What is the history of selling say 2025 models in 2024? Why does the car industry do this?
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I personally ignore all of that nonsense and go strictly by when the vehicle was actually physically manufactured, that is what year model it is, because it matters with mileage and maintenance etc.
Irregardless of what year model it is “supposed” to be.
If it was actually physically assembled in June of 2024, then it is a 2024 model, period.
Most cars have three dates:
Model Year: This is the specification to which the car was built. It could have received updates or even a totally new look.
Build Year: This is usually a month and year, and refers to the actual date the car was built.
Compliance / Registration Year: This varies by country and jurisdiction, but typically refers to when the car was imported or registered.
There is no real standard to which a car’s year is presented and different dates can be more relevant depending on the context.
Most likely the context you are exposed to is mostly just marketing spin.
It’s just marketing.
They’ve figured out that people are more likely to buy something labelled as newer. You can buy year X products in year X-1 – it makes no sense really, but people lap it up, so companies keep doing it.
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