This is what I personally think. I think kirby probably had wanted to launch this "new model/platform" back in 2020, at the start of the decade, just like they did with the classic in 1970 and G-series in 1990. But heres a few factors to why I think they waited this far. The first reason being the pademic. I don't see kirby lauching a new machine at a time when a lot of people are staying at home,unemployed, and all other type of stuff. And with people being out of work during the pandemic, people aren't going to be like, "ok let me go out or have a kirby rep come to my home during a global pademic and sell me a 2k vacuum". Another reason why I think kirby held off is because back in 2019 rexair had launched the SRX, which was their next platform in machines. I think kirby was like "ok lets let rexair have 2019 to have their launch year and then we'll have ours next. So I think kirby let rexair have 2019 to release the SRX and then have 2020 and onwards to launch and sell their machines till its been out for a lil while and sales for it slow down a bit. Then the other reason I think why kirby is waiting to launch this machine is because they probably dont want any recall issues with it like what they had back in 1990 with the G3 and the tech drive or what rexair had a few years ago with the SRX. Granted I could be completely wrong and they could have completely different reasons for the delay. However with the sale of the company to Right Lane Industries it does have me questioning what future models will be like, or even if we get anymore platforms in 30+ years.