Standard Abbreviations for Vehicle Makes and Body Styles Automobiles, Buses, and Light Trucks ACURA................................ACUR ALFA ROMEO.....................ALFA ALL STATE......................... ALLS AMBASSADOR...................AMER AMERICAN......................... AMER ASSEMBLED...................... ASVE ASTON-MARTIN.................ASTO AUBURN.............................AUBU AUDI....................................AUDI AUSTIN...............................AUST AUSTIN-HEALY..................AUHE AUTOCAR...........................AUTO AVANTI............................... AVTI BENTLEY............................BENT BERTONE...........................BERO BMW................................... BMW BRADLEY GT..................... BRDL BRICKLIN............................BRIC BUGATTI.............................BUGA BUICK................................. BUIC CADILLAC...........................CADI CAPRI................................. CAP CHECKER...........................CHEC CHEVROLET...................... CHEV CHRYSLER.........................CHRY CITROEN............................CITR CONCORD..........................CONC CONDOR............................ CONH CONTINENTAL...................LINC CROSLEY...........................CROS DAEWOO............................DAEW DAIHATSU..........................DAIH DAIMLER............................ DAIM DATSUN............................. DATS DAYTONA...........................DAYO DE LOREAN....................... DELO DE SOTO............................DESO DE TOMASO.......................DETO DODGE...............................DODG DUESENBERG...................DUES EAGLE(AUTO)....................EGIL EDSEL................................ EDSE ESSEX................................ ESSE
FERRARI............................ FERR FIAT.................................... FIAT FISKER............................... FSKR FORD..................................FORD FORMERLY YUGO.............ZCZY FRAZIER.............................FRAZ GEO.................................... GEO GMC....................................GMC HILLMAN.............................HILL HOMEMADE.......................HMDE HONDA............................... HOND HUDSON.............................HUDS HUMMER............................AMGN HUMMER 3+.......................HUMM HYUNDAI............................HYUN IMPERIAL........................... IMPE INFINITI...............................INFI INTL HARVESTER............. INTL ISETTA................................ISET ISUZU................................. ISU JAGUAR..............................JAGU JEEP................................... JEEP JENSEN..............................JENS KAISER...............................KAIS KIA...................................... KIA LA SALLE............................LALL LADA...................................LADA LAMBORGHINI...................LAMO LANCIA............................... LNCI LAND ROVER.....................LNDR LEXUS................................ LEXS LINCOLN.............................LINC LINCOLN-CONT................. LINC LOTUS................................ LOTU MASERATI..........................MASE MATADOR.......................... AMER MAXWELL...........................MAXL MAZDA................................MAZD MERCEDES-BENZ.............MERZ MERCURY..........................MERC MERKUR.............................MERK METROPOLITAN................METR MG...................................... MG
MINI.....................................MNNI MITSUBISHI........................MITS MONARCH..........................MONA MORGAN............................MORG MORRIS..............................MORR NASH.................................. NASH NISSAN...............................NISS OLDSMOBILE.....................OLDS OPEL...................................OPEL PACKARD...........................PACK PEUGEOT...........................PEUG PIERCE ARROW................PRCA PININFARINA..................... PINI PLYMOUTH........................ PLYM PONTIAC............................ PONT PORSCHE.......................... PORS RAM.................................... RAM RAMBLER...........................RAMB RELIANT.............................RELA RENAULT........................... RENA ROLLS-ROYCE.................. ROL ROOTES.............................ROOT ROVER............................... ROV SAAB...................................SAA SATURN............................. STRN SHELBY..............................SHEB SHOPMADE........................SHOP SIATA..................................SIAT SIMCA.................................SIM SMART................................SMRT STERLING.......................... STLG STUDEBAKER....................STU STUTZ.................................STUZ SUBARU............................. SUBA SUNBEAM.......................... SUNB SUZUKI...............................SUZI TOYOTA............................. TOYT TRIUMPH............................TRIU VAUXHALL......................... VAUX VESPA................................ VESP VOLKSWAGEN...................VOLK VOLVO................................VOLV
