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vehicle.modelYear

Model year · Modelljahr

Model year designated by the manufacturer: a trade designation with no EU legal definition, which can differ from the year of manufacture. Where the manufacturer encodes a model year in the VIN under ISO 3779:2009 section 5.4, the two agree.

Key
vehicle.modelYear
Row name (BT-160)
Modelljahr [vehicle.modelYear]
Model year [vehicle.modelYear]

The bare key vehicle.modelYear is also accepted.

Tier
Optional
Status
draft
Representation term
Year
Value format
^(19|20)[0-9]{2}$
Grammar
^(19|20)[0-9]{2}$
Unit
none
Code list
none
Required when
MAY
Statutory feature
No
Repeatable
No, at most one row per line
Anchors
  • ISO 3779:2009 section 5.4 (model year in the vehicle descriptor section, referenced in Reg. (EU) 2020/683 Annex I item 9.17.4.2)
  • informative: STAR ModelYear, NHTSA vPIC Model Year, COVESA VSS VehicleIdentification.Year
Carrier and binding
BG-32: BT-160 'Modelljahr [vehicle.modelYear]', BT-161 '2022'
Crosswalk (informative)

schema.org vehicleModelDate; STAR ModelYear; COVESA VSS VehicleIdentification.Year

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Source and changes
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