Mercedes-Benz Atego Manual page 10

Vehicle identification
Data on the vehicle model plate
• Vehicle model
• Headlamp basic setting
• Smoke index
• Rear axle ratio
• Vehicle identification number (VIN)
• Permissible gross vehicle weight
• Permissible axle loads
Key to vehicle identification number
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
WDB 970.213
WDB
970.213
970 .2 1
970 Model designation/vehicle version
970 = Platform vehicle
972 = Dumper vehicle
974 = Semitrailer tractor
975 = Municipal vehicle
976 = Fire-fighting vehicle
.2 Suspension/drive configuration (abbreviation)
0 = Steel suspension
2 = Air suspension
3 = Steel suspension/all-wheel drive
1 Tonnage (abbreviation)
4 x 2
4 Number of wheels or wheel pairs
x2 Number of driven wheels or wheel pairs
8
Guidelines for Breakdown Services (Subject to technical modifications)
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1 K 896063
Vehicle manufacturer
Vehicle model designation (see below)
1 Steering (1 = left-hand drive vehicles, 2 = right-hand drive vehicles)
K Code letter or code number of manufacturing plant
896063 Vehicle identification end number
(example)