VAG Press cars?

[Simonk]

Quick question, is there a site or any way of knowing which cars were Audi Press cars?
I seem to remember the previous owner saying mine might have been, but I could be wrong.

Many thanks

Si

[Tom C]

Originally Posted by Simonk

Quick question, is there a site or any way of knowing which cars were Audi Press cars?
I seem to remember the previous owner saying mine might have been, but I could be wrong.

Many thanks

Si

What car is it? And what reg number?

[Simonk]

Hi Tom

It's a UR Quattro, G747 KVV

Regards

Simon

[marcusR]

It was registered with a Northamptonshire plate. Northamptonshire is where VAG Head office registered cars (even though its based in Buckinghamshire) the last 2 of the plate shows it...

BD Northamptonshire
NH Northampton
NV Northamptonshire
RR Northamptonshire
RP Northamptonshire
VV Northampton


....BUT there was also a number of Audi dealers in Northamptonshire registering cars to customers, businesses etc and not every car registered at VAG head office was a "Press car" (think company cars, staff lease cars, major fleet deals and all sorts of other stuff)

Ask kenquattro ..hes pretty clued up on Press Cars

[Kenquattro]

I would be pretty certain that it was originally a VAG UK car/Press car. In the service book, it will have the stamp of the supplying dealer inside the first page. If it was a VAG UK car, it will have the VAG UK Milton Keynes stamp.
Phil Short's old red 20V was a G+++ KVV reg originally,before it had his plate on it.

There was also a Glacier 90 quattro 20V with a G+++ KVV reg used in a CAR Magazine Giant Test in early 1990.

A lot of the high end Audis of that era were VAG UK registered, especially the V8s, 100 Turbos etc.

[Kenquattro]

Originally Posted by marcusR

It was registered with a Northamptonshire plate. Northamptonshire is where VAG Head office registered cars (even though its based in Buckinghamshire) the last 2 of the plate shows it...

BD Northamptonshire
NH Northampton
NV Northamptonshire
RR Northamptonshire
RP Northamptonshire
VV Northampton


....BUT there was also a number of Audi dealers in Northamptonshire registering cars to customers, businesses etc and not every car registered at VAG head office was a "Press car" (think company cars, staff lease cars, major fleet deals and all sorts of other stuff)

Absolutely spot on.

[Kenquattro]

A link to a pic of Phil Short's old 20V, G808 KVV.

http://www.urquattro.fr/Web/Pages/Jo...9.html#anchor1

[Simonk]

Many thanks for the info Ken. I have checked my Service Schedule & it states the car belongs to VAG (UK) Ltd and the dealer stamp was Milton Keynes. So it was an Audi car but, as you say, it could have been a company car, staff lease car etc.

Regards

Simon

[Hanuman]

I'm curious, though. Besides being more photographed than other registered audis, is there anything about a 'press car' that should make it more valuable than a similar condition example?
I think not.
The 'press car' aspect really adding only a curiosity point in its history.

[Simonk]

I wasn't thinking about it putting £xxx on the value, just wanting to find out the history.

Regards
Si