The exact date of release of the car is a very important criterion for the complete calculation of the customs duty paid for the car. Different countries-manufacturers of cars set their own rules for determining the year of production of the "iron horse". Some determine this by the body number, others by the VIN. If you know what standards are adopted by a particular car plant, then you can easily understand how old your vehicle is.
Necessary
technical passport
Instructions
Step 1
Look under the hood to determine the year your Japanese car was manufactured. Find information about the make, model and body number there. It should be written on a special patch or sticker. It is on them that you need to determine the year of manufacture of the car. You can also search for the necessary information regarding the age of the car and transport documents.
Step 2
For European cars, the year of manufacture must be determined using the VIN number. It is he who is the main identifier of the machine. It is a 17-digit alphanumeric code, thanks to which you can find out almost all the information on the country of the manufacturer, body type, year of manufacture of the vehicle. Indeed, in VINe each letter and number is responsible for certain information. So, for example, the corresponding letter or number is assigned to the year of manufacture. It is usually found towards the end of this issue.
Step 3
Model years from 1971 to 1979 and from 2001 to 2009 are designated by the last digit of the calendar year. That is, a car produced in 2005 will correspond to the number 5. But cars produced in the period from 1980 to 1995 correspond only to the letter values indicated in the identification car number. The age of a specific vehicle model in most European brands can be found at the 10th place of the VIN code.
Step 4
You can look for the year of manufacture of a supported foreign car in the data sheet. For about a quarter of such cars, the relevant information on this topic is located in such a document for the vehicle. If there is not enough data in the traffic police database, then in the data sheet it will be possible to see the mark "n / n" - "not found".
Step 5
In some models, such as a Mercedes, you should look for the year of manufacture on the steering wheel. Only for this you will have to disassemble the steering wheel a little - remove the rubber pad covering the signal. There you should find an unusual stamp in the form of the sun and numbers, which, in fact, indicate the year of issue. In addition, in almost all foreign cars, their age can be found out by reading the necessary information on the fasteners of the seat belts.
