I mentioned this in another post, but thought I would start a new thread to see if anyone else can explain or has wondered the same thing.

The 1st character in a vehicle's identification number identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured. Vehicles manufactured in the U.S. are assigned a first character of "1" or "4". The Crossfire VIN's 1st character is "1". Interesting since it is manufactured in Germany. The first character of the VIN for a vehicle manufactured in Germany is "W".
Why wasn't the Crossfire assigned a "W"?

I thought maybe all Chrysler vehicles are assigned a "1" since it is a U.S. division of DCX. So I checked out the VIN for the PT Cruiser. PT Cruisers have a 1st character of "3". The country assigned to "3" is Mexico, which is where Cruisers are assembled.

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