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Standard Abbreviations for

Vehicle Makes and Body Styles

Automobiles, Buses, and Light Trucks

ACURA................................ACUR FERRARI............................ FERR MINI.....................................MNNI


ALFA ROMEO.....................ALFA FIAT.................................... FIAT MITSUBISHI........................MITS
ALL STATE......................... ALLS FISKER............................... FSKR MONARCH..........................MONA
AMBASSADOR...................AMER FORD..................................FORD MORGAN............................MORG
AMERICAN......................... AMER FORMERLY YUGO.............ZCZY MORRIS..............................MORR
ASSEMBLED...................... ASVE FRAZIER.............................FRAZ NASH.................................. NASH
ASTON-MARTIN.................ASTO GEO.................................... GEO NISSAN...............................NISS
AUBURN.............................AUBU GMC....................................GMC OLDSMOBILE.....................OLDS
AUDI....................................AUDI HILLMAN.............................HILL OPEL...................................OPEL
AUSTIN...............................AUST HOMEMADE.......................HMDE PACKARD...........................PACK
AUSTIN-HEALY..................AUHE HONDA............................... HOND PEUGEOT...........................PEUG
AUTOCAR...........................AUTO HUDSON.............................HUDS PIERCE ARROW................PRCA
AVANTI............................... AVTI HUMMER............................AMGN PININFARINA..................... PINI
BENTLEY............................BENT HUMMER 3+.......................HUMM PLYMOUTH........................ PLYM
BERTONE...........................BERO HYUNDAI............................HYUN PONTIAC............................ PONT
BMW................................... BMW IMPERIAL........................... IMPE PORSCHE.......................... PORS
BRADLEY GT..................... BRDL INFINITI...............................INFI RAM.................................... RAM
BRICKLIN............................BRIC INTL HARVESTER............. INTL RAMBLER...........................RAMB
BUGATTI.............................BUGA ISETTA................................ISET RELIANT.............................RELA
BUICK................................. BUIC ISUZU................................. ISU RENAULT........................... RENA
CADILLAC...........................CADI JAGUAR..............................JAGU ROLLS-ROYCE.................. ROL
CAPRI................................. CAP JEEP................................... JEEP ROOTES.............................ROOT
CHECKER...........................CHEC JENSEN..............................JENS ROVER............................... ROV
CHEVROLET...................... CHEV KAISER...............................KAIS SAAB...................................SAA
CHRYSLER.........................CHRY KIA...................................... KIA SATURN............................. STRN
CITROEN............................CITR LA SALLE............................LALL SHELBY..............................SHEB
CONCORD..........................CONC LADA...................................LADA SHOPMADE........................SHOP
CONDOR............................ CONH LAMBORGHINI...................LAMO SIATA..................................SIAT
CONTINENTAL...................LINC LANCIA............................... LNCI SIMCA.................................SIM
CROSLEY...........................CROS LAND ROVER.....................LNDR SMART................................SMRT
DAEWOO............................DAEW LEXUS................................ LEXS STERLING.......................... STLG
DAIHATSU..........................DAIH LINCOLN.............................LINC STUDEBAKER....................STU
DAIMLER............................ DAIM LINCOLN-CONT................. LINC STUTZ.................................STUZ
DATSUN............................. DATS LOTUS................................ LOTU SUBARU............................. SUBA
DAYTONA...........................DAYO MASERATI..........................MASE SUNBEAM.......................... SUNB
DE LOREAN....................... DELO MATADOR.......................... AMER SUZUKI...............................SUZI
DE SOTO............................DESO MAXWELL...........................MAXL TOYOTA............................. TOYT
DE TOMASO.......................DETO MAZDA................................MAZD TRIUMPH............................TRIU
DODGE...............................DODG MERCEDES-BENZ.............MERZ VAUXHALL......................... VAUX
DUESENBERG...................DUES MERCURY..........................MERC VESPA................................ VESP
EAGLE(AUTO)....................EGIL MERKUR.............................MERK VOLKSWAGEN...................VOLK
EDSEL................................ EDSE METROPOLITAN................METR VOLVO................................VOLV
ESSEX................................ ESSE MG...................................... MG

