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Triumph VIN decoder

Put a Triumph VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Triumph can start with.

Where a Triumph VIN starts

The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Triumph vehicles carry 4 of them, spread across 2 countries of manufacture, because the same model can be built on more than one continent. The prefix tells you which plant lineage built the car before you decode anything else.

PrefixManufacturer of recordVehicle typeCountry
2TZTRIUMPH TRAILERS CANADATrailernot stated
97NTRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES (AMERICA) LIMITEDMotorcycleBRAZIL
SATTRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES LIMITEDPassenger CarUNITED KINGDOM (UK)
SMTTRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES LIMITEDMotorcycleUNITED KINGDOM (UK)

What Triumph stamps them on

Current Triumph models

Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.

Other makes

All 45 makes · VIN anatomy

Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.