Why is it called a 2020 Model?

[acsart3]

Doesn't make sense to me, as it's coming out in 2019....... a year in jump?

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[TexTJ209]

Doesn't make sense to me, as it's coming out in 2019....... a year in jump?

That's pretty much how all vehicle year models work. 2018s come out in 2017, 2019s come out in 2018, etc.

 

[Troybilt]

That's pretty much how all vehicle year models work. 2018s come out in 2017, 2019s come out in 2018, etc.

Sure 2020's will come out toward the end of 2019 but this is a 2020 being revealed in November of 2018 and supposably released early 2019. Sound like a fair question to me. Why call it a 2020?

 

[homerun]

Jeep did something similar with the YJ to TJ crossover, technically there was no 1996 wrangler although the TJs were available pretty early in 96.

 

[TexTJ209]

Sure 2020's will come out toward the end of 2019 but this is a 2020 being revealed in November of 2018 and supposably released early 2019. Sound like a fair question to me. Why call it a 2020?

Because it sounds fancier than 2019 :P

 

[Karnaj]

It's a jeep thing. You wouldn't understand.


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[MTH]

Jeep did something similar with the YJ to TJ crossover, technically there was no 1996 wrangler although the TJs were available pretty early in 96.

There were 96 Wranglers. They were exported YJs.

All vehicles 96 and later required airbags. The YJ was not getting them. So they sold YJs here as 95s made until 12/31/95. Normally once September comes, the cars made are all next year's model.

If you search overseas, there are 1996 YJs.

 

[Vegas_Sirk]

This truck won’t be out till April at the earliest so since it’s mid year release they round it up to the next year.

 

[RussJeep1]

Doesn't make sense to me, as it's coming out in 2019....... a year in jump?

It seems to me OP that everyone so far has explained what has been and will be done, but not why.

People want "new" cars; the latest model. Classifying it into the future means the people who got it in November of year "X" don't become disenfranchised in June of year "X" + 1, while those in June don't care because it technically is year "X+1."

It's marketing, a psychological ploy if you will. When my local Costco takes a fresh fish delivery on Wednesday late evening at 11:42PM they call it Thursday's fish.

 

[BlckJT]

The auto industry doesn’t follow our common calendar year. Their calendar year starts Oct 1st. This is an old industry standard dating way back. It allows a few things such as retooling, marketing leading up to launch, and getting produced vehicles to dealer lots.

 

[RussJeep1]

The auto industry doesn’t follow our common calendar year. Their calendar year starts Oct 1st. This is an old industry standard dating way back. It allows a few things such as retooling, marketing leading up to launch, and getting produced vehicles to dealer lots.

True....but why!!! It's not about retooling, or pre-launch marketing, or product distribution. That happens all year round, and new models could be released whenever.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not as if it would be a good idea to roll out the metaphorical new water jet skies to market in September as winter approaches, but this is a different industry and this old standard dating way back is based on not selling people last year's model and having to dip price to incentivize them to do so, or to make people think they're getting a great deal.

We early adopters of the JL are living the frustrations of telling every unknowledgeable person in the industry who doesn't know to ask, that's a 2018 JL we own, not a 2018 JK.

And why was there a 2018 JK......see above. And why is September a popular time for new releases....so people will think they're getting (and sometimes they do) a good deal on "last year's model" because end of quarter and end of year quotas need to be met, especially in light of the truth that the earlier model of the two rigs will depreciate faster.

C'mon everyone. We're smarter than this. How is it every non-chain electronics store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan has a big going out of business sign in the window?

It's so common it's been spoofed:

 

[MTH]

In Europe the registration tag ("license plate" here) on the vehicle denotes when it arrived. So no matter what year the vehicle is called, the tag tells the truth when it was first registered.

I know Ireland even added the quarter to the registration tag too. This VW Amarok is a second quarter 2014 model.

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