RE model years: Volkswagen group now change over to the new model year from Week 22 (late May) each year. Obviously, it will take time for new model year cars to be completed, dispatched and registered so we should not automatically assume that cars that are registered after Week 22 are the new model year.

To be honest, I've never been a fan of how some people insist that something is from the next MY if it's registered in October or similar especially as I'm not convinced that all European manufacturers have definitive change over dates. I'd prefer we operated on visual changes or VIN numbers if they are available (some plate check sites such as the ones for Australia and Sweden tell us the VIN).