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Sandie
Not in France: in fact, one of the explanations given in 2000 was, besides the European normalization, the fact that most automobiles makes unveil the changes during all the year, the July change being nothing more than an administrative marker for years...
European normalisation? But German, UK and Swedish manufacturers to name 3 use a model year system so this would actually be a step away from harmonisation.
I find this whole thing somewhat unconvincing, I have to be honest because of holes in the argument like this, and really a French administrative ruling would only apply to French models anyway.