Can anyone recommend a VIN decode service?

Question

Hi,

I'm looking to implement a VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) validation and decode for a site I'm working on specifically for Canada. We only want limited vehicle information Make, model and year.

I'd like to call it via a Rest webservice (but SOAP would be ok) and don't currently require bulk decode.

Can anyone recommend a Vin decode service provider, I've googled several but wanted some developer feedback ;)

Thanks,

Scott

Answer 1

we have been using vinquery.com web service for about 2 years. so far so good. why don't give it try..

a web developer

Answer 2

The big vin-providers are JATO and Chrome. Implementing something so rudimentary as to just do Make Model and Year, should be dirt simple. This would be true-vin decoding -- the real competition in this industry is in style matching.

You can probably heuristically generate an unencumbered (legally) database to determine this stuff fairly simply.

Answer 3

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