Volkswagen Up - can someone help

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 12:56
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - thecar

just brought a new car for my daughter volkswagen up

should be here july

i have noticed on the paper work it says

vehicle 1.0 take up 5 dr 07/12

does this mean the vehicle was made in 2012 so not in in 2013

so could be a year old already any help tks

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 13:12
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - Hamsafar

Does it have a VIN no. yet?
If so, it should have a number that denotes the year slighly right of center IIRC.

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 13:27
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - thecar

we dont have the car yet so no vin no yet

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 13:33
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - RT

July is just a couple of days away - the dealer should have the VIN number.

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 13:37
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - thecar

should i ring them next week

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 13:49
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - RT

Ring them today.

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 15:04
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - daveyjp
If you are getting it so soon and it is brand new it will probably be from central stock as VW generally quote 12 weeks for a new build. it Could be 12 months old, but the date could also be the model date, i.e its a Model year 2012 specification.

If you look around the car dates are sometimes stamped on components as it goes through the factory.
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Fri 28 Jun 2013 15:18
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - Andrew-T
If you look around the car dates are sometimes stamped on components as it goes through the factory.

I thought just about every plastic moulding carries a date-stamp - or at least the month of manufacture of that part ?

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Fri 28 Jun 2013 23:44
Volkswagen Up - can someone help - Avant

I suspect a simple misprint for 07/13.

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