Model Years in the late ‘50s

From the start of Bus production in 1950 through 1954, the model year corresponded directly with the calendar year. Then in August 1955, VW introduced the model year system which was already popular with American car manufacturers. A Volkswagen built on August 1st, 1955 was a new ‘56 model. After VW introduced the model year with much fanfare in 1955, they didn’t mention much about it in technical literature until the early ‘60s. So, this left an unclear area in the mid to late ’50s, where there really wasn’t much that explicitly stated model year cutoffs. This can be a problem since cars aren’t always titled