VIN Basics Blog

Domestic pickup trucks continue to dominate the U.S. automotive market, with Ford leading the pack year over year. The Ford F-Series has been the best-selling truck line in the country for decades, with approximately 732,100 units sold in 2024 alone. These popular vehicles are also among the most highly customizable on the market, offering a wide range of trims, packages, and configurations, which makes accurate, build-level data more critical than ever.

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Topics: Automotive Data, Build Data, API

Data security failures have become a paramount challenge for the automotive industry to address, with the CDK ransomware attack over the summer highlighting the far-reaching financial and reputational consequences of suffering a critical breach. According to threat intelligence provider SOCRadar, automotive businesses will continue to be an appealing target for cybercrime, because of the vulnerabilities inherent in necessary interconnectivity.

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Topics: Automotive Data, Operations, API

Have you been tasked with picking the best vehicle data and VIN decoding solution for your new business venture or a new product at your current company? There are many things you need to consider when choosing a VIN data solution, such as the depth and breadth of vehicle data coverage, accuracy of the data, pricing, and, as discussed in this article, delivery options.

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Topics: Automotive Data, VIN, API

No manufacturing process is perfect, an obvious fact that the automotive industry knows too well, with nearly 900  recalls affecting over  34 million cars alone in 2023. No part of a car, truck, or trailer is immune from an error, and that includes the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). 

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Topics: Support, Automotive Data, API