Model year designations in USA

[Greg Spark <sparkg@NOSPAMwave.co.nz>]

I've been puzzled for some time about how US listers refer to the current
year's models as being next year's model.

e.g. an A4 2.8 30V bought now (1997) is called a 1998 model!!

You guys get your cars way later than the rest of us so maybe your
1997 models should be called 1996 :-)

Is this a way of convincing yourselves that ol' US of A is way 
ahead of everywhere else in everything, when the rest of the world 
knows the converse to be the case? :-) (flame suit mode=ON)

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Greg Spark
sparkg@SPAMOUTwave.co.nz  (remove SPAMOUT from email address to reply)
Hamilton, New Zealand
'96 (true) A4 1.8Tq