Model year

The model year is in mass-produced products (especially cars ) are usually the first year of production of the respective version and thus not always the same as the year of construction. If there are no technical changes to the current series made ​​, ie products of a really already past model year may be even made ​​it. In part, the production of a model year begins long before the start of the calendar year. The reason for this is that the car manufacturers to adapt their production devices (eg assembly lines ) during the summer vacation close.

In particular, in the North American automotive market different vehicles of the same model are differentiated by model year and not, as usual, distinguished in Europe after model, platform code or running numbers and letters. The models of the following model year are presented here and mostly brought from late summer into the trade, so that the year of manufacture not often match the model year at the trade fairs at the beginning of the year.