i am driving skoda karoq 1.5 tsi evo 1, 150 ps, i am second owner, it have 85000 km on board. everything works nice.

in documentation says it is model 2020? but it is produced in 04.09.2019.

most of parst i changed have 19, front rotors, some plastics, all have 2019. stamped in plastic, and that stuff. also car was put on traffic in 12.2019.

yesterdy i diassemled instrument cluster (analog one) and found marks that it is produced in 3.2020.

i think it is not changed 5 months after car was on road, i barely pull it out, it was very hard to do.

is anyone have similar situation: car model 2020, produced in last months of 2019, have parts on which is stamped 2020?

Model years often start being made the year before.

Two examples from the recent past are the 2016 Kia Sorento and the 2016 Mazda CX-9. While both vehicles wore the same model-year designation, the two mid-size crossover SUVs were released at very different times. In Kia's case, the Korean company began selling its new 2016 Sorento in January 2015. At the time, a Kia spokesperson explained: "Model-year designations may be assigned because of the vehicle's larger life-cycle plan." The spokesperson added that "marketing, fuel economy, and homologation reasons" are also at play in this decision, and regulatory requirements may change from model year to model year.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15345331/americas-next-top-model-year-or-why-new-car-model-years-arent-in-sync-with-the-calendar/

This happens all over not just the US

Edited 12 April, 20251 yr by Stonekeeper

If the car was built in Sept 19 then the instrument cluster must have been changed - I guess, like anything, they can fail.

Thats only option.

Today i put anti glare foil to central display. Enough dust and fingerprints 😆

It should be done from factory. Why they dont look to laptops and pc monitors. All have non reflective coatings on displays.

Edited 12 April, 20251 yr by imart143