Yes the VIN Number reference doesn't fully apply to my S40 either. The model year isn't correct and I don't have the letter at the end denoting the factory.
I guess Volvo changed the structure at some point.
As for the engine number, I was told by Volvo that there are no unique engine numbers, but that the engine number 'takes the last 6 digits of the VIN'.
The DVLA have disagreed with that however, and Volvo were forced to supply an engine number to update my V5 when the engine was changed. Good luck finding this though, as I believe it's stamped under the exhaust manifold up behind the engine.
Took the garage quite a while to read it with a mirror!
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