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Originally Posted by pothole
What is it with the US and the silly model year thing? How can this be a "2012" car. It's sitting there in your driveway in 2011. Porsche probably isn't even going to manufacture any 997 cabs in 2012.
Why bother? What's the advantage of calling this car a "2012" car?
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It probably started with a battle between US manufacturers to get their models out first. So if Ford released in January, GM would do it in December to beat them to the new model year. Eventually, it settled out to roughtly September-October when models for the next year are available.