How to identify the year of a civic

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03-20-2010 | 03:40 PM

DaHitman

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How to identify the year of a civic

Hi, is it posible to see the differences between a civic 2001 and 2002 from outside?

Some people "know" the year just by seeing it, but I can't. I mean civics from the same generation.

03-20-2010 | 04:30 PM

SPLAT

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Nope.

03-21-2010 | 08:27 AM

mk378

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The tenth digit in a VIN is a letter code that encodes the model year. So if you can get close enough to the car to read the VIN tag, there is a way to tell the model year from outside.