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    Model Years, Build Dates, and VINs

    It seems that there is often confusion between the year a Discovery 2 was built and it's Model Year. I've compiled some information that hopefully clears up the difference.

    Model Year
    Land Rover build vehicles to Model Years rather than calendar years. The Model Year starts approximately June-July and runs through to roughly the same time the following year.

    Model Year changes usually saw the introduction of minor feature changes and upgrades, with major interior trim and paint option updates occurring every 2 years.

    Carsales.com.au uses a rather unique system for identifying model years, which are noted at the end of each Model Year listing below. Note that D2's listed on Carsales often have incorrect information for Model Year and Build Year, so you need to check the VIN to verify this information is correct.

    Build Date
    Each vehicle has a build date which represents the day that the body and chassis were joined on the production line.
    This is directly related to the VIN.

    VIN
    The vehicles VIN is the most useful identifier for most purposes.

    Changes in parts specifications or design were sometimes made during the course of a model year production run, so the changes are always identified by the VIN at which the change was implemented.

    The VIN is also the most reliable way to check the Model Year of a vehicle.

    VIN Decoding

    A Discovery Series II VIN has the following format:

    SALLTGM874A870200

    SA : Rover Group
    L: Land Rover
    LT: Discovery Series II
    G: Standard Wheelbase (100")
    M: Body Type 5 Door
    8: Engine Code;
    1 = 4.0 V8 Low comp w/CAT, 2 = 4.0 V8 High Comp w/CAT, 3 = 4.0 V8 low comp w/o CAT, 7 = Td5 EGR w/o CAT, 8 = Td5 EGR w/o CAT (EU3?), 9 = Td5 EGR w/o CAT for Aus, EEC, Japan (EU2?)
    7: Steering and Transmission Code;
    3 = RHD automatic, 7 = RHD 5-speed manual
    4: Model Year;
    X = 1999, Y = 2000, 1 = 2001, 2 = 2002, 3 = 2003, 4 = 2004
    A: Build Location; A = Solihull
    870200: Serial Number


    Discovery Series II Model Years

    1999MY
    VIN: SALLTGMxxXA2000457 to SALLTGMxxXA233197
    Build Dates: Late September/October 1998 to 13 July 1999
    Carsales Series: II

    2000MY
    VIN: SALLTGMxxYA233209 to SALLTGMxxYA290235
    Build Dates: 13 July 1999 to 28 June 2000
    Carsales Series: II 00.05MY

    ---- Paint and Trim revision ----

    2001MY
    VIN: SALLTGMxx1A290240 to SALLTGMxx1A736339
    Build Dates: 28 June 2000 to 3 July 2001
    Carsales Series: 01MY
    Note: On 8 September 2000 serial numbers rolled over from 1A299996 to 1A700000.
    Note: Transfer case CDL internals dropped from 2001MY production vehicles at some point between VINs SALLTGMxx1A726682 and SALLTGMxx1A732059.

    2002MY
    VIN: SALLGMxx2A736340 to SALLTGMxx2A771051
    Build Dates: 3 July 2001 to 26 April 2002
    Carsales Series: 02MY
    Note: Change to the EU3 Td5 motor occurred at start of 2002MY production.
    Note: Transfer case CDL internals not fitted to 2002MY vehicles.
    Note: Rear axle breather repositioned to above passenger side tail light from SALLTGMxx2A755881

    -------- D2a Face Lift --------

    2003MY
    VIN: SALLTGMxx3A771268 to SALLTGMxx3A828645
    Build Dates: 29 April 2002 to 16 July 2003
    Carsales Series: 03MY

    2004MY
    VIN: SALLTGMxx4A828649 to SALLTGMxx4A870200
    Build Dates: 16 July 2003 to 25 May 2004
    Carsales Series: 03MY

    No Discovery Series II was produced after the end of May 2004. D2's which are claimed to be late 2004 or even 2005 have proved to be built prior to the end of May 2004, but were delivered to owners later in 2004 or 2005 as dealers cleared out remaining stock.

    Note: The above VIN information and dates was extracted from the Microcat VIN database, and covers only RHD vehicles.
    Last edited by OffTrack; 15th June 2013 at 02:30 PM. Reason: fixed year for 2002MY start date.

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