Model year?

[Hillbilly]

One thing it could be was that the model of the car was not registered with authorities to be sold here till 2011 and therefore couldnt be registered as a 2010

Cant think of any other reason

[Tobes_WIR35]

That seems to make sense

[wai]

There are 3 "years" that you have these days.

The Model Year is essentially the specification to which the vehicle is built. You can have a MY13 car built in 2012, as long as it is to the MY13 specification.

The Build Date is the actual month and year in which it was built.

Lastly is the Compliance Date. This is the date when the last of the paperwork was dated certifying compliance with the ADRs.

A bit late for you now, however when ordering a vehicle, you can specify the year (and month) for both the Build Date and Compliance Date. The dealer can also check the stock held by VW Australia and can reserve a particular vehicle that matches.

The Build Date and Compliance Date are on stickers applied to the vehicle (Firewall or door pillar). The Model Year is a specification and goes through the code that appears in the owners manual and on a sticker in the vehicle.

Unfortunately, just as with magazines, the sooner you can say you have a MY13 (or any other year for that matter) gives the dealer more front.

This is why when you buy a car in the first few months of a new year, you can either end up disappointed because it is first registered in one year, but is actually a previous year build, or you can use this to squeeze the dealer a little more.

Probably the best time for buying is in mid-July, but no later than the end of September. July because you really don't get good deals in end of financial year sales because dealers have buyers queueing up, whereas in July the dealers can find it hard to make a sale. Also, if it is delivered in mid-July, you can re-register it in June and if a business expense you can make your claim in a financial year. Before the end of September because again, if you can get GST back on the purchase and rego/insurance, you can make your claim in October rather than wait until the end of February.

[Hillbilly]

OK Have the two answers which does not solve the answer at all

Company no 1 says

"At ******* we rely on the data of motor vehicles delivered by the Glasses guide. The Glasses Guide categorises a motor vehicle based on the year the vehicle was actually built, not the model year or the compliance year."

Company no2 says

Thank you for your email regarding the date that we consider to be the year of the vehicle model.

I can confirm that for insurance purposes, the compliance plate date is used as the vehicle date for vehicles sold new in Australia by the vehicle manufacturer. For vehicles privately imported to Australia the date from the Build plate is used as the year of manufacture . A privately imported vehicle is any vehicle not delivered new to Australia or not imported by the original manufacturer.


So if you have a late Dec build with No 1 it will be a 2010

With No 2 if its gets complianced in Jan 2011 it will be a 2011

Seems strange as I always thought a car manufactured in a certain year was that years version when you sell it.

Might pay to ask when you buy second hand who insured it and check the build plate