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To complicate matters Land-Rover managed to mess up the VIN coding system.

Last 8 characters of the VIN code represent the year code and serial number.

Serialisation is continuous and does not reset at the start of a new model year or with a new model type.

AA****** = used up to end of 1987 models

EA****** = 1988 model year

FA****** = 1989 model year

??****** = 1990 model year = no references. Could be GA?

HA****** = 1991 model year

JA****** = 1992 model year

KA****** = 1993 model year

LA****** = 1994 model year

MA***** = 1995 model year