MY

Model Year - not sure why, I would think '06 would suffice, but you're right, it has become internet prevalent!

 

Model Year.

 

I know, it's silly. I suppose it is because you can have a car produced in 2005 which is a 2006 model year car. I think many countries outside the US start there model years with calenders years. Something to bridge the gap, I suppose.

 

People who use MY just want to sound "hip" and "with it."

I think we should take a more refined approach when talking about such issues.

From now on, please refer to your vehicle thusly:

My car is a 2005.1 (or 2005.2, 2005.3, 2005.4, 2005.5, 2005.6, 2005.7, 2005.8, 2005.9, 2005.10, 2005.11, 2005.12).

Further refinements may also be used.

2005.1.1 (first week) 2005.1.2 (second week) 2005.1.3 (third week) 2005.1.4 (fourth week).

BUT! Even that isn't descriptive enough!

2005.1.1.1 (first month, first week, first day of the week)
2005.1.1.2 (first month, first week, second day of the week)
2005.5.3.4 (fifth month, third week, fourth day of the week)
Et cetera.

BUT! There's a problem with low-volume cars that are constructed over many days or weeks!

Say you've got a Zonda that took three weeks to slap together. You'd have to use the following approach:

2005.4.1.3-2005.4.4.4 (Year, month, week, first day of production, year, month, week, last day of production).

Also note that engineering processes change during a particular model's production run. One will logically have to include this in the refined descriptor:

2005.8.2.5(1) whereas the number in parenthesis denotes engineering version.

Cars manufacturers like Ferrari often change engineering processes during a particular production run of cars, sometimes mid-car! It would have to be outlined thusly:

2005.8.2.4(1-1.5-2)-2005.8.3.1(1-0.9-2-1.5-1) please note that not all engineering process are progressive. Sometimes they *uck up and have to pull out an engineering regression. At some points, engineers may change processes based upon wine driven whimsy.

If you own a used McLaren F1 that has been sent back for a refit, an extension of this method will have to be used:

1991.2.4.2(1-3.2)-1991.3.3.3(3.3-4)((2004.11.4.7(5)-2004.12.5.2[5]))

Also, if the construction of your vehicle spans a calendar year, another extension will have to be utilized.

2005.12.4.7(2)-2005[6]2006[5].1.2.5(2)

or in the case of the aforementioned McLaren:

1991.12.4.2(1-3.2)-1991[2]1992[1].1.3.3(3.3-4)((2004.11.4.7(5)-2004.12.5.2[5]))

and possibly:

1991.12.4.2(1-3.2)-1991[2]1992[1].1.3.3(3.3-4)((2004.12.4.7(5)-2004[5]2005[4].12.5.2[5]))

It's all simple and rather descriptive.

 

Wow you put a lot of thought into that; not sure why, but kudos on taking the time to go the extra mile

 

Bill, I don't know about other car manufacturers, but Ferrari is doing this specifically with the 2006 612; the "MY06", because it's different from the 2005, 2004 and 2003 models... That could be the reason these other manufacturers are using the term...

 

...but doesn't production really start when the parts are cast? How are we to account for a 6-month old transmission case that's being fitted to a "new" car?