Is there a way to find out what year car you have. I bought a mirage, and it did not com e with the manual and i want to make sure that the guy was not lieing to me. Is it located somewhere on the car??

It should state the year on the title you got when you bought the car.

also the compliance plate may have a build date and model codes to help you
attached to the firewall under the bonnet

Both above methods are the easiest way to find out.....but youll also find various bits of equipment in car with date stamps such as seat belts and floor mats(normally boot).Not 100% reliable since its possible the seat belt was belt before the car but most bits will be built at same time as car.

you can also find it on the front door, next to the seat. (that is what i found out on my car.)

The model year is shown as a letter in the 17 digit VIN CODE:

Besides the three letters that are not allowed in the VIN itself (I, O and Q), the letters U and Z and the digit 0 are not used for the year code. Note that the year code can be the calendar year in which a vehicle is built, or a model or type year allocated by the manufacturer. The year 1980 is encoded as "A", and subsequent years increment through the allowed letters, so that "Y" represents the year 2000. 2001 through 2009 are encoded as the digits 1 through 9, and subsequent years are encoded as "A", "B", "C", etc.

Code Year Code Year Code Year Code Year
A 1980 L 1990 Y 2000 A 2010
B 1981 M 1991 1 2001 B 2011
C 1982 N 1992 2 2002 C 2012
D 1983 P 1993 3 2003 D 2013
E 1984 R 1994 4 2004 E 2014
F 1985 S 1995 5 2005 F 2015
G 1986 T 1996 6 2006 G 2016
H 1987 V 1997 7 2007 H 2017
J 1988 W 1998 8 2008 J 2018
K 1989 X 1999 9 2009 K 2019


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