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Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks/Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles: Family Naming Conventions

To determine Positions 1-4 of your Test Group name, see:

Information about Family Naming Conventions

Use the table below to create Positions 5-12:

Location in Family Name	Code/Value	Description or Instructions
Position 5	J	Industry sector code for "Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks/Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles"
Positions 6-9	XX.X or .XXX	Engine displacement units in liters (decimal point counts as a digit and each 'X' represents an integer)
Positions 10-12	***	Enter any combination of valid characters in order to provide a unique identification for your family name.

Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks/Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles: Family Naming Conventions

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