Model year?

[richmurphy]

I picked up what is supposed to be a MY13 gti today only to find the rego sticker reads "2012 VW". When I was looking to buy the vehicle last week, I was assured 3 times by the salesman that it was indeed a MY13. He even produced some paperwork and pointed to the last 2 numbers which seemed to indicate it was a 13 model. I called up a vw mechanic that I know and he said to check the sixth character on the chassis number - a D would indicate my13. It checked out and it has a build date of June 2012 but the D was there (I heard somewhere that vw start building a model year from week 22 so it would be a very early build).

So does anyone know how to definitively check the model year? I'm hoping it could just be an admin error...

[Tobes_WIR35]

Sounds legit. MY doesn't necessarily reflect build date. There's no way a car built in Germany in 2013 would be here yet, given that it's only January 9

[LunchboxVRS]

Does it have detroits? (Black and polished mags)

[idaho]

The 10th digit of the 17 digit VIN should be D for a 2013 model.

[richmurphy]

Does it have detroits? (Black and polished mags)

No it doesn't but I haven't heard anything about my13 coming std with Detroit's.

[Lemonskin]

Just because its built in 2012 doesn't mean it's not a MY13.

[Boisrael]

It's right the 10th digit in the vin should be a D.

It is in mine still yet to pick up however has a build date of October 2012 and 10th digit of vin has a D.

18 inch Detroits not standard I added it as an optional extra

[LunchboxVRS]

My bad though it was in the polo section. Disregard my last.

[minke]

can I ask, do you know when your car landed in the Melbourne port? a boat docked there on the 27th Dec. Curious if your car was on that boat. (tongala)

[richmurphy]

The 10th digit of the 17 digit VIN should be D for a 2013 model.

Yes you're right. It was the 10th, not the 6th as I stated above.

Thanks for your replies. It sounds like it's possibly an admin error and I can't tell you how relieved I feel... although it might be a battle with vicroads to correct but that's another matter.