New vs year of 1st registration

[Grant]

so i'm wondering exactly how "new" is actually defined.

a car, built feb 2025
delivered to dealership may 2025
it is indeed new, totally unused and virgin-like , but is something over a year old really "new" ?

 

[Lupus]

so i'm wondering exactly how "new" is actually defined.

a car, built feb 2025
delivered to dealership may 2025
it is indeed new, totally unused and virgin-like , but is something over a year old really "new" ?

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Odd that it's been in stock that long, normally they try flog it by year end. Also if it's been standing for over a year I wouldn't touch it.

 

[Speedster]

Odd that it's been in stock that long, normally they try flog it by year end. Also if it's been standing for over a year I wouldn't touch it.

I'm sure it already has oil puddle below

 

[Grant]

I'm sure it already has oil puddle a moat below around it

done

 

[Grant]

Odd that it's been in stock that long, normally they try flog it by year end. Also if it's been standing for over a year I wouldn't touch it.

going to mail them later - get some explanation

 

[SauRoNZA]

Odd that it's been in stock that long, normally they try flog it by year end. Also if it's been standing for over a year I wouldn't touch it.

Why not? It would be bone dry and never PDI’d and still wrapped in plastic more than likely.

 

[SauRoNZA]

so i'm wondering exactly how "new" is actually defined.

a car, built feb 2025
delivered to dealership may 2025
it is indeed new, totally unused and virgin-like , but is something over a year old really "new" ?

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The MY25 is the give away that this was a designated Model Year 2025, which could still have been made in 2024 or even 2026 and that defines the “shape/revision”.

Registration has nothing to do with the age of the car really and is purely a governmental date.

You’ll especially see end of the year plenty of cars running around with dealer plates and unregistered so they can first register them in the new year to make them seem newer.

So you could in theory have a car from 2023 even registered in 2026…but it’s still a MY23.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I'm sure it already has oil puddle below

Can’t have a puddle if there’s no oil in it.

 

[SauRoNZA]

going to mail them later - get some explanation

Is the colour of the car Ebony? That may very explain it then.

 

[Speedster]

Can’t have a puddle if there’s no oil in it.

It's a land Rover. It'll find a way to leak

 

[Grant]

Is the colour of the car Ebony? That may very explain it then.

OSTUNI WHITE, i'll have you know.

soos vit dit : (but a significant discount on the listed price)

Range Rover Autobiography | Land Rover Range Rover | Land Rover

buy.landrover.co.za

it has the meridian signature sound system

 

[Lupus]

going to mail them later - get some explanation

Yup really odd

 

[Lupus]

Why not? It would be bone dry and never PDI’d and still wrapped in plastic more than likely.

I've bought a few new cars and they generally are still driven around a little, in and out of the showrooms. Unless this was just plopped on to the lot and left there without moving it around, I highly doubt it's bone dry after a year.

 

[Lupus]

OSTUNI WHITE, i'll have you know.

soos vit dit : (but a significant discount on the listed price)

Range Rover Autobiography | Land Rover Range Rover | Land Rover

buy.landrover.co.za

it has the meridian signature sound system
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Damn

 

[FiestaST]

Pity the MSRP was removed from the OG post

There is no other way to say this:

 

[repitah]

Dealers get the stock, then sometimes sits on the floor/back parking for months. There were a few books a couple of years ago that explain all the bolt ons and tricks car dealerships use. Stupid stuff like why does my brand new car need to be detailed/washed and I have to pay for it?

I have a older car. It is titled as a 2012, but when I use the "dealer" computer to do simple things like rear brake pads, it very much says 2011.

I hope you didn't get the Ingenium 2l diesel (didn't run the full VIN and don't see the engine code in the number) -- or if you didn't, take it for a nice long run often.

 

[FiestaST]

Dealers get the stock, then sometimes sits on the floor/back parking for months. There were a few books a couple of years ago that explain all the bolt ons and tricks car dealerships use. Stupid stuff like why does my brand new car need to be detailed/washed and I have to pay for it?

I have a older car. It is titled as a 2012, but when I use the "dealer" computer to do simple things like rear brake pads, it very much says 2011.

I hope you didn't get the Ingenium 2l diesel (didn't run the full VIN and don't see the engine code in the number) -- or if you didn't, take it for a nice long run often.

530PS Is still in the pic. It's the 523bhp BMW N63 V8 mill.

BMW N63 - Wikipedia

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