Your car is a _model_ 1982 manufactured in late '81. The build month and the model years do not coincide as is typical for the auto industry. You'll notice that even modern cars have the next model year available before the turn of the calendar year. The '82 model cars start with VIN numbers in the 10,000 range. You can get a lot of information about the DeLorean production dates, model years, and build options from the production chronology available at www.dmcnews.com. Knut --- In dmcnews@xxxx, johndmc57@xxxx wrote: > The original bill of sale states that my car is year 1982. The plate > on the drivers side says it was made Dec. 81, and it is vin#10779. > What year is it really.