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

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.

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.
UK Assembled vehicles have an "A" as the 11th digit.
FYI.

Cheers