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Odd question that probably has a very simple answer, but why does the metal plaque under my bonnet say "SJ500" not sj413?

Different parts of the world different names, think that is Spanish, that's what the language looked like on the Wikipedia page

Odd haha, all other badges on t say 413 or samurai and the vin would make it a jap haha

SlimGrim wrote:Odd haha, all other badges on t say 413 or samurai and the vin would make it a jap haha

In your sig it says VSA? so it's Spanish.

Should normally be VSE for Spain and JSA for Japan though but it's just the first letter that identifies the country of manufacture.

Think they just called the early samurai's, before they were technically samurai's the sj500. In Japan they used different codes for the vehicles than they did elsewhere.

Ahh fair enough! Yeah did cause a little confusion haha, vin is definitely jsa not vsa, cheers for spotting my sig would have never noticed!

Isn't it an SJ50 rather than an SJ500?

Rhinoman wrote:Isn't it an SJ50 rather than an SJ500?

Thought they were always two letter and three number pattern.

Nope. Mine says SJ50V...