VIN number check? Advertised as 2006 but VIN suggests 2003?

ADR compliance plates mean little as to year of manufacture, they reflect the date the vehicle passed Australian compliance. I was once speaking with a BMW (motorcycle) exec and I questioned the compliance plate (with a very recent date) of a 'new' BMW when it was common knowledge that model ceased production over 12 months previously. He replied that they had 50 sitting in their warehouse and the compliance plates were affixed when they moved them to the dealers.

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

There was legal action in the early 1970's taken by a group of Jeep buyers against Annand and Thompson. They had bought old stock Jeeps, some three years old, as "new" cars and were seeking compensation for loss of value as their purchases say in 1969 of 1966 manufacture Jeeps were regarded by the trade as 1966 models, not 1969 when purchased as "new". The court was asked to determine what was a "new" car and had the buyers suffered a loss by buying "old" cars without being informed by Annand & Thompson of the true year model, and was there deliberate deception by A & T.

What came out, and anyone in the trade could have told them, was that the new vehicle trade regarded vehicles as new if not previously sold at retail, or registered for use as a demonstrator or company car. The used vehicle trade of course, identifies by year model. No compliance plates then.

I don't recall the outcome.

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You beat me to the punch on this one - as I remember the complainants won. What brought it to light was that these "new" jeeps started to develop severe rust problems after they had been sold. They had been stored outside in the weather for the 3 -4 years prior to being sold.

Garry

The Tenth digit depicts what year the vehicle is regardless of when complianced(Most European Vehicles do this anyway).
So the 3 would relate to an 03my (By the looks complianced in 06)
The "V" depicts another interesting note, & that is that the vehicle was assembled in South Africa.:o
UK Assembled vehicles have an "A" as the 11th digit.
FYI.

Cheers

In summary

A new vehicle date is taken from when it's first registered.
The build date is when it was built.

When you go to dealers to BUY they will quote the first registered date
When you go to a dealer to sell/trade it's the build date they use.

Who said you can't have your cake and eat it too.:eek:

In your case it's a 2003 build first registed in 2006.

When you're looking for parts it will be a 2003