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scarry
22nd March 2009, 09:16 PM
My youngest son has been looking to buy a Puma for the last 6 months or so.All seem to be MYO7.It appears the vehicles built in 08 are also MY 07.Are the 09 ones MY09,if so does anyone know what the differences are if any.I presume the MY 09 ones have had the mods that were done to the earlier ones,under warranty now done in the factory,but any other changes would be good to know.

Thanks
dullbird
22nd March 2009, 09:23 PM
mmm i thought an 08 model is an 08 model unless it actaully was built in 07 and only registered in 08....

no signifcant changes that I know of
hoadie72
22nd March 2009, 09:26 PM
Everyone refers to the 08 build cars as MY07 because they're the same build and spec as the model year 2007 cars.

Likewise 2005 cars are MY03.

MY09 seem to have a few minor things fixed.
dmdigital
22nd March 2009, 10:44 PM
The VIN will tell you the build year.
sashadidi
23rd March 2009, 02:58 PM
My youngest son has been looking to buy a Puma for the last 6 months or so.All seem to be MYO7.It appears the vehicles built in 08 are also MY 07.Are the 09 ones MY09,if so does anyone know what the differences are if any.I presume the MY 09 ones have had the mods that were done to the earlier ones,under warranty now done in the factory,but any other changes would be good to know.

Thanks

give the Vin. chassis number i will look on microcat for you
scarry
23rd March 2009, 07:26 PM
OK i must be a bit slow.....so all the 08 built are called MY07 as they are 07 spec:angel:

Checked my Disco,built1/04,plated 3/04,MY03.


Anyway,looks like the Deefer is gonna be built 1/09,plated3/09,MY09:):):D


$900 for any colour not white is a bit steep,bit less then $1800 for a coloured D3 i suppose:confused:


Anyway when it lobs in the driveway i will post a pic.



ummmm.....thanks Rud for the small business stimulus package thingy,looks like the company will own it for a while.
Grockle
23rd March 2009, 07:31 PM
The Puma engined Defenders are 07 model but one bought today would be a 09 my.
Scouse
23rd March 2009, 10:24 PM
The VIN will tell you the build year.Nearly. The VIN will tell you the Model Year. The next model year is generally released here in about Sept/Oct the previous year. For example, I would expect to see 10 MY cars appear here in about 6 mths.
The Defender release was delayed out here so the 07 MY didn't last too long before the 08 MY's started appearing.



OK i must be a bit slow.....so all the 08 built are called MY07 as they are 07 spec:angel:An early 08 build will be an 08 MY. As explained above, a mid-late 08 build will be an 09 MY.

Interestingly, you won't find a build date on the recent Defenders, just a compliance date.
scarry
24th March 2009, 05:43 PM
Ah i see...
I have never seen a MY08 defender.. but im sure there are not many of them!

They seem to have called it the MY07 defender, then straight onto the MY09 defender.

Does anyone know the updates the MY09 has over the MY07??

Cheers,
Paul
dullbird
24th March 2009, 05:47 PM
I think it just has all the quirks that have been found on the 07 fixed
scarry
24th March 2009, 06:26 PM
Nearly.

Interestingly, you won't find a build date on the recent Defenders, just a compliance date.

The build date for the 09 that is gonna land in the driveway shortly was on the dealer paperwork.I will have a good look& let you know if it has a build date plate on it.

Now on to a visit to ARB:)
scarry
24th March 2009, 07:34 PM
only if YOUR paying :p
(from P.Barry jnr)
Scouse
25th March 2009, 08:39 AM
The build date for the 09 that is gonna land in the driveway shortly was on the dealer paperwork.I will have a good look& let you know if it has a build date plate on it.It's on LRs records but there's not actually a plate on the car anywhere.
scarry
4th April 2009, 09:32 AM
It's on LRs records but there's not actually a plate on the car anywhere.

Cant find a build date anywhere,wierd as i thought all vehicles have a build date,maybe you have to use the VIN ?

The guy at the dealer couldnt understand it either:confused:
Quarks
4th April 2009, 09:45 AM
I thought part of the fun was finding all the various stickers and looking at the dates on them! :D

(Well, it that was for our td5, don't know about the Puma, though)

:)
Geoff
scarry
4th April 2009, 10:35 AM
I thought part of the fun was finding all the various stickers and looking at the dates on them! :D

(Well, it that was for our td5, don't know about the Puma, though)

:)
Geoff

Yerrr,its got lots of stickers all over things with dates &checks,etc,same as my TD5 did have.

But cant find the actual build date plate,as said........Compliance is there with a date on it.