Unless the car comes with the original bill of sale, over here they get registered as the year of manufacture. It's the same here - a car can be registered within two years of the end of production of that model and receive that year's plate. There are one or two "A" reg DeLoreans over here. A is 1984. Best Wishes Martin James Espey wrote: > The title may say 82, as some states here do it based on when it was sold, > IIRC. But if it has a build date of Oct 81, then the VIN probably is a > BD0XXXX and that would make it an 81. > > James