Scooby Register
Decode a Subaru VIN or chassis number, and see what's publicly known about how many were built.
4S4BP67C454323456
JF1GD70695L100000
BP5-123456
GDB-000123
GC8B47D (1994 Impreza WRX Type RA)
E-BC5 (1989 Legacy RS Turbo)
Chassis / generation reference
| Prefix | Model | Generation | Years | Market | Confidence |
|---|
Production & limited-run figures (publicly sourced)
| Model | Figure | Source | Confidence |
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Impreza (GC8/GF8) applied-model reference, MY93–MY00
The Impreza didn't exist before November 1992 (it replaced the Leone), so MY93 is the earliest possible coverage — there is no 1989 Impreza. Enter any code below (e.g. GC8B47D) into the decoder to look it up directly.
| Model Year | Model | Applied Model | Engine | Gearbox | Power | Dates |
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Legacy 1st generation (BC/BF) applied-model reference, 1989–1993
Launched at Japanese dealers 1 February 1989. This table is sourced more thinly than the Impreza one above — several codes cover more than one trim/output level (see Data & Limitations).
| Applied Model | Model | Body | Power |
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Exact production counts by colour and variant — not an estimate. See Data & Limitations for sourcing.
What this is
Scooby Register decodes standard 17-digit Subaru VINs (manufacturer, model line, body, engine, approximate model year, plant and transmission) and identifies Japanese-market chassis numbers by their generation prefix. Where a genuine, published production figure exists for a model or a limited edition, it's shown alongside the decode with its source.
Exact "car number 4,532 of 12,000" style answers for every individual VIN require a large real-world dataset of chassis numbers to count against — that kind of dataset (built up over years from sources such as auction records or long-running user submissions) isn't part of this build. Where a figure isn't publicly known, this tool says so rather than guessing.
Where the colour-by-variant matrix comes from
The GC8/GF8 WRX Type RA/STi production-by-colour matrix (8,282 units, MY95-MY99) is genuine exact production data reproduced from a third-party production-data archive, which states it compiled that specific matrix from a dedicated JDM Impreza owners' club database. It is the one table in this build that answers "how many made" with the same precision the original inspiration for this project offered — everything else here is either a generation-level figure or a named limited-edition total.
Improving accuracy over time
The reference tables (chassis codes, trim codes, production figures) live in assets/js/data.js and are designed to be extended as better sourced information becomes available.