1960, he'd broadened within the hvac business too, both getting switched out very effective. Feruccio's entry within the vehicle-making business would soon come after he'd build wealth. Connoisseur of all things mechanical, Ferrucio grew to become disappointed with a few of Italy's top vehicle brands for that automobiles they shipped, particularly using their engines. Former who owns Oscas, Ferraris and Maseratis, Feruccio was comfortable with vehicle engineering at that time.

The brand new millennium saw the debut from the Murcielago, which changed the Diablo, and also the (relatively) less expensive Gallardo. Today, the present German/Italian marriage appears to become quite stable, and the increase in quality and refinement of Lamborghini's automobiles leaves without doubt regarding its benefit.

02Models

Lamborghini VIN patterns

One sample year per model. The pattern is VIN positions 1–8 and 10–11: everything except the check digit and the serial.

Lamborghini models Aventador to Reventon
Model	Year	VIN pattern
Aventador	2012	`ZHWUC1ZD·CL`
Diablo	2001	`ZA9DU01B·1L`
Gallardo	2010	`ZHWGU5BZ·AL`
Murcielago	2010	`ZHWBU3AN·AL`
Reventon	2008	`ZHWBU77S·8L`

ZHW maker code (WMI) · UC1ZD vehicle descriptor · C model-year code · L plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Lamborghini VIN

Dashboard tagDriver's side, at the base of the windshield. Read it from outside the car.
Door jamb stickerOpen the driver's door and look at the frame.
PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.

04Breakdown

How a Lamborghini VIN breaks down

The 2012 Aventador pattern from the table, ZHWUC1ZD·CL, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2012 Lamborghini Aventador · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryZHW · Lamborghini, Italy

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineUC1ZD · Aventador

9CheckCalc.

10YearC · 2012

11PlantL

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3ZHW, ZA9 for Italy.

VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.

CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.

YEAR · 10C is 2012 here. In the table, 1 is 2001 and A is 2010.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.

05API

Decode Lamborghini VINs in your app

22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
BASIC $0, PRO $69, ULTRA $99 a month, billed by RapidAPI

Get API key API docs

GET/v2.0/decode_vin

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Lamborghini VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …

const url = new URL("https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin");
url.searchParams.set("vin", "<Lamborghini VIN>");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (data.success) console.log(data.specification);

curl -G "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin" \
  --data "vin=<Lamborghini VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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