2010 MK5 GTI, how is this possible?

[OllieVRS]

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-mk5-golf-gti-3-door/34591473



Seen this for sale, how in the world is it possible to have an 2010 MK5 GTI? For reference this seems to be an original Irish car.

I have seen an 06 MK1 Octavia VRS, even though they stopped selling that VRS in 2005, that was an ex-display model. But that was only off by a year from the last official year of sale.

This is off by two years? How? 

[GreigC]

My MK5 is 2009… I guess some dealers had some stock until 2010… the annoying issue with having a MK5 that’s newer than 2008… pretty much every data base the car does not exist at all… for example car insurance… I need to search my car manually as it can’t comprehend an 2009 plate MK5.

[Jons1001]

As above mine was also registered in 2009.

Seems very pricey!

[TheBALDpuma]

Im pretty sure they made the mk5 right up until the end of 2008.  As others have said; mine is a 2009 car registered in Jan 2009 as a 58 plate. So a dealer maybe had to hang on to one for a year and register it in 2010   

[Octoparrot]

Strange heater controls. Says it has air con but doesn't seem to have the same as practically every other GTI I've seen.

[Clarky]

Looks like poverty spec heater controls...like a 1.4! Date of registration and date of manufacture don't have to go hand in hand, i work as a car auctioneer and lots of things come in to play and go wrong too.

[skkane]

9.9k EUR for that? wtf r they smoking cos i'd like some

[pudding]

Have you tried one of those online VIN decoders?  They normally tell you the exact build date.  As others have said, it probably remained unregistered for a while.

A friend had a K reg MK2 Golf 16V way back when, which sparked up the exact same debate    It was a last of the last 1992 car, but not registered until 1993