umm im confused..

[Jooce]

my car is a 1991 toyota trueno. but its the older shape with the popup headlights, yet theres 1991 toyota trueno's that are the newer shape?! is my car really a 1991 like the rego says or has something gone wrong?

[Alex B]

Its a change over year.

[~SlideWays~]

Yep, model has to change at some stage. Not like they sit at the Toyota factory waiting for the clock to hit midnight on new years eve and BANG the model changes.

[fuel]

And in some cases you can have the previous model stay in production well after the new model has started production.

[Mr Revhead]

im struggling to recall a case of that.....

[fuel]

KE70 wagon continueing on until 1988 when the 80 series started in 1984 (although no 80 series wagon available).

Ford Telstar 'Orion' which was the 87 shape going right up until 1996, when the newer shape started in 1992. Same with the 626 Wagon of the same year, although there wasn't a new shape 626 Wagon, just the sedans.

A few Mitsis like that too. I'm sure there's more.

[Mr Revhead]

ah i see what you mean
you will find in cases like that there was no equivalant model in the next range

[rolla_fxgt]

ah i see what you mean
you will find in cases like that there was no equivalant model in the next range

If only toyota had stuck with this idea with Levin/trueno's &fxgt's would still be getting them, well at least till the 02 model year when they made those gt corollas/runx

[Alex B]

ah i see what you mean
you will find in cases like that there was no equivalant model in the next range

Wasnt NZ still making KP60's until the ep80 shape ie no nz new ep70's?

[Mr Revhead]

nope
EP7# were new here

[Mike-]

stupid post ae8*/k models ruined it for everyone

[summin]

I would have thought that they'd stop production after the new model is released (if its a direct replacement...)

The older models that are sold in the overlapping year(s) could be stockpiled vehicles that were manufactured but obviously weren't all sold before the new model took over. I could be wrong but thats what I woulda thought

If you kept on manufacturing and selling the older model it would have to be at a heavily discounted price, at the time at least, seeing as they were being replaced by an updated model.

If that makes sense

[FST4RD]

I wonder if this is why things like the evo's the evo 3 and 4 were both produced in '95 and the interiors can be swapped over in them. 2 different shapes, maybe it was cheaper to design the car sort of round the old one to save production costs and to use the same machinery without having to mod it?
Like my mates AE92 levin with AE101 door skins.... fit the same.