Every Land Rover Discovery (2017–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the SAL WMI. The Discovery is a gas SUV; this page shows what each character of a Land Rover Discovery VIN means and gives 4 checksum-valid sample VINs you can drop straight into test fixtures. Synthetic — not real: no scraping, no real-owner data. The generator below is pre-filtered to the Discovery.
Each sample below is built from the real SAL WMI and the Discovery's descriptor, so it decodes to a Land Rover Discovery of the right model year:
Have a real Land Rover Discovery VIN? Decode it →
Worked on the sample SALRR2RV7HA078846 — a 2017 Land Rover Discovery:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | SAL | Marks the VIN as Land Rover, built in United Kingdom |
| 4–8 | VDS | RR2RV | Descriptor for the Discovery — SUV body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 7 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | H | Code H = 2017 |
| 11 | Plant | A | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 078846 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Land Rover Discovery VIN read SAL — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Land Rover, assembled in United Kingdom (Europe). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (RR2RV in our seed) describe the Discovery itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Discovery, 2017 is code H and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
Land Rover Range Rover · Land Rover Defender · all Land Rover test VINs
A Land Rover Discovery VIN is 17 characters starting with the SAL WMI, for example SALRR2RV7HA078846. Positions 4–8 describe the Discovery, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: SAL is the Land Rover WMI, positions 4–8 are the Discovery descriptor, position 9 verifies the VIN via a mod-11 checksum, position 10 gives the year, position 11 the plant, and 12–17 the serial. Paste any VIN into the decoder to do it automatically.
The Discovery in our seed uses the SAL WMI (United Kingdom). Any VIN beginning with SAL decodes to Land Rover.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Land Rover SAL WMI, and carry the Discovery's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Land Rover Discovery. No real vehicle's VIN is used.