VIN KNAPU81CBNK029981
55 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPU81CBNK029981
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 KNAPU81C 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.
Agrees with the listing.
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 · Trendy · Diesel · 2022–2023
Machine-translated · original below
** Our company is in the process of scrapping!! Area: Anseong transit conditions** Loss undetermined/Request to bid after confirmation of actual vehicle/Documents may take 2 weeks or more./Price adjustments cannot be made after the deadline, so please bid carefully. I have a sales history License plate: front, rear available/Vehicle key: yes Incident Type: Standalone Vehicle name:Sportage 2.0 Diesel Trendy 2WD A/T Shipping price: 29,330,000 won Model Number:NQ55CBA-G7-H1N Format year: 2022 최초등록일:2022-01-14 Color:grey 성능점검유효기간:2022-01-14 ~ 2024-01-13
“** Our company is in the process of scrapping!!”
Also stated in the listing
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
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
Kia Sportage · 2022 · clean-market comparables
The band covers clean-market retail listings of the same model and year, as of 19 Aug 2026. Read the band as a ceiling for a clean, fully-restored example — not as an estimate for this lot.
Model median price
₩1,450만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
103,162 km
Clean-market listings
Kia Sportage · 4,826 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 34,623 km — lower than 83% of the Kia Sportage odometer readings 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 2022.
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.
The official databases were asked about KNAPU81CBNK029981 · checked 26 Jul 2026
None on recordThe official databases returned no open or past campaigns for this VIN — it is their answer on the date above. A clean check is not a promise.
Every filed appearance of KNAPU81CBNK029981 · 1 appearance
This VIN has appeared 1 time in our records.
Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended5 Dec 2023Odometer at listing: not stated · 49 photographs filedOpen this listing →This is the first time this VIN appears in our records. If it returns to auction, every appearance will be listed here.
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
Related records · relists excluded
2021–2023 · 1190 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 67321 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.