2021 Kia Sportage
VIN KNAPW81CBNK008169
33 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- —not stated in listing
- Displacement
- —not stated in listing
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- D23-0627102
- End date
- 28 Jun 2023
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPW81CBNK008169
From the seller’s listing
Positions 1–3 — the world-manufacturer code.
In our data, VINs starting KNA belong to Kia.
Agrees with the listing.
Positions 4–8 — the descriptor. Here the maker encodes what the car is: the model, body and equipment.
In our data, VINs starting KNAPW81C read as Kia Sportage.
Agrees with the listing.
Position 9 — the check digit.
Shown exactly as the listing published it — we do not verify the check digit.
Position 10 — the model-year code.
Code N reads 2022. Model-year codes repeat every 30 years, so the reading nearest the listing’s own year is the one shown.
The seller’s listing says 2021; the VIN reads 2022. Both stay on file exactly as they came — we settle neither.
Position 11 — the assembly-plant code.
Plant codes are each maker’s own. We hold no list of them, so this character is shown, not decoded.
Positions 12–17 — the serial number.
Nothing is decoded from it. It is what makes this VIN one car rather than a model.
What the VIN encodes — Sportage 5th Generation · Diesel · 2022–2024
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
- total loss - Rent a car - VIN: KNAPW81CBNK008169 - Jurisdiction: Busan ※ When the car is scrapped and the name is transferred, a tax invoice will be issued as the winning bid. (→VAT is the responsibility of the successful bidder.) ★ Free products are not included. ★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility. ★ If there is anything wrong with the vehicle, please contact us before leaving. The successful bidder is responsible for any problems after departure
“★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility.”
Also stated in the listing
원문 — the seller's Korean original
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
Total loss
The stamp is the seller’s own word for the damage, printed as the listing filed it — the seller’s classification, never our assessment.
Also stated in the listing
- front
- engine
- left
- right
- roof
- interior
- airbag
- frame
- underbody
- rear
Where the market sits
Kia Sportage · 2021 · clean-market comparables
The band covers clean-market retail listings of the same model and year, as of 22 Sep 2026. Read the band as a ceiling for a clean, fully-restored example — not as an estimate for this lot.
Model median price
₩1,670만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
82,216 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sportage · 4,920 records on file
Odometer standing
This listing states no odometer reading, so it is not placed against the other Kia Sportage listings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Kia Sportage records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sportage records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2021.
Counted across our own Kia Sportage records. A VIN that comes back to the block is filed again, so these are listings on file, not cars.
Recall notices
The official databases were asked about KNAPW81CBNK008169 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2022
[Kia] Sportage - Recall related to electrical wiring
[기아] 스포티지 - 전기배선 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN · 1 open
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNAPW81CBNK008169 · 2 appearances
This VIN has appeared 2 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 69,438 km (Jun 2023) → 69,438 km (Jun 2023) — no change in 1 day.
Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended29 Jun 2023Odometer at listing: 69,438 km · 34 photographs filedOpen this listing →Relisted the next day · odometer unchanged
Listing ended28 Jun 2023Odometer at listing: 69,438 km · 51 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen this listing →Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Sportage at auction
2020–2022 · 1059 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 68398 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.