Motorcycles

ALLSTATE.......................... SEARS HARLEY DAVIDSON..........HD RIVERSIDE.........................RIVS


AMERICAN EAGLE............ AEAG HUSKY................................HUSK SACHS................................SACH
BANTAM............................. BANM HYOSUNG..........................HYOS SUZUKI...............................SUZI
BRIDGESTONE..................BRID INDIAN................................IND TRAC.................................. TRDD
BSA.....................................BSA KAWASAKI......................... KAWK TRIUMPH............................TRUM
CRAFTSMAN......................CRAF MONTGOMERY WARD......RIVS VESPA................................ VESP
CUSHMAN..........................CUSH MOTO GUZZI......................MOGU VICTORY............................ VCTY
DUCATI...............................DUCA NORTON.............................NORT WILDCAT............................WILD
EAGLE (MC)....................... EGLE PACESETTER.................... PACS YAMAHA.............................YAMA
FREE SPIRIT......................SEAR PUCH..................................PUCH

Trucks

ARROW.............................. ARRO HINO................................... HNO PETERBILT.........................PTRB


AUTOCAR...........................AUTO IVECO.................................IVEC REO.................................... REO
CRANE CARRIER.............. CCC KENWORTH....................... KW UD.......................................UD
DIAMOND REO.................. DIAR LADA...................................LADA VOLVO................................VOLV
DIAMOND T........................DIAT MACK..................................MACK WESTERN STAR................WSTR
FREIGHTLINER..................FRHT MARMON............................MAHA WHITE.................................WHIT
FWD....................................FWD MASSEY-FERGUSON........MASS WHITE/GMC....................... WHGM
GENERAL MOTORS.......... GMC OSHKOSH.......................... OSHK WILLYS-OVERLAND..........WILL

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Standard Abbreviations for Vehicle Makes and Body Styles
Motorhomes

AIRSTREAM....................... AIRS FLAIR..................................FLAI NEWELL............................. NEWL


ALLEGRO........................... ALLE FLEETWOOD..................... FTWD NEWPORT..........................NEWP
APOLLO..............................APOL FORETRAVEL.................... FRTV ODYSSEY...........................ODYS
ARGOSY.............................ARGS FOUR WINDS.....................FOUW OPEN ROAD.......................OPEN
ARISTOCRAT.....................ARIS FRIENDSHIP...................... FRIE OVERLAND........................ OVEL
AVCO..................................AVCO GEORGIE BOY...................GEOR PACE ARROW....................PARO
BANNER............................. BANN GREAT DANE.....................GDAN PATHFINDER..................... PATH
BEAVER MONTEREY........ BEAE GRUMMAN......................... GRUM PREVOST...........................PREO
BLUE BIRD......................... BLUB HERITAGE..........................HERI RAINBOW...........................RAIC
BORN FREE....................... BORF HOLIDAY RAMBLER..........HOLR REVCON.............................REVN
BROUGHAM.......................BROU HONEY............................... BLUG ROAD RANGER................. RORA
CABANA............................. CABA HORIZON............................HORZ ROADLINER....................... ROAE
CALYPSO........................... CALY HUNTSMAN........................HUNT ROCKWOOD...................... ROKW
CATALINA...........................CATL IMPERIAL.......................... IMPI SAFARI............................... SAFA
CHALLENGER....................CHAE ISLANDER.......................... ISLA SHASTA..............................SHAS
CHAMPION.........................CHAM ITASCA............................... ITAS SIGHTSEER....................... SITE
CHEVRON.......................... CHEP JAMBOREE........................ JAMB SOUTHWIND......................SOWI
CHINOOK........................... CHNO JAYCO................................ JAY SPORTCOACH...................SPRT
COACHMAN....................... COAH JOURNEY...........................JOUR STARCRAFT.......................STAO
COBRA............................... COBR KING OF THE ROAD..........KOTR STREAMLINE..................... STRM
COMET............................... COME KINGS HIGHWAY...............KGHY SUPERIOR......................... SUPE
COMMANDER.................... COMD KOUNTRYAIRE................. KOUN SURVEYOR........................SURV
CONTINENTAL...................CONT LAGUSA..............................LAGO SWINGER...........................SWIN
CORTEZ............................. COTZ LAND ROVER.....................LNDR TAURUS............................. FTWD
COZYCRAFT...................... TRVA LANDAU..............................LANU TIOGA.................................TIOG
CRUISAIRE.........................CRUI LARK.................................. LARK TITAN..................................TITA
DELTA.................................DELS LEISURETIME.................... LEIS TRANS VAN........................CHAM
DIAMOND........................... DIAD LEYLAND............................LEYL TRANSTAR.........................INTL
DOLPHIN............................ DOLI LIFETIME............................LFET TRAVCO............................. TRVC
DREAMLINER.....................DRML MALLARD........................... MALL TRAVELCRAFT.................. TVLC
EL DORADO.......................ELDO MARATHON....................... MARP TRAVEL QUEEN................ TRQN
ELITE.................................. ELIT MIDAS.................................MIDS TRAVOY............................. TRAV
ESCAPADE.........................ESCP MOBILE SCOUT.................MOBT ULTRA................................ ULTR
EXCALIBUR........................EXCL MONACO............................MNAC UTELINER.......................... UTEL
EXECUTIVE........................EXEC MONARCH..........................MONH VAQUERO.......................... VAQU
EXPLORER.........................EXPL MONITOR........................... HOLR VOGUE............................... VOGU
FALCON..............................FALN MUSTANG.......................... MUSG WINNEBAGO......................WINN

