1.3.1  Breakdown of the so-called USA VIN

[Compulsory and used in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Korea, Mexico, Saudi-Arabia, Israel and Jordan (West Bank)]
WDB V F 79 J 0 7 A 001922
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 =   World Manufacturer Identifier Code (WMI)
          WDB  =  West Germany Daimler Benz
2  =  Series
V = Type 240
3 = Body shell
          F = 0 (Saloon)

G = 1 (Stretched Saloon), also Landaulet version

4   =   Version
          The two final numbers of the 6-digit version number (e.g. 240.078)
78 = Maybach 57 / 62
79 = Maybach 57 S / 62 S / 62 S Landaulet
Attention:
According to U.S. regulations, the 7th position of the VIN must no longer be a number but a letter as from model year 2010 (MY letter “A“)
In the Mercedes car group, which includes the Maybach, the respective numbers 0 to 9 in the 7th position in the VIN (last figure of car type) are replaced by the letters A to K. Accordingly, model year 2010 has an “A“.
7J = Maybach 57 / 62
7K = Maybach 57 S / 62 S / 62 S Landaulet
5   =   Encoding of the restraint systems and country codes
          J = Three-point belts with belt tensioners for the front and three-point belts at the rear,

Driver’s and front passenger’s airbags, sidebags for the front and rear and window

6   =   Check digit
0 to 9 or X (for 10) calculated from all the 17 characters of the VIN using a code
7   =   Model Year
3 = 2003 4 = 2004
5 = 2005 6 = 2006
7 = 2007 8 = 2008
9 = 2009 A = 2010
B = 2011 C = 2012
8  =  Assembly Plant
          A = Sindelfingen
9   =   Serial number