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*** It actually makes sense (car models are referred to by year, after all) until you realize the books they appear in take place in 1991 and 1992, respectively.
* [[The Nineties]] gave us the [[Cyberpunk]] [[Subculture]] magazine, ''Mondo 2000''. According to the editors, the name was deliberately chosen to give the magazine an "expiration date", embracing the fact that this morning's "[[Cutting Edge]]" is tomorrow's [[Zeerust]].
* In ''[[Honor Harrington]]'', the Solarian League Navy has a program called "Fleet 2000",<ref>the HH date is coming up on the year 2000 Post Diaspora, which would be 4103 anno domini</ref>
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** The Walther WA 2000 sniper rifle
** The CZ 2000 weapon system
* The [[wikipedia:Thameslink Programme|Thameslink Programme]] was originally called "Thameslink 2000". The name change might have something to do with the numerous schedule
* In the Philippines, the hardtop version of the 1980 [[wikipedia:Toyota Corona|Toyota Corona]] was marketed as the "Corona 2000" due to its 2000cc engine. That and its body style earned it the nickname [[Cool Car|"Macho Car"]].
* In 1999, the Hostess company released ''Twinkies 2000'' to the store shelves. They weren't alone; [http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=19991212&uc_comic=su several processed foodstuffs] had special millennium-branded releases that year.
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