Question of the Day: What Month Does the New Model Year Start?

You know how you can often buy a car from a certain year while your calendar still says it's the previous year? You go to buy a new car in 2008, and you're looking at 2009 models? What's the deal with that? Are these cars being sent back in time from the future? Ask.cars.com explains how the changeover works from one model year to the next, and how you can use tools on Cars.com to keep track.

What Month Does the New Model Year Start? (Ask.cars.com)

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a car can be called the next year's model if it's sold after Jan 1, right? Wonder what will be the 1st 2010 MY on the market?