Summer Greetings

98 - Boxster (code 987) (2004 ... 2011) 98 - Boxster (code 981) (2012 ... 2016) 98 – 718 Boxster (code 982) (2016 ... ) 98 - Cayman (code 987) (2005 ... 2012) 98 - Cayman (code 981) (2012 ... 2016) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 993) (1994 ... 1998) 99 - 911 / 911 Turbo (code 996) (1998 ... 2005) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 997) (2004 ... 2012) 99 - 911/911 Turbo (code 991) (2011 ...) 99 - Carrera GT (Code 980) (2003 ... 2007)

For the Porsche crossover platform, it’s different 9P - Cayenne I (9PA / 955) (2002 ... 2007) 9P - Cayenne I (9PA / 957) (2007 ... 2010) 92 - Cayenne II (92A / 958) (2010 ...) 95 - Macan (95B) (2014 ...)

For the North American Market

A1 - 918 Spyder (918) A2 - Cayenne II of (92A / 958) A5 - Macan (95B) A7 - Panamera (970), A8 - Boxster / Cayman (987, 981) A9 - 911 (997, 991)

Position 9 for Porsche vehicles made for the European market, position is a “Z”.

For the North American market it is a value that checks whether the VIN that has been entered is a valid.

Position 10 – Model Year

A - 2010

B - 1981 and 2011

C - 1982 and 2012

D - 1983 and 2013 E - 1984 and 2014 F - 1985 and 2015 G - 1986 and 2016 H - 1987 and 2017 I - NOT USED J - 1988 and 2018 K - 1989 and 2019 L - 1990 and 2020 M - 1991 and 2021 N - 1992 and 2022 O - NOT USED P - 1993 and 2023 Q - NOT USED R - 1994 and 2024 S - 1995 and 2025 T - 1996 and 2026 U - NOT USED V - 1997 and 2027 W - 1998 and 2028 X - 1999 and 2029 Y - 2000 1 - 2001 2 - 2002 3 - 2003 4 - 2004 5 - 2005 6 - 2006 7 - 2007 8 - 2008 9 - 2009

Position 11 – Assembly Plant This position is used to identify the assembly plant of the vehicle:

K - (Boxster, Cayman) Osnabruck, Germany

L - (Cayenne, Panamera, Macan) Leipzig, Germany

N - (924, 944, 928, 911G, 911) Nekkarzyulm, Germany

S - (Boxster, Cayman, 911) Stuttgart Zuffenhausen, Germany

U - (Boxster, Cayman) Uusikaupunki, Finland

Position 12 represents the third factory code mark pattern. The other two are represented by positions 7 and 8.

Position 13 -17 – Serial Number These positions represent the serial number of the vehicle. This series of numbers is used to identify the exact vehicle in question. The set of numbers are not standardized and their choice depends on the manufacturer’s preference.

With a car’s VIN, you can obtain specific information about the vehicle, such as the manufacturing build sheet, historic service and repair reports, CarFax, specific manufacturer recalls and updated information, etc. The VIN is really your car’s DNA code.

For more information about VINs and more, please visit my website: Pedro@PedroGarage.com.

Happy Porsche’ing, Pedro

Christy Spangler, Director

Greetings GCR Members - can you believe we are already at the half way mark of 2021? This month we welcome the summer season and our GCR calendar is quickly filling up.

It is early May at the time of this writing and we had a great turnout at the May Porsches & Pancakes in the Davie location. It is great to see everyone again. I volunteered and attended the Mystery Poker Run and that was a lot of fun. There is also a birthday party parade that is being planned and an autocross in Sebring coming up. Later this year we have the Escape to the Cape (Coral) and the October trip to northern Georgia.

Just a reminder of the regularly scheduled GCR events - the first Saturday Porsches and Pancakes and the third Thursday happy hours. If you a not comfortable with attending one of these in person, consider attending the first Thursday Virtual Drinks via Zoom hosted by Ian Gerada. Stay tuned to the enews email blasts for these and other events that are added to the schedule.

This organization is about the members and I would like to hear from you- thoughts, ideas, concerns - you can email me at christyspangler@yahoo.com. I also encourage you to volunteer for events and attend the board/membership meetings or watch them via the GCR Facebook group to see what is going on in the club. Hope to see you at an upcoming event soon. Stay safe, stay healthy.