I am wondering if there is a way to determine from a VIN number whether a car is facelift or not. If the VIN has "NX" in it, does that mean it is pre- or post-facelift?

My 2020 build pre-facelift has NX in the VIN (7th and 8th characters).

NX is the platform code, since the facelift is still the same platform it too has NX in the VIN.

If the facelift happened at a change of Model Year, then the tenth charchter of the VIN should tell you.

54 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

If the facelift happened at a change of Model Year, then the tenth charchter of the VIN should tell you.

I think there are 2024 model year mk4s that are pre-facelift, but I could be wrong.

2 minutes ago, beneix said:

I think there are 2024 model year mk4s that are pre-facelift, but I could be wrong.

Unlikely, in the past facelift changes have always taken place when the factory has its summer shutdown and on reopening builds facelifts with the new Model year VIN.

2 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

Unlikely, in the past facelift changes have always taken place when the factory has its summer shutdown and on reopening builds facelifts with the new Model year VIN.

OK thanks, this is exactly the kind of knowledge one gets from this forum and which is not available in the wild (or with most dealers...).