This is a car I sold in 2021, but this one thing still bugs me.

I drove a Kia Picanto (european model) manufacfured September 2006.

The car was sold new at the dealership in March 2009. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP, literally three years.

Truth is, I had no idea the car was actually older. Here in Slovakia, the title only states the date of first registry.

At the time, I didn't understand much about cars and didn't know VIN numbers did exist. I was 19 at the time and bought it used. I thought the car was actually a 2009 model. It was sold in March '09 with 8 miles on the odometer.

Can somebody explain this? How is this possible? Can you imagine a car sitting on the dealership lot for 3 years, with nobody asking about it?

Seems fishy to me.

The car was very unreliable, broke down frequently. There was an intermittent engine fault when the timing was off and the car was losing power. Kia denied the car being problematic and couldn't find any recalls in their computer when I tried to get compensation. I searched on the internet and even talked to Dan using this platform and result was this is a known fault of these Hyundai-Kia engines (1.1.), yet Kia doesn't know about it. This says something...Kia is a pretty bad company.

Does this engine fault affect why the car was at the dealership (or actually God knows where ) before it was sold new in Slovakia? My guess is that no, the engine fault wouldn't show from the outset, right?

Share your thoughts on this, everyone's welcome.