[Tyger]

Originally Posted by Jonathan E

We don't get the plaque on the door jam,just the vin sticker so I guess its something I'll never know,I had this reply from Nick Adams on the Lotus cars bbs:

"Hi Jon, the last four digits of the VIN number are the serial number of the car, which show in your case that your car was the 1374th Elise built that year. the year of manufacture is shown by the tenth digit of the VIN (the number immediately before the "H", so if you car has a 4 it was built in 2004 model year, if it has a 5 then it is from the 2005 model year etc. The model year starts rather confusingly in August of the preceding year, ie: the 2005 model year production started in August 2004, with the serial number being reset to 0001 at the same time."
Hope that helps, Nick

Never simple with Lotus is it

That's the way it is for ALL cars (at least in the US), not just Lotus.