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TEG

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People have asked on the forum when Roadsters were made, so I started an effort to look through pictures of VDS screens and door labels to track the date of manufacture. This topic will contain a list of what I found, and I will edit it to add more if people give the manufacture date of their Roadster.
 
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Here are some MFG dates from door stickers and VDS screens:
EP03: 13 Jul 2006 crash tested
EP04: 17 Nov 2006
VP01: ?? Mar 2007
VP16: 12 Feb 2008
VP18: 12 May 2008
F019: 15 Jul 2008
F025: 24 Jul 2008
VP19: 03 Sep 2008
0026: 25 Sep 2008
0033: 06 Oct 2008
0052: 20 Oct 2008
0055: 20 Oct 2008
0072: 04 Nov 2008
0087: ?? Oct 2008
0105: 26 Nov 2008
0109: 24 Nov 2008
0113: 25 Nov 2008
0124: ?? Nov 2008
0133: 03 Dec 2008
0152: 01 Jan 2009
0164: ?? Dec 2008
0181: 01 Jan 2009
0189: 01 Jan 2009
0194: ?? Jan 2009
0209: 01 Jan 2009
VP31: ?? Jan 2009
VP30: 02 Feb 2009
0217: 06 Feb 2009
0243: 16 Feb 2009
0265: 12 Feb 2009
0278: 13 Feb 2009
0357: ?? Mar 2009
0386: 26 Mar 2009
0360: ?? Apr 2009
0414: ?? Apr 2009
0423: 07 Apr 2009
0425: ?? Apr 2009
0436: 16 Apr 2009
0453: 28 Apr 2009
0501: 30 Apr 2009
0531: ?? May 2009
0532: ?? May 2009
0503: ?? Jun 2009
0536: 24 Jun 2009
0606: ?? Jun 2009
0545: 02 Jul 2009
0582: 22 Jul 2009
0649: ?? Jul 2009
0670: 17 Aug 2009
0674: ?? Jul 2009
0675: ?? Jul 2009
0690: 08 Sep 2009
0717: 26 Sep 2009
0766: ?? Nov 2009
0802: ?? Dec 2009
0804: 07 Dec 2009
0809: ?? Dec 2009
0817: 01 Jan 2010
0839: ?? Jan 2010
0856: 09 Feb 2010
0919: ?? Mar 2010
0929: ?? Apr 2010
0950: 26 May 2010
0969: ?? Jun 2010
0983: 25 Jun 2010
0994: 05 July 2010
1019: 20 Jul 2010
1113: 26 Oct 2010
1153: ?? Nov 2010
1162: 07 Dec 2010
1181: ?? Dec 2010
1196: 01 Jan 2011
1256: 10 Mar 2011
1273: ?? Mar 2011
1291: ?? Apr 2011
1305: 18 Apr 2011
1315: 03 May 2011
1349: ?/ Jun 2011
1370: ?? Jul 2011
1405: 16 Aug 2011
1422: 31 Aug 2011
1438: 13 Sep 2011
(These were all Roadsters seen in North America)


Europe:
EU 0002: 11 Aug 2009
EU 0023: 18 Aug 2009
EU 0112: ?? Sep 2009
EU 0183: 09 Jul 2010
EU 0222: ?? Mar 2010
EU 0330: 23 Jul 2010
EU 0335: 18 Aug 2010
EU 0359: 08 Sep 2010
EU 0424: 26 Oct 2010
EU 0481: 10 Dec 2010
EU 0569: 06 Apr 2011 (for Hong Kong)
EU 0570: 11 Apr 2011
EU 0944: 19 Dec 2011
 
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For TEG's records, #834's birthday looks to be 21-January, 2010.

The door sticker only says January, but 1/21/2010 appears to be the oldest entry with a valid time stamp in the logs. Seems to have had a number of problems during "birth"... a number of 154x errors, VMS restarted on 25-January, etc... Not sure I really wanted to see these, but probably not that unusual given the kind of car that it is.
 
Here are some MFG dates from door stickers and VDS screens:
VP16: 12 Feb 2008
VP19: 03 Sep 2008
0026: 25 Sep 2008
0052: 20 Oct 2008
0055: 20 Oct 2008
0072: ?? Nov 2008
0105: 26 Nov 2008
0124: ?? Nov 2008
0133: 03 Dec 2008
0164: ?? Dec 2008
0194: ?? Jan 2009
VP30: 02 Feb 2009
0217: 06 Feb 2009
0357: ?? Mar 2009
0386: 26 Mar 2009
0360: ?? Apr 2009
0423: 07 Apr 2009
0436: 16 Apr 2009
0531: ?? May 2009
0532: ?? May 2009
0503: ?? Jun 2009
0606: ?? Jun 2009
0582: 22 Jul 2009
0649: ?? Jul 2009
0674: ?? Jul 2009
0675: ?? Jul 2009
0717: 26 Sep 2009
0804: 07 Dec 2009
0809: ?? Dec 2009
0817: 01 Jan 2010
0839: ?? Jan 2010
0856: 09 Feb 2010
0919: ?? Mar 2010
0929: ?? Apr 2010
0950: 26 May 2010
0969: ?? Jun 2010
1181: ?? Dec 2010
1273: ?? Mar 2011
1315: ?? Apr 2011
1370: ?? Jul 2011

(These were all Roadsters seen in North America)

I believe 0072 was NOV 4 2008 to be exact
 
Here are some MFG dates from door stickers and VDS screens:
VP16: 12 Feb 2008
VP19: 03 Sep 2008
0026: 25 Sep 2008
0052: 20 Oct 2008
0055: 20 Oct 2008
0072: ?? Nov 2008
0105: 26 Nov 2008
0124: ?? Nov 2008
0133: 03 Dec 2008
0164: ?? Dec 2008
0194: ?? Jan 2009
VP30: 02 Feb 2009
0217: 06 Feb 2009
0357: ?? Mar 2009
0386: 26 Mar 2009
0360: ?? Apr 2009
0423: 07 Apr 2009
0436: 16 Apr 2009
0531: ?? May 2009
0532: ?? May 2009
0503: ?? Jun 2009
0606: ?? Jun 2009
0582: 22 Jul 2009
0649: ?? Jul 2009
0674: ?? Jul 2009
0675: ?? Jul 2009
0717: 26 Sep 2009
0804: 07 Dec 2009
0809: ?? Dec 2009
0817: 01 Jan 2010
0839: ?? Jan 2010
0856: 09 Feb 2010
0919: ?? Mar 2010
0929: ?? Apr 2010
0950: 26 May 2010
0969: ?? Jun 2010
1181: ?? Dec 2010
1273: ?? Mar 2011
1315: ?? Apr 2011
1370: ?? Jul 2011

(These were all Roadsters seen in North America)
my #414 was a MY08 car built in Apr 09
 
For your records TEG :)

FR VIN : SFZRE2B17A3000424
Assembled 26 oct 2010
Hethel, UK

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