[Griff]

Is it time to rename the model "The 2024 Subaru Solterra?"

 

[n6nl]

Only if they upgrade the DCFC to 150kW peak rate and replace the 6.6kW L2 AC charger with an 11kW. Both Toyota and Subaru will have to learn not to produce a mostly unchanged car for five years, or they are going to quickly find out how fast everyone else is moving and how utterly uncompetitive their offering is (well below the mid-point at the moment and sinking as some others rise).

I am figuring I might not be able to get one until the normal 2024 model year timeframe, given that I missed the pre-order window.

 

[442]

I am figuring I might not be able to get one until the normal 2024 model year timeframe, given that I missed the pre-order window.

Probably applies to most reservation holders as well

 

[BinPNW]

This got me thinking...about what calendar month do auto manufacturers start releasing their "2024" model?
I was curious whether the SOA website had any news but the website doesn't say a word-- about a "new"er model, or the recall.. Introducing the all-new 2023 Subaru Solterra electric SUV

 

[FelineFreddie]

There’s often no logic on when manufacturers select the year model when introducing new/updated models. And, there’s certainly no universal convention that I’m aware of that is in place to standardize the nomenclature of year model assignments across manufacturers.

 

[n6nl]

It’s somewhat dependent upon when they want to abide by the new MY rules by EPA, CARB, NHTSA, etc. For whatever advantages a new MY may have for them.

 

[442]

It's all marketing. Anytime after January they start itching to release ads for the next model year. It does cost quite a bit of money to roll things over though, there's a ton of paperwork that has to be done (regulatory and customer related). They also have to make their annual sales figures "better than the rest" before wrapping things up on the current model year.

 

[md.]

To the OP's original point, we're reaching the beginning of the time period where the 2023 model year would normally be released, the last few months of the previous calendar year. So 2024s would still generally be a year away.

 

[Ducatista]

To the OP's original point, we're reaching the beginning of the time period where the 2023 model year would normally be released, the last few months of the previous calendar year. So 2024s would still generally be a year away.

Yeah I agree with this. Its more the norm for the next model year to be released in Q3 and Q4 of the current year. Definitely not as common for them to appear in Q1 or Q2 of the current year (but it definitely still happens). Due to delays, the all new 2022 WRX didn't follow any of the norm as I believe it was released at the end of Q1 2022.

 

[442]

Yes, I was being more than a bit facetious