HARLEY DAVIDSON..........HD HUSKY................................HUSK HYOSUNG..........................HYOS INDIAN................................IND KAWASAKI......................... KAWK MONTGOMERY WARD......RIVS MOTO GUZZI......................MOGU NORTON.............................NORT PACESETTER.................... PACS PUCH..................................PUCH
RIVERSIDE.........................RIVS SACHS................................SACH SUZUKI...............................SUZI TRAC.................................. TRDD TRIUMPH............................TRUM VESPA................................ VESP VICTORY............................ VCTY WILDCAT............................WILD YAMAHA.............................YAMA
HINO................................... HNO IVECO.................................IVEC KENWORTH....................... KW LADA...................................LADA MACK..................................MACK MARMON............................MAHA MASSEY-FERGUSON........MASS OSHKOSH.......................... OSHK
PETERBILT.........................PTRB REO.................................... REO UD.......................................UD VOLVO................................VOLV WESTERN STAR................WSTR WHITE.................................WHIT WHITE/GMC....................... WHGM WILLYS-OVERLAND..........WILL
Motorcycles ALLSTATE.......................... SEARS AMERICAN EAGLE............ AEAG BANTAM............................. BANM BRIDGESTONE..................BRID BSA.....................................BSA CRAFTSMAN......................CRAF CUSHMAN..........................CUSH DUCATI...............................DUCA EAGLE (MC)....................... EGLE FREE SPIRIT......................SEAR
Trucks ARROW.............................. ARRO AUTOCAR...........................AUTO CRANE CARRIER.............. CCC DIAMOND REO.................. DIAR DIAMOND T........................DIAT FREIGHTLINER..................FRHT FWD....................................FWD GENERAL MOTORS.......... GMC
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Standard Abbreviations for Vehicle Makes and Body Styles Motorhomes AIRSTREAM....................... AIRS ALLEGRO........................... ALLE APOLLO..............................APOL ARGOSY.............................ARGS ARISTOCRAT.....................ARIS AVCO..................................AVCO BANNER............................. BANN BEAVER MONTEREY........ BEAE BLUE BIRD......................... BLUB BORN FREE....................... BORF BROUGHAM.......................BROU CABANA............................. CABA CALYPSO........................... CALY CATALINA...........................CATL CHALLENGER....................CHAE CHAMPION.........................CHAM CHEVRON.......................... CHEP CHINOOK........................... CHNO COACHMAN....................... COAH COBRA............................... COBR COMET............................... COME COMMANDER.................... COMD CONTINENTAL...................CONT CORTEZ............................. COTZ COZYCRAFT...................... TRVA CRUISAIRE.........................CRUI DELTA.................................DELS DIAMOND........................... DIAD DOLPHIN............................ DOLI DREAMLINER.....................DRML EL DORADO.......................ELDO ELITE.................................. ELIT ESCAPADE.........................ES EXCALIBUR........................EXCL EXECUTIVE........................EXEC EXPLORER.........................EXPL FALCON..............................FALN
FLAIR..................................FLAI FLEETWOOD..................... FTWD FORETRAVEL.................... FRTV FOUR WINDS.....................FOUW FRIENDSHIP...................... FRIE GEORGIE BOY...................GEOR GREAT DANE.....................GDAN GRUMMAN......................... GRUM HERITAGE..........................HERI HOLIDAY RAMBLER..........HOLR HONEY............................... BLUG HORIZON............................HORZ HUNTSMAN........................HUNT IMPERIAL.......................... IMPI ISLANDER.......................... ISLA ITASCA............................... ITAS JAMBOREE........................ JAMB JAYCO................................ JAY JOURNEY...........................JOUR KING OF THE ROAD..........KOTR KINGS HIGHWAY...............KGHY KOUNTRYAIRE................. KOUN LAGUSA..............................LAGO LAND ROVER.....................LNDR LANDAU..............................LANU LARK.................................. LARK LEISURETIME.................... LEIS LEYLAND............................LEYL LIFETIME............................LFET MALLARD........................... MALL MARATHON....................... MARP MIDAS.................................MIDS MOBILE SCOUT.................MOBT MONACO............................MNAC MONARCH..........................MONH MONITOR........................... HOLR MUSTANG.......................... MUSG
