Originally Posted by oledoc2u

other countries will take a build date car, let's say 2005, and make it whatever the year is when it is sold new...I call them held overs...here in the states, it is what it is....I know we documented about 12 known '06's, in otherwards, built in '06 year...fascinating as it is, build dates for most cars start about 4-6 months in the prior year...an '05 might have been built in Oct of '04, but still an '05 model...I would always go by the VIN...to really know what I have...regardless...