Rebecca,

Let me know if you don't find a method that satisfies your need.

My staff maintains a database of VINs and each vehicle's characteristics, as well as decoding software, but only for the VINs that exist in the Canadian market.

Unfortunately, both the database and software are proprietary to the Canadian insurance industry. However, depending upon what is needed, and why, the industry has been known to be accomodating.

Art ------------ "Rebecca Jones" <Rebecca_M._Jones@FFIC.COM> wrote in message news:OF5A6EB606.F35672BC-ON88256C1A.005D802A@mailconnect.com... > Greetings! > > Does anyone have a good method for deriving make and model of vehicle from > the VIN number? I understand the VIN is structured in such a way that this > is possible. > > Many thanks! > Rebecca Jones > rebecca_m._jones@ffic.com > > ********************************************************************** > Please Note: > The information in this E-mail message, and any files transmitted > with it, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is > intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you > are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential > or personal information may be restricted by state and federal > privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not > further disseminate, distribute, or forward this E-mail message. > If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender > and delete the material from any computer. Thank you. > **********************************************************************