Car make · United Kingdom · 2001–2012

Rolls-Royce VIN Decoder

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

Rolls-Royce

MAKE DATA

Country: United KingdomFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: SCA1 maker code in our patterns
Models: 7 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 2001–2012Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Rolls-Royce

It does not get a lot more stately, opulent and splendid than the usual Rolls-Royce. For decades, the marque has set a typical that other luxury carmakers have aspired to achieve. Although the exclusive car maker has hit a couple of bumps within the road over time, it's largely been symbolic of automotive excellence for many of its 100-plus years in the industry.

The company hit a tough patch in early seventies. Issues with an electric train engine contract brought to severe financial hardships, which triggered the maker to apply for personal bankruptcy. The organization was eventually nationalized through the British government.

Just like a number of other vehicle producers, throughout the very first World War, Comes Royce was switched to war production, but rather than building cars, they build plane engines such as the Bald eagle that was utilized by 1 / 2 of from the Allied martial artists.

Nowadays, the Rolls-Royce group of automobiles includes a trio of regal Phantoms -- the sedan, coupe and Drophead (British for convertible) coupe -- in addition to the more compact, "basic levelInch Ghost. While other car manufacturers offer cars at these stratospheric cost points, we do not doubt the business's capability to keep moving for years to come.

02Models

Rolls-Royce 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.

Rolls-Royce models Corniche to Silver Seraph
Model	Year	VIN pattern
Corniche	2001	`SCAZK29E·1C`
Ghost	2011	`SCA664S5·BU`
Park Ward	2002	`SCALD61E·2C`
Phantom	2012	`SCA681L5·CU`
Phantom Coupe	2009	`SCA3C675·9U`
Phantom Drophead Coupe	2012	`SCA682D5·CU`
Silver Seraph	2002	`SCALA61E·2C`

SCA maker code (WMI) · ZK29E vehicle descriptor · 1 model-year code · C plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Rolls-Royce 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 Rolls-Royce VIN breaks down

The 2012 Phantom pattern from the table, SCA681L5·CU, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2012 Rolls-Royce Phantom · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countrySCA · Rolls-Royce, United Kingdom

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engine681L5 · Phantom

9CheckCalc.

10YearC · 2012

11PlantU

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3SCA for United Kingdom.

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 B is 2011.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

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

05API

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

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