Talk:Model year
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"In Europe, the model year of the following calendar year is given to all the vehicles produced and sold since September of the preceding year. For instance, if the car was produced in August 2004, then it still belongs to the 2004 model year, but if it was produced in October of the same year, then it is a 2005 model."
This may be true of some countries, or it may be an EU regulation. But I don't think it's common knowledge. I may be wrong about this but my impression is that it is more common practice to date a car from when it is first registered. When referring to model years, there may be two different cars with the same model year because the new model was launched half way through the year. Europe never really adopted the 1950s American habit of launching a cosmetically new (but technically little changed) car each year to persuade people to change their model, so the concept of "model year" has little significance in European consumers' eyes. Adrian Robson 18:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
