No, but you made me so mad with your (deleted) post that I went on a search and I have found someone with a friend who has a 1996 MY 96-Spec ITR that was titled and had plates issued in 1995.

Although it is a 1996 MY ITR, I can understand why many people would find it easiest to refer to it as a 1995 ITR because that's what the permanent plates say.