R. L. Polk & Co.

Inaccurate VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) information in your database can cost you money. Polk’s VIN decoding products can help you verify information for insurance premiums, financing, extended warranties and other important business decisions.

Polk’s VIN decoding products provide coverage for most passenger cars, light to heavy trucks, trailers and motorcycles within the U.S. and Canada. In addition to retrieving valuable information such as Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP), Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Combination Weight (GCW), series name/model and body style, Polk’s VIN-decoding capabilities will help you:

Correct VINs
Verify VIN accuracy
Decode VINS back to the 1966 model year
Generate standard vehicle descriptions
Correctly identify vehicle make, year, model, trim level and engine detail for passenger vehicles, commercial trucks, trailers and motorcycles
Apply restraint type codes
Identify vehicles with high-theft probabilities

Polk VINA®
Analyzes and verifies VINs and supplies descriptive details about motor vehicles. Allows you to validate the check digit, generate standard vehicle descriptions and flag VIN errors.

Polk CVINA® (Complete Vehicle Identification Number Analysis)
This VIN editing/decoding system provides standard vehicle descriptions, while eliminating the labor involved with manual verification. Polk CVINA allows you to obtain more than 50 other elements of vehicle data including GVW, restraint type, engine detail, vehicle specifications, rating symbols and vehicle options.

Polk VINtelligence
A cost-effective, online VIN decoder, analysis and validation application for passenger vehicles, commercial trucks, trailers and motorcycles. It provides detailed information at an affordable per-VIN price. Allows users to:

Validate the entire VIN, including the check digit, for accuracy
Correct VIN errors
Generate standard vehicle descriptions
Return full spellings of vehicle make and series name
Obtain more than 50 elements of vehicle data including GVW, restraint type, engine detail, vehicle specifications and other vehicle options

Polk VIS®
This software provides standard vehicle descriptions and assigns vehicle rating symbols based on verified VINs.

Polk VISRAP®
This valuable module can be added to an existing VIS or VINA system to apply restraint type codes for model years 1985 to present.

Polk VIN CORRECTION®
Matches your vehicle information against state DMV records, thereby increasing the accuracy of the VINs in your database.

Polk Complete Prefix File
A flat file containing most VIN prefixes for cars, trucks, motorcycles and commercial vehicles. It easily integrates into your relational database with no additional software requirements.