How to Determine a Vehicle's Age?

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Vehicle age can be determined by checking the manufacturing date, typically located at the lower part of the co-driver's door. It primarily consists of a 17-character alphanumeric code. The vehicle identification plate is a label that indicates the basic characteristics of the vehicle, including the manufacturer, model, engine power, total weight, load capacity or passenger capacity, manufacturing number, manufacturing date, and manufacturer's name. The 17 characters on the vehicle identification plate represent the following: 1. The first character indicates the country or region where the vehicle was manufactured; 2. Characters 2 to 3 represent the manufacturer and vehicle type; 3. Characters 4 to 8 provide information about the vehicle's category, series, body type, and engine type; 4. The 9th character is the check digit; 5. The 10th character indicates the manufacturing year of the vehicle; 6. The 11th character is the assembly plant code; 7. Characters 12 to 17 represent the vehicle's production serial number.