1M8Buses

Held by Motor Coach Industries, Inc. · registered in the United States

WMI 1M8 decodes 47 models, the third longest list among the 78 bus WMIs in the catalog. It shares most of its model list with four other codes. Its rules place assembly in three countries. The same rules start at model year 1985 and have no end year.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. 102A21985–2017
  2. 102A31985–1993
  3. 96A21985–2017
  4. 96A3 Intercity1985–2017
  5. MC-9 Intercity1985–2017
  6. 102A3 Intercity1989–2017
  7. 102AW31989–2005
  8. 102C3 Intercity1989–2017
  9. 40' 102" Transit1989–1990
  10. 96AP3 Intercity1989–1990
  11. 102B3 Intercity1991–2017
  12. 102BP3 Intercity1991–2017
  13. 102DL3 Intercity/D45001991–2021
  14. 96B3 Intercity1991–2017
  15. MC-12 Intercity1992–2017
  16. 102D3 Intercity/D40001994–2021
  17. 102d3 ISTV1994–2000
  18. 102D3 ISTV/D4000 ISTV1994–2021
  19. 102E3 Intercity/E40001994–2017
  20. 102EL3 Intercity/E45001994–2021
  21. 102G3 Intercity/G41001994–2017
  22. 102GL3 Intercity/G45001994–2017
  23. D4000 96"1994–2017
  24. F Shell 35/F35001994–2017
  25. F Shell 41/F41001994–2017
  26. J45001994–2027
  27. Transit1994–2017
  28. 96B32001–2005
  29. CRT 40002006–2017
  30. CRT 45002006–2017
  31. D40052006–2021
  32. D45052006–2021
  33. D40202018–2027
  34. D4020 ISTV2018–2027
  35. D45 CRT2018–2027
  36. D45 CRT LE2018–2027

Also in the rules (11 more): D45 CRT LR, D45 CRTe LE, D4520, J3500, J4500e, Battery Electric, Compressed Natural Gas, Diesel, Diesel / Electric Hybrid, D40 CRT, D40 CRT LE.

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesUnited States, Canada, Mexico

Plant locations namedPembina; Roswell; Sahagun; Winnipeg; Crookston; Manitoba; Saint-Eustache

Bodies and power

Body classesBus, SUV

Primary fuelsDiesel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Electric, Natural Gas

Electrified versionsBattery electric, Hybrid

Codes with largely the same models

These codes have no page of their own: at least half of the models in their rules also appear under 1M8. The last column counts the shared models.

CodeHolderVehicle typeModel yearsShared models
1TUTransportation Manufacturing Corporationbuses1981–open29 of 44
2MGMotor Coach Industries Limitedbuses2006–open41 of 41
2TUTri-Star Industries Limitedbuses2006–open26 of 26
3BMMotor Coach Industries, Inc.buses2000–open29 of 29

Other codes starting with 1M

  • 1M1Mack Trucks, truck
  • 1M2Mack Trucks, incomplete vehicle
  • 1M3Mack Trucks, incomplete vehicle
  • 1M5Magic Tilt Trailers, trailer
  • 1M6Metzger Machine & Engine, trailer
  • 1M7Marauder Travelers, trailer
  • 1MBMercedes-Benz Truck, truck
  • 1MDMidwest Industries, trailer
  • 1MEFord Motor, passenger car
  • 1MHFord Motor, incomplete vehicle
  • 1MLMiller Trailers, trailer
  • 1MMMoody Manufacturing, trailer
  • 1MRFord Motor, passenger car
  • 1MTMerritt Trailers, trailer
  • 1MWCoachmen Industries, trailer

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.