2015 or 2016 model year ???

[STEVES ATX]

Bought my ATX 50 Series - VERY HAPPY - Wife loves driving it ! She says "it really goes ! alot better than the Falcon (BF XR6) we had !" 

Anyway, when we first bought it, was advertised as a 2015 model. I checked the build date & it says Dec 2015.

Now my previous experience in the motorcycle industry, is that generally Japanese manufacturers tend to start the next model year half way thru the previous year, i.e. for example, a July 2015 build would be classed as a 2016 model.

Does anyone know if this is the same for car makers ??
Does this make my Aurion a 2016 model NOT a 2015 model ???

It is an ATX but has the Sportivo type grill, not the chrome grill (I prefer chrome but have gotten used to the more "sporty" look). I know this is on the later model ATX's.

Not that it makes any real difference to me, but the missus like to have a newer car as possible LOL !

Anyone know ?

Thanks.

[Hiro]

April 2015 was the "facelift" release date.  "Model Years" aren't really used in Australia (unlike the US for instance), there don't tend to be major changes year-to-year.  Dealers etc may have end-of-year runout sales etc but apart from the build date there probably isn't anything really different between a Dec 2015 and a Feb 2016 car.