2017 Class A's

Effy wrote:
Beating a dead horse, but despite "gearing up for production" and all that, I struggle how it makes any difference in what you call a unit. If it comes off the line in Apr 2016, I don't care what you call it, it's a 2016. Might be called "2017" design, which is still nonsense. Most 2017 designs were conceived in 2015. It's all marketing to get folks to buy the newest models. If they "geared up production" for a new model this year and called it a 2016 (which it is) they wouldn't sell as many. So, they lie. And to say it's not a lie defies any concept of space and time. If it isn't 2017, it isn't a 2017 model. And RV manufacturers are the worst. 2017 models coming out in in Jan of 2016 is either magical time-travelling or a generous dose of marketing hype. I get why they do it, it's still not accurate if you want to compare it to a calendar. Any calendar will do.

The only viable logic is that if they call them a model a year ahead so that they get a whole extra 12 months of sale time while they liquidate the previous model year's inventory. I think it has very little to do with gearing up for production. It has everything to do with advertising and avoiding a lull in sales.

EFFY, I am 60 years old. Until about 25 years ago, I can remember when they unveiled the NEXT model year and sold them in September. There used to be a BIG production from Ford/GM/Chrysler/Dodge. They SOLD 1972 cars in Sep. of 1971. Same for previous years and subsequent years. So, how is it a lie????? You can believe what you want, but I have been in the RV BUSINESS 45 years and this is a normal way that model years are done on some models. The way you keep arguing brings back memories from years ago trying to reason with customers that could NOT comprehend that because some NEW motorhomes had 700 to 1500 miles on them, they were BRAND NEW and NOT Demos. They could not believe they were driven and not transported to dealerships. Doug. See this about the Ford Mustang.



"1964



Since it was introduced five months before the normal start of the 1965 production year and manufactured alongside 1964 Ford Falcons and 1964 Mercury Comets, the earliest Mustangs are widely referred to as the 1964½ model. Even if they were 1965 models".