Template talk:Toyota road cars timeline, 1985–2014

Global

Remember, this is a global timeline. Just because a particular model wasn't available in a particular year in your particular country, that doesn't mean it was no longer made. This timeline was copied from the Template:Modern Japanese Market Toyota cars. Japan tends to have all models that Toyota ever made, so it is probably the best basis for a global timeline. Stepho-wrs (talk) 05:42, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Calendar years

The years are the middle of calendar years, not US style model years. Dates represent the calendar year at which a model starts. So if a model X is produced from Oct 1994 to Oct 1997 and is replaced by model Y from Oct 1997 to Oct 1999 then X is listed as 1994/1995/1996 and Y is listed as 1997/1998. Which means the 2009 column should not be filled out while we are still in 2008. The 2009 column is for models introduced halfway through 2009. Models introduced in 2008 belong in the 2008 column, even though production is likely to continue for the early part of 2009. Stepho-wrs (talk) 05:42, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some missing models

Toyota Avalon/Pronard is one of the missing models on this time line. Wfrmsf (talk) 06:31, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, there's heaps of missing models - mostly American. The timeline used on most articles is for American cars. I found a Japanese timeline (Toyota released nearly every single model in its home market) and tweaked it a little to make this global timeline but never really got around to adding in the purely American models. Feel free to add them in. Stepho (talk) 08:29, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name change

Why was this page changed from "Toyota road cars timeline, 1985–date" to "Toyota road cars timeline, Japan Market, 1985–date (Model Years) ‎" ? It is meant to cover the entire world, not just Japan. Why would a Japanese or international timeline use US style model years? Why was such a large change made with no discussion? This makes no sense. Stepho talk 10:51, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It has now been changed back. A Japan-only template can be created if anyone feels the need for it. Stepho talk 08:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Time to split

The article is starting get unwieldy, covering 35 years from 1985 to 2020. I propose we split it to be 1985-2009 and 2010-date. Of course, a redirect will translate the old name to the 2010-date version and we would adjust articles as needed if they are in the 1985-2009 range. Thoughts? Stepho talk 10:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Stepho-wrs: A split has been made by Boivie yesterday. 182.30.92.7 (talk) 08:26, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All good! Stepho talk 21:27, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]