I have paid a deposit on a car from a VIC dealership. I'm based in NSW so it'll be shipped over. It's a dealer demo, build date is Sep 2019, compliance date is Jan 2020.
VIC roads online rego check shows it as a 2020, Carsales ad had it as 2020.
Are there any car dealers here who know for sure which year will show on my NSW rego when I get it registered here?
Do they go off compliance date or build date?
So far it seems they go off compliance date in VIC but want to be sure of it in NSW
Cheers
Not sure.. could be build date?
Is your response based on experience or are you thinking this is what it should be?
I think this is a classic case of when the new car dealer sells you it it's a 2020 model according to the compliance date, though when a second hand car dealer will buy it off you it's a 2019 model according to the build date.
From memory the compliance date is what goes on the rego
when a second hand car dealer will buy it off you it's a 2019 model
And puts it back on their used car sales lot as a 2020
Was getting a bit worried because we haven’t had a build date, compliance date, MY date thread in ages…
Build date = when the car assembly was completed
Compliance date = when the car passed its ADR compliance
MY date = the trim level, options and feature set as a year, including facelift models.
Thanks, which of those shows on the rego paper?
I have a 2019MY Corolla that was built in Nov 2018 and the rego papers say that it is a 2018. It only says the year on the rego papers, so I am not 100% sure. It could go off the compliance plate (Nov 18) or off the build (Oct 18). There is no month mentioned on the papers, but it’s obviously not off MY.
Come to think of it, I think it is compliance.
One of my first bikes was a CBR250RR Fireblade. Japanese import. On the rego it was 1996 but they stopped building them in 1993 (from memory) so it stands to reason it is based off compliance.
@[Deactivated]: I’m thinking compliance plate as well, but I would have to wait and check out some more cars at work.
Where I used to work, we have a brand new, old stock Audi S8. It was a 2001MY that was finally sold new in 2004 with a 2004 compliance plate. I never saw the registration papers and it was 16 years ago…
Compliance plate would make more sense due to the car not being on the system or able to be registered until it met compliance and was fitted with that plate. My money is on compliance date.
I go by build dates.
I'm not 100% certain but I'm under the impression that all other relevant parties are also interested in the build date.
Every other date is not necessarily indicative of the car's age. A car can be built in 2005 and for some reason, maybe lost at sea, get complianced a few years later. Maybe it doesn't get sold because nobody likes LoS vehicles, well known to have blinker fluid issues, and only sells and hence registered in 2021.
What's LoS?
Lost… ot Sea.
If you want a Jan 2020 build car registered in that same month you need to stand at the factory gate.
Most cars are imported… that can take 6 - 10 weeks to land here. A few more weeks are spent in the distribution yard then a few more at the dealership. That can sometimes end up being months longer depending on the demand for that vechicle.
I know of one make of car that is being sold "new" at the moment with compliance plates showing a build date of 9 months plus back.
There has been instances where new cars that were slow to sell were over 2 years old!! Nissan Patrols from memory??
The maker determines the "year model" of a car. They may begin production of say the 2020 model in August of the previous year.
Just another con trick played by car dealers - when you buy it is a 2020 car, but when you come to sell it back it is suddenly (correctly) a 2019 car
Service NSW goes off the Compliance Date
no where in the rego process does it ask for the build date in NSW
No one cares after 5 years. Drive it, enjoy it.
When it comes time to sell the overall condition and features are more important than the little tiny number in the engine bay.
Official response from RMS
"The build date differs from the car’s compliance plate date, which confirms that the vehicle complies with Australian design standards for safety and emissions.
The date shown on the compliance plate is the date when it was fitted to the vehicle by the importer (for imported cars) or the manufacturer (for locally built cars).
When you buy, register and insure a new car, its model year is determined by the compliance plate date.
NSW registration procedures to establish new vehicles requires the compliance plate date to be entered into the comp year unless the vehicle is exempt from having a compliance plate.(then they will enter the year the vehicle was built)"
Follow this rule.
Build date is for ordering spare parts. Compliance date is Model Year for Rego.
You win.
It'll show the date it was first registered by the dealer. Why would it be anything else?