My wife and I were watching an insipid TV show last, and I thought I heard a Chevy ad start with the words, “Introducing the 2007 Chevy Tahoe.” Debbie said, “That can’t be right.” So, using the magic of our Tivo-style personal video recorder, I rewound to watch the ad again. (Broadcasters, please note that I used a PVR to watch - not skip - an ad!) By gumph, they were introducing the 2007 Chevy Tahoe. Debbie said, “They must be talking about next year.” But they weren’t. GM is really and truly starting to sell a 2007 model vehicle right now, in January, 2006. And the Tahoe isn’t the only 2007 GM model coming out this month. 2007 Chevrolet Suburbans and Yukons (GMC-branded Tahoe clones) are also on their way to dealers.

The only reason I can think of for this calendar change is that GM expects 2006 to be such a bad year that they’ve decided to skip it entirely and go straight to 2007. I have no idea how accountants and investors (and the SEC) will react to this exciting development, but I’m sure we’ll find out before long.

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