Car make · Germany · 2003–2014

MINI VIN Decoder

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

MINI

MAKE DATA

Country: GermanyFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: WMW1 maker code in our patterns
Models: 6 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 2003–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About MINI

Couple of cars are as instantly identifiable because the Mini. Loved because of its diminutive dimensions and cheerful visual appearance, the British-born vehicle has inspired passionate devotion in the U.S. and abroad. The company was briefly stopped, but was elevated in 2002 with the aid of BMW. Effectively having to pay homage towards the original Mini Cooper from the sixties, the reincarnated Cooper combines an sports, BMW-designed chassis having a space-efficient interior along with a generous standard features list.

The '60s truly was the last decade from the Mini. New versions around the car's theme included the development of automobiles such as the Mini Pickup and also the Mini Moke, an automobile that was similar to a cool mix from a Mini along with a Jeep. The car's abbreviated proportions are rumored to possess performed a component in causing a way trend the miniskirt elevated hemlines and grew to become representational of the era. Mini motorcars tore in the asphalt around the big screen, using the brand's appearance within the 1969 film An Italian Man, Job. Through the finish from the decade, greater than two million Mini motorcars have been created. Sadly, the automobile was drawn in the U. s. States in 1968, within the wake of strict new pollutants rules.

Though no more obtainable in the U.S., Mini continued to be being produced in Europe with the '70s and 1980s. Through the mid-1980s, greater than 5 million Minis have been created worldwide. In 1994, the company was acquired through the BMW Group. The marque continued hiatus in 2000, but was raised from the dead (and cut back to American shores) in 2002 using the launch from the entry-level, front-drive Mini Cooper hatchback. Completely modern in each and every way, right lower to the BMW-designed suspension, steering and brakes, the Mini Cooper is offered alongside its cousins at BMW shops.

The Minis were also quite efficient in the performance perspective, getting a unibody that further reduced weight and granted more room within the vehicle. Its design grew to become so known that by 1990 Rover Group, descendants of BMC, made the decision to trademark the vehicle.

02Models

MINI 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.

MINI models Cooper to Cooper Roadster
Model	Year	VIN pattern
Cooper	2003	`WMWRE334·3T`
Cooper Clubman	2013	`WMWZF3C5·DT`
Cooper Countryman	2013	`WMWXD1C5·DW`
Cooper Coupe	2013	`WMWSX1C5·DT`
Cooper Paceman	2014	`WMWSS1C5·EW`
Cooper Roadster	2013	`WMWSY3C5·DT`

WMW maker code (WMI) · RE334 vehicle descriptor · 3 model-year code · T plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a MINI 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 MINI VIN breaks down

The 2014 Cooper Paceman pattern from the table, WMWSS1C5·EW, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 MINI Cooper Paceman · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryWMW · MINI, Germany

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineSS1C5 · Cooper Paceman

9CheckCalc.

10YearE · 2014

11PlantW

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3WMW for Germany.

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 · 10E is 2014 here. In the table, 3 is 2003 and D is 2013.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

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

05API

Decode MINI 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": "<MINI 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", "<MINI 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=<MINI VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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