If anyone out there is working with cars/trucks/motorcyles/trailers... any type of vehicle and has a need to get information about that vehicle based on the VIN number, you should check out a great product called VinPower from ESP Data Solutions.
It can decode a VIN and tell you the make, model, year, engine, and potentially even all the standard and optional equipment on a car.
They provide awesome developer tools for COM and Java at a very low price. If you have a use for VIN Decoding in your software, check them out.