Swift caravan VIN number and year

Sprite, Abbey and Ace caravans carry the same code. A VIN that starts SGD could be any of the 4, and the code does not say which. The name on the caravan and its paperwork will.

The maker codes are the ones published in the Caravan and Motorhome Club's caravan identification guide. The year position is not taken from a guide: we checked the tenth character against SGD caravans whose year was stated separately. Some guides label the thirteenth character as the year. On a VIN that starts SGD that character is part of the serial number or a model code, and reading it gives a wrong year.

Count to the tenth character of a VIN that starts SGD and find it below. The 30 codes repeat every 30 years, so a code that has come round twice shows both model years.

A caravan built from September can carry the following year's code, so the model year can be one later than the year it was built. A Swift Coastline we checked was built in September 2010 and carries the 2011 code.

A Swift from 1987 to 1991 can carry an NCC mark in place of a VIN: two digits for the year, then SW, then a serial number. A mark that starts 89 SW is a 1989 Swift. The check at the top of this page reads these too.

Before 1987 each maker numbered its caravans its own way. This page does not read those numbers.

The number gives the maker code and the model year, nothing else. It does not show whether a caravan has been reported stolen, has finance owing or has been written off. A CRiS check covers those, and we don't run it.

Caravan VIN number explained covers where the number is on the caravan. For a make not listed here, use How old is my caravan?

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