Assertion: manufacturer | /r/HasProperty | general motors
Facets:
value: especially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The year 1980 was encoded by some manufacturers, especially General Motors and Chrysler, as "A" (since the 17-digit VIN was not mandatory until 1981, and the "A" or zero was in the manufacturer's pre-1981 placement in the VIN), yet Ford and AMC still used a zero for 1980.