Copyright - www. Spare Parts. Fiat Punto See All Ads. Maruti Zen See All Ads. View All. Newsletter Get your daily update on the Indian Car Scene. View recent sample. Email Address. Become A Fan. MY stands for Model Year and refers to the model cycle that the car is in, not essentially the year it was built. It is perfectly normal and acceptable to have a car that was built in but is labelled MY18 due to an update or revision of the model since the MY17 edition.
This one is as simple as it sounds, with the build date of the car being the actual month and therefore year that it rolled of the production line at the factory. For the majority of cars manufactured outside of Australia, it is quite common for the car to be built in one year e.
Every model driving on Australian roads must be rigorously inspected and crash tested to be worthy of a compliance plate. The compliance plate used to be a quick indication to registration authorities that compliance with the ADRs has been demonstrated for the vehicle in question.
As of the 1st of July however the need to actually fit road vehicles with identification plates containing compliance information has become redundant because the Register of Approved Vehicles RAV was introduced. When an internationally manufactured car had reached our shores it previously had to be fitted with a compliance plate before it is able to be driven on the road.
Now this all happens online. Because fitting the car with a compliance plate before the use of the RAV could be done within one year, even if the car arrived in the final months of the previous year, or was built in the previous year, the date on the compliance plate could be different than the build date.
The same applies for locally manufactured vehicles. There are certain vehicles that do not have to comply with the ADRs and be fitted with a compliance plate but these are exceptions and you should get the advice of an appropriate authority before buying such a car.
Starting with , the tenth digit becomes a letter again, starting with A. Jesse Dempsen has written professionally since His work can be found on various websites. He is a certified English teacher who has taught in a variety of fields including journalism. Now since the 10th character stands for year, on the scale of A to Y and with A equivalent to , 9 will correspond to Refer to the table above for easier understanding.
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