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GTV6 birthdays/Model years ?
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:20 pm
by Cassin
I have recently looked at a number of (purportedly) 1986 GTV6s, and when I submit the VIN numbers to Alfa Romeo, they almost always come back with a "birthday" sometime in 1985 ... some quite early in 1985.
My question is: What "formally" constitutes or defines the 1986 model year? What is/are the descriminators that separate 1986 models from 1985 models?
Richard
La Jolla, California
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:33 am
by MALDI
U.S. GTV6 VIN numbers are of the form:
ZARAA669xA1000000
Z=country code (Italy)
AR=manufacturer (Alfa Romeo)
A=sport sedan
A=manual transmission
669=116.69 (US-specification GTV6)
x=check digit (0-9)
A=model year (A=1980, B=1981, etc.)
1=factory (Arese, Italy)
000000=serial number
The 10th character is a letter that defines the model year.
So your answer is E=1985, F=1986
EDIT: Ooops, I can't count E=1984, F=1985, G=1986
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:06 pm
by Murray
So I guess my car just went up in value as one of the rare 1987's
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:50 pm
by x-rad
Mine is called an 1985 model year but it has the "F" letter and was built in November 85.
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:44 pm
by dan668s
Is this letter special for the US cars?
My letter is "C", and should have been a 1982-model, but the car is produced in 28.02.1985
My VIN-number is 116C0000018253, which I thought was a pretty late production-number....
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:37 am
by MALDI
Murray: See edit above, G=1986
x-rad: Yours is a 1985.
dan6682: Where (in the world) are you located? Check the list listed in the post below to decipher your code.
By the way, Alfa can give you the best info with the chassis number (which is how they really kept records).
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:12 am
by MALDI
Found this web site that explains the VIN system:
http://home.planet.nl/~fransang/vinsystem.html
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:25 pm
by Murray
Murray: See edit above, G=1986
Darn it Maldi just when I thought I'd struck it rich
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:19 pm
by x-rad
I checked out that VIN site and my headache just got bigger...will take your word for it MALDI
Re:
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 9:09 pm
by dark011
dan668s wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:44 pm
Is this letter special for the US cars?
My letter is "C", and should have been a 1982-model, but the car is produced in 28.02.1985
My VIN-number is 116C0000018253, which I thought was a pretty late production-number....
I came across this post somewhat randomly, but my car has VIN number ZAR116C0000018254 - the one made right after yours :0. Curiously, the documentation shows that it was manufactured a day earlier 27.02.1985., and sold in Spain (it is now in Canada with me).