Every Land Rover Range Rover (2018–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the SAL WMI. The Range Rover is a gas SUV; this page shows what each character of a Land Rover Range Rover 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 Range Rover.
Each sample below is built from the real SAL WMI and the Range Rover's descriptor, so it decodes to a Land Rover Range Rover of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample SALGS2SE7JA800991 — a 2018 Land Rover Range Rover:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | SAL | Marks the VIN as Land Rover, built in United Kingdom |
| 4–8 | VDS | GS2SE | Descriptor for the Range Rover — SUV body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 7 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | J | Code J = 2018 |
| 11 | Plant | A | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 800991 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Land Rover Range Rover 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 (GS2SE in our seed) describe the Range Rover itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Range Rover, 2018 is code J and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Land Rover Range Rover VIN is 17 characters starting with the SAL WMI, for example SALGS2SE7JA800991. Positions 4–8 describe the Range Rover, 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 Range Rover 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 Range Rover 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 Range Rover's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Land Rover Range Rover. No real vehicle's VIN is used.