Vin code vs first registration

67Dart273 said

I don't know about Europe, but in the U.S. care models back then were routinely release for sale before the first of the model year.

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Same here. But in this case the first registration looks to be released before the build-date of the car..
Maybe a customs-worker who could not decode the vin or the buyer tricked him into a 72 car?