NEWELL............................. NEWL NEWPORT..........................NEWP ODYSSEY...........................ODYS OPEN ROAD.......................OPEN OVERLAND........................ OVEL PACE ARROW....................PARO PATHFINDER..................... PATH PREVOST...........................PREO RAINBOW...........................RAIC REVCON.............................REVN ROAD RANGER................. RORA ROADLINER....................... ROAE ROCKWOOD...................... ROKW SAFARI............................... SAFA SHASTA..............................SHAS SIGHTSEER....................... SITE SOUTHWIND......................SOWI SPORTCOACH...................SPRT STARCRAFT.......................STAO STREAMLINE..................... STRM SUPERIOR......................... SUPE SURVEYOR........................SURV SWINGER...........................SWIN TAURUS............................. FTWD TIOGA.................................TIOG TITAN..................................TITA TRANS VAN........................CHAM TRANSTAR.........................INTL TRAVCO............................. TRVC TRAVELCRAFT.................. TVLC TRAVEL QUEEN................ TRQN TRAVOY............................. TRAV ULTRA................................ ULTR UTELINER.......................... UTEL VAQUERO.......................... VAQU VOGUE............................... VOGU WINNEBAGO......................WINN
Body Styles 2D HARDTOP...............2T 2D HATCHBK...............2H 2D SEDAN....................2D 3D SEDAN....................SD 3-WHEEL......................MV 4D HARDTOP...............4T 4D HATCHBK...............4H 4D SEDAN....................4D 5D SEDAN....................SD AMBULANCE............... AM ARMORED................... AR ATV...............................MV ATV+REG.....................MV AUTO CARR.................AC AUX DOLLY..................DY BEVERAGE..................BR BOAT............................BT BOBTAIL.......................BL BOX TRL...................... VN BUS.............................. BU CAMPING TR............... CT CONCESSION..............VN CONCRETE..................CM CONS EQUIP............... CE
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CONTAINER.................CF CONVERT GR..............CG CONVERTIBL...............CV COTTON TRL...............CN COUPE......................... CRANE......................... CR DRILLING..................... DR DUMP........................... DP FERTILIZER................. FS FIRE TRK..................... FT FLATBED......................FB GARBAGE....................GG GLASS RK....................GR GOLF CART................. GC GOLF TRL.................... GT GONDOLA....................GA GRAIN.......................... GN HARDTOP.................... HT HATCHBACK................HB HEARSE.......................HR HOPPER.......................HO HORSE.........................HE JET SK TRL..................JT LIFT BOOM.................. LF
LF LIFTBACK............... HB LIMOUSINE..................LM LIVESTOCK..................LS LOG SKIDR.................. LK LOGGING.....................LP LOWBOY......................LB LUNCHWAGON........... LW MC TRL........................ MT MH MOVER..................MM MOPED.........................MD MOTOR HOME.............MH MOTORCYCLE............ MC MOTORSCTR...............MS NEIGHBORHOOD ELEC VEHICLE............NV NOTCHBACK............... SD OFFICE TRL.................VN OILFLD EQ...................OF ..........................VN PARCEL DEL............... VN PICKUP........................ PK POLE TRL.................... LP REEL TRL.....................RE REFRIG VAN................RF
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ROADSTER..................RD RECREATIONAL OFFROAD VEHICLE...........MV SCRAPER.................... SC SPORTS VAN...............VN ST SWEEPER.............. SS STAKE..........................ST STATION WG...............SW STEP VAN....................VN SUBURBAN..................LL SUV.............................. LL TANKER....................... TN TARPOT TRL............... TP TENT TRL.....................TE TOURING CA............... TO TRACTOR.......... TF TRACTOR TK...............TR TRAVELALL................. XT TUBE TRL.................... TN UTILITY TL................... UT VAN.............................. VN VAN CAMPER..............VC VANETTE..................... VT WELL DRILL.................WD WRECKER................... TT
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