Featured Dashboard Summary October 2016

Unless certification happens in time.

It's worth noting that MY2016 can legally run as late as December 31, 2016, and MY2018 can legally start as early as January 2, 2017.

You might see model year shenanigans played with diesels, if certification is taking an extreme amount of time - MY2016 runs right up until the end of legal production, then MY2018 comes in once MY2016 stock is depleted, or something similar.

 

GM's plan is to keep making 2016 diesel Colorados/whatever the GMC model is until the certificates come through on the 2017 model. The manufacturer can even stockpile last year's model for sale during the new year. VW did that once with the TDI Jetta to avoid some emission requirement for a year.

 

If it was built before December 31, 1981, and labeled as a 1980 model.

VW built a surplus of the 2006MY(I believe) Jetta TDI before that Dec 31 cut off to sell as 2006's in 2007.

The 2016 diesel Colorado was EPA certified, and nothing has changed for the 2017 model, so GM doesn't have to make a stock pile to last the year.

 

Here is a "new" 2014 Corolla. New 2014 Toyota Corolla | Manassas, VA | Miller Toyota

 

The reason I say that automakers might want to certify 2018s instead of 2017s is, it means they lose January 1, 2017 for production, but they get to certify less often - only every other year. This also gives them longer to get through the EPA certification delays (which are seriously hurting supply of some diesels) if they stockpile 2016s.

 

with 22k+ miles?

 

Apparently, if it has not been sold or titled, it can be considered as new in Virginia.