Hi All
Maybe a question for the boffings amongst you but my car had its 17th birthday yesterday (build date) and I was wondering where it was born
I know about the Iran connection more recently but for the European Xantia's, were they made in just one factory and where was it? If they were made in different factories/countries how do you find out where your car was made?
Regards
Mark
Where was my car made
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Where was my car made
1995 Xantia 1.9 TD SX owned 17 years
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Re: Where was my car made
Estate or hatchback?
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Re: Where was my car made
The 11th digit of the VIN apparently tells you the factory - but I haven't managed to find a list of these. There might be a reference on the ID plate to the factory, using the following 2 digit codes:
Code - Factory
CA - Aulnay sous Bois
CJ - Rennes La Janais
FL - Mangualde
FV - Vigo
U4 - Dangel
U7 - Heuliez
U8 - Sevel Sud Val di Sangro
U9 - Sevel No.rd
78 - Porto Real
81 - Poissy
82 - Villaverde
83 - Ryton
88 - Mulhouse
89 - Sochaux
On later cars this 2 digit code forms part of the RP code.
Being a saddo just went and checked - this is not on the ID plate on my 01 Xantia. However, it appears that service.citroen will tell us where it was built - post up the last 8 digits of your VIN and I'll look it up.
Of course if it is an estate it will have been built by Heuliez
Code - Factory
CA - Aulnay sous Bois
CJ - Rennes La Janais
FL - Mangualde
FV - Vigo
U4 - Dangel
U7 - Heuliez
U8 - Sevel Sud Val di Sangro
U9 - Sevel No.rd
78 - Porto Real
81 - Poissy
82 - Villaverde
83 - Ryton
88 - Mulhouse
89 - Sochaux
On later cars this 2 digit code forms part of the RP code.
Being a saddo just went and checked - this is not on the ID plate on my 01 Xantia. However, it appears that service.citroen will tell us where it was built - post up the last 8 digits of your VIN and I'll look it up.
Of course if it is an estate it will have been built by Heuliez
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Re: Where was my car made
Birth places given above by RichardW can be seen at the end of the RPO number as shown below :
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Re: Where was my car made
so if your car has lots of bits hanging off it was built here "U4 - Dangel"
regards malcolm
regards malcolm
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Re: Where was my car made
Like this one (U7 - Heuliez)RichardW wrote:... Of course if it is an estate it will have been built by Heuliez
By the way this car had a very decent color (paint code EXY).
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C5 II 2.0i 16V - 2005 - Estate - 103KW - EW10A - Petrol - Manual
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Re: Where was my car made
Hatchback so not HeuliezXac wrote:Estate or hatchback?
I'll have a look at the VIN number as sugested, I presume that they were made at different factories in Europe?
Mark
1995 Xantia 1.9 TD SX owned 17 years
Alfa Romeo 916 GTV Spider 2005
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Re: Where was my car made
The hatchback was made only in Rennes.
In 2001 the tooling was packed off to Iran, where they made a sort of Xantia until two years ago.
In 2001 the tooling was packed off to Iran, where they made a sort of Xantia until two years ago.
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