Can someone enlighten me. Are VINs given when the car rolls out of the factory in Japan or are they given when in route on the ship and SOA assigns that car to a placed order. Ordered a SWP base sedan on 8/29 with no VIN and ETA of december. Could my car be on the ship scheduled to port mid november and they just haven't assigned a VIN yet. I'm trying to be patient, but it is very hard.