VIN advice/help?

[tinyboytim]

Hi everyone - could you please possibly help me out with my vehicle ID number? I am importing an Insight from Japan and the number they have provided is:
ZE1-1000197.

Thats it. So I seem to be missing various digits - can anyone shed any light on what the full VIN should be. I am trying to arrange insurance and I am struggling with that number. Many thanks in advance for your input.

[red1dr]

This may help:
InsightCentral.net - Encyclopedia - Honda VIN

[dinther]

The VIN number from a Japanese import car is not as described in the Insight Encyclopaedia.
I have a Japanese import as well and my VIN has the same format as yours. Pretty much meaningless.

[tinyboytim]

thanks for the replies. Dinther do you have the VIN stamped on the car in that format? If so I wonder why they have all the other information missing, such as manufacturer, model type etc that exists on a normal style VIN. Did you have any issues registering your vehicle in NZ?

[crxgator]

that is a normal VIN. It's normal for the Japanese cars.

the first three are what specific model it is; in this case ZE1. the crx would get EF7, EF8, and other cars like the Integra would be DC1, DC2, etc. the last numbers after that is the serial number.