As Alex noted there is are differences between "build date" and model year.
In the US, the model and calendar year are not the same things. The build
date can be found on a sticker on the driver's door jamb. On my 1990 GLI,
for example, the build date was 12/89.
Historically, VW has made most of its running changes at the beginning of
the calendar year. Thus, the big bumper A2s (excluding Wolfsbergs) were
produced starting 1/90. I'm not sure how it works today. For example, a
slew of running changes to the B5 Passat and the A4s were introduced in
September, the beginning of the US model year.
Does anyone know whether Europe/Germany has the same model year beginning
and end as the US?
Also, the surest way to determine the model year of your car is to check the
VIN.
Lastly, Josh wrote:
In fact I have heard from a very reliable source that for much of
the earlier H2O VW's they work the other way... Cars produced in
early
1990 (like my car) might be licensed as '89 models (like mine is).
My car
was built Jan 1990 and is registered as an '89.
I'm not sure that I follow you here. Are you saying that a 90 car built
after the end of the 89 model year would be sold as an '89? Mine is built
12/89 and is registered as a '90. What's your VIN?
HTH,
Chris Williams
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Karnes [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 6:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Year models of the 16V
At 12:11 PM 1/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey, this is how it is: It's the year 2000, and in about 6 months,
>2001-year-model cars are going to be on the road. It's always been
like
>that.
I'm not sure this is entirely accurate for the A1 and perhaps some
of the
A2 VW's. In fact I have heard from a very reliable source that for
much of
the earlier H2O VW's they work the other way... Cars produced in
early
1990 (like my car) might be licensed as '89 models (like mine is).
My car
was built Jan 1990 and is registered as an '89. The '90 GLI's may
not have
been available until some time into the 1990 calendar year. VW
apparently
changed this policy to favor the more industry-wide standard
sometime
mid-90's ??? Can anyone verify this?
This would explain the existence of '86 16V cars, which might have
actually
been built in very early '87 or very late '86.
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