Team-BHP - ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN)

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Originally Posted by Aniket6 (Post 3566010)

Can you let me know the details for this VIN - MA1YT4HJUE6J19541?

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Originally Posted by pdma (Post 3566368)

Hello Aniket ,

I see that Rakesh has given most of the details already except the month.

Please find the same here.
Month - September Year - 2014.

Cheers,
pdma.

Sorry for back to back posts as I did not have this information earlier

The car should be XUV 5oo.

Kindly correct me if Iam wrong on the type.

Cheers,
pdma.

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Originally Posted by bogusgenius (Post 3569870)

I got this strange VIN/Chassis number for the Renault Pulse I've booked - MEEAH4BA11E5501405.

Hello There,

Yes I too referred to the MICRA VIN as done in the past on this thread and the car possibly is May 2014 as already captured by you. Kindly check for Form 22 from the dealer as that is the best way in these cases to confirm the Month of manufacture.

Cheers,
pdma.

Hi,

I was informed by a sales guy(one Mr Neel) of Elite Ford Bangalore, that till March of next year, all vehicles carry manufacturing year as previous year. What he meant to say was that irrespective of when I book (potentially) the Ecosport, whether in November 2014 or February 2015, the car that will be delivered will be a 2014 batch car. One has to book after March 2015 to get a 2015 batch vehicle.

Is this true for all vehicles or is it a case off with Ford(who anyways have a slow delivery schedule)?

Anyone having experienced this or otherwise?

Reason I am flummoxed is because, if I place an order on 10th March 2015, how will Ford deliver me a vehicle manufactured in 2014?

Do they build big stocks in December and clear it in first three months of the year?

Or, is this manufacturing date (year and month combo) on VIN, something they can manipulate?

Thanks,
Harsh Vardhan Shrotriya

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Originally Posted by HarshVShrotriya (Post 3571474)

Hi,

I was informed by a sales guy(one Mr Neel) of Elite Ford Bangalore,

Thanks,
Harsh Vardhan Shrotriya

Hello Harsh,

This is 100% baseless information. Companies plan their inventory properly to ensure they have the minimal number of cars left in stock towards the end of the year as they very well know that many customers prefer to buy a car only in the new year rather than year end.
This is the same reason why we have discounts and many goodies thrown by dealers towards the end of the year to lure customers. It is also a well know fact that in Jan & Feb dealers offer huge cash discounts and freebies to clear the previous year models.
In most of these cases the customer is informed about the model clearly ( We do have many dealers who take the unsuspecting customers for a ride though ).We also have some folks who wait until Jan to buy the previous year models and the extract the maximum from the dealer ( I have read on this forum where people benefited from discounts upto 1 L on some specific models )

In this case the sales rep is clearly trying to push you to buy a car in Nov or Dec to make an additional incentive for himself by providing incorrect information.

Please try a different dealer.

Cheers,
pdma.

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Originally Posted by pdma (Post 3572381)

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Hello Harsh,

This is 100% baseless information. Companies plan their inventory properly to ensure they have the minimal number of cars left in stock towards the end of the year as they very well know that many customers prefer to buy a car only in the new year rather than year end.
This is the same reason why we have discounts and many goodies thrown by dealers towards the end of the year to lure customers. It is also a well know fact that in Jan & Feb dealers offer huge cash discounts and freebies to clear the previous year models.
In most of these cases the customer is informed about the model clearly ( We do have many dealers who take the unsuspecting customers for a ride though ).We also have some folks who wait until Jan to buy the previous year models and the extract the maximum from the dealer ( I have read on this forum where people benefited from discounts upto 1 L on some specific models )

In this case the sales rep is clearly trying to push you to buy a car in Nov or Dec to make an additional incentive for himself by providing incorrect information.

Please try a different dealer.

Cheers,
pdma.

Thought so myself. The doubt I had in my mind was the same as you said - sales teams do offer discounts running into Jan and Feb. So, this does mean that even if you book something in January(unless you have read team bhp pages carefully about VIN), you are quite likely to get a previous model itself.

Since, Ecosport team on one hand is brandishing a 4 month waiting period (or even more) I was under the impression that their demand is more than supply. They will only start making a car post an order normally in such a scenario.

However, if I am placing an order on 2015 and getting a car manufactured in 2014 after a 3-4 month waiting period it means that the problem is not in manufacturing but, sending the vehicle from warehouse to showroom.

Although I too feel it's sales trick to push me into buying now but, then won't a smart sales guy then say that you will get your car within a month from now rather than in February or March?

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Originally Posted by HarshVShrotriya (Post 3572386)

Although I too feel it's sales trick to push me into buying now but, then won't a smart sales guy then say that you will get your car within a month from now rather than in February or March?

Hello Harsh,

We are definitely clear that this was a lame trick ,not sure what the SA had in mind when making these statements. Hence we will never know or infact we need not spend time to know as well because , as per me they just made some over the top statements to a potential customer and lost him.

Lets check with another dealer and Iam sure you will get a better response :thumbs up.

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Originally Posted by Coolman (Post 3572707)

Hi all,

Is there any help / content available on how to decode the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) for Force Vehicles?

Thanks,
C_

Hello Coolman,

I did spend some time to look for this information after your post , however did not come across any so far.
By any chance do you have the VIN number handy if yes , kindly share the same so that we can try to draw some reference and see if we can get some details from the number.

Cheers,
pdma.

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Originally Posted by pdma (Post 3573321)

By any chance do you have the VIN number handy if yes , kindly share the same so that we can try to draw some reference and see if we can get some details from the number.

Cheers,
pdma.

Thanks. This is for a friend of mine.

I have asked him to see if he can get those VINs. Not sure if he has already selected one by now.
Nothing much available on the net though. Looks like they aren't selling many.