That's because the AP1 /AP2 difference is denoted by the engine type Mikey.

AP1 = 2.0 proper cars
AP2 = 2.2 North American compromised cars

 

some of the US guys don't though

 

Nice work Sherlock.

Now go find evidence of those weapons of mass destruction please

 

Beardie, As Elvis would say, thankya, thankya, thankyaverymuch. Nothing like the facts to clear things up. Your next assignment, should you wish to take it, is to find those weapons. Just be careful you don't harm one of those 'proper' S2000s as our numbers are limited.

 

Just noticed your previous cars Dave.
I currently have a 1970 Triumph Stag (commission no. LD47) sitting in my garage.
It hasn't moved for 13 years though.

I'm sure that Google could turn up the WMD's.

On second thoughts ...
Google Search
Results 1 - 10 of about 18,600,000 for "weapons of mass destruction".
.... maybe not.

 

Just a thought for the uninitiated. The probable reason Japan does not include a year designation as part of vehicle VINs is because their calendar is not a christian based one. The year starts every time an emperor dies and is known as year X of emperor Y's reign.

The current emperor (Akihito) is now in his 18th year and his reign is known as the Heisei era, so instead of calling this year 2006 it is instead known as 18 Heisei.

Imagine if you had two succesive emperors die one year after the other, each of their reigns would be year 01 - prettty confusing in a VIN designation eh!

Hope this helps.


As a final point, here in Australia it is illegal for anyone to promote a new or used vehicle as any year other than the year of manufacture. A car manufactured in 1999 must be advertised as a 1999 model. It is also considered ignorant and foolish (frankly we think you yanks are a bunch of wankers ) to refer to a vehicle as anything other than it's model designation (e.g. our top selling vehicle is a Holden Commodore (4 door equivalent of a Pontiac GTO) - the current series was introduced in late 1997 and has gone through 4 major incarnations - VT, VX, VY and VZ with mid life updates designated as a Series II, e.g. VX series II).

In situations where you need to order parts for a car that does not have model designations (such as an S2000) the dealer will ask you for the month/year manufacturing date and the VIN in order to ascertain precisely which parts are required.

 

Beardie, I bought the Stag, a bright yellow one, when I had two small children and didn't want to give up my sports cars. At the same time I passed on a Porsche 911 Targa. I was later (not much later) to determine this was the dumbest car decision I ever made. I only kept the Stag about 8 months and came to my senses. I see from my UK vintage car mag's that the Stag still holds a special place in your country. IMO it was a good idea poorly executed.

Thanks for the report from Down-Under.

 

did you even bother to read my post? lol. i just posted information regarding the ISO standard for VIN numbers, and how it CLEARLY STATES that the UK does NOT have to follow the VIN procedure for year. in other words, the UK may or may not have the model year in the VIN.

And again, as I clearly pointed out, the japanese VIN does NOT have the model year in it.

 

actually, if you re-read his post, you'll see the part I quoted at the bottom where it states that japanese VINs are NOT the same as ours.

once again, not to mention I ALREADY POSTED the information regarding the ISO standard.

are you selectively reading what you want to read, and ignoring everything else I post that supports what I'm saying? sheesh!!

 

not true. honda blatently has cars listed using their model year nomenclature. ie, 1999.4 or 1999.6, etc.