Body Styles

2D HARDTOP...............2T CONTAINER.................CF LF LIFTBACK............... HB ROADSTER..................RD


2D HATCHBK...............2H CONVERT GR..............CG LIMOUSINE..................LM RECREATIONAL OFF-
2D SEDAN....................2D CONVERTIBL...............CV LIVESTOCK..................LS ROAD VEHICLE...........MV
3D SEDAN....................SD COTTON TRL...............CN LOG SKIDR.................. LK SCRAPER.................... SC
3-WHEEL......................MV COUPE.........................CP LOGGING.....................LP SPORTS VAN...............VN
4D HARDTOP...............4T CRANE......................... CR LOWBOY......................LB ST SWEEPER.............. SS
4D HATCHBK...............4H DRILLING..................... DR LUNCHWAGON........... LW STAKE..........................ST
4D SEDAN....................4D DUMP........................... DP MC TRL........................ MT STATION WG...............SW
5D SEDAN....................SD FERTILIZER................. FS MH MOVER..................MM STEP VAN....................VN
AMBULANCE............... AM FIRE TRK..................... FT MOPED.........................MD SUBURBAN..................LL
ARMORED................... AR FLATBED......................FB MOTOR HOME.............MH SUV.............................. LL
ATV...............................MV GARBAGE....................GG MOTORCYCLE............ MC TANKER....................... TN
ATV+REG.....................MV GLASS RK....................GR MOTORSCTR...............MS TARPOT TRL............... TP
AUTO CARR.................AC GOLF CART................. GC NEIGHBORHOOD TENT TRL.....................TE
AUX DOLLY..................DY GOLF TRL.................... GT ELEC VEHICLE............NV TOURING CA............... TO
BEVERAGE..................BR GONDOLA....................GA NOTCHBACK............... SD TRACTOR.......... TF
BOAT............................BT GRAIN.......................... GN OFFICE TRL.................VN TRACTOR TK...............TR
BOBTAIL.......................BL HARDTOP.................... HT OILFLD EQ...................OF TRAVELALL................. XT
BOX TRL...................... VN HATCHBACK................HB PANEL..........................VN TUBE TRL.................... TN
BUS.............................. BU HEARSE.......................HR PARCEL DEL............... VN UTILITY TL................... UT
CAMPING TR............... CT HOPPER.......................HO PICKUP........................ PK VAN.............................. VN
CONCESSION..............VN HORSE.........................HE POLE TRL.................... LP VAN CAMPER..............VC
CONCRETE..................CM JET SK TRL..................JT REEL TRL.....................RE VANETTE..................... VT
CONS EQUIP............... CE LIFT BOOM.................. LF REFRIG VAN................RF WELL DRILL.................WD
WRECKER................... TT

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