L'automobile de précision - press / show car

Currently Jos is travelling abroad for the coming two weeks for business reasons, meaning not a lot will be done on the car. So you will have to do with my admin updates and findings about this car. I like the challenge as there is very little known or available about this car. The first thing I have purchased is this fiche. I did happen to have bought a similar fiche about a different Monteverdi car years ago - not sure why though.

As can be seen, the fiche is not very special, a photo on the front and the usual details and speficiations on the backside. 

The photo used is a very interesting one though. It's likely the first press/show car of the Sierra. It's not having the "Wolf Race" wheels that got standard fitted. I'm unsure which brand and model these rims are though. Anyone?

Furthermore this is the only model that has "air vents" in the C-pillar (or are they some kind of decorative ornaments?) All other models are having this decorative strip placed with chrome pipings.

And all other models I have seen so far are having as well the horizontal chrome pipings from the bottom and top rear window towards the side windows, which is missing on this press/show car too. See the photo below the fiche as verification example.

Based on the color, these little details described above and the VIN I now suspect our car is potentially this one. Furthermore I can see the location of the Monteverdi badge on the C-pillar is on the same location as ours, meaning it does not allow room for the chrome horizontal piping either.

By now I also just noticed our badges does have a black horizontal line included below and above the inscripted name. And our badges are as such slightly larger. Again a small detail which is different from the other ones I have seen online.

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Difference in badge size. Due to the smaller size used it does allow room for the chrome trim piping.

I do happen to have found another photo of the press/show car from a different angle. With a magnifier I was able to see these are having the larger badges used (c-pillar & boot) - although it was impossible to see the black lines on the badge.

Let's see if I can uncover more details about our car. As always I welcome any input or remarks. This blog does not require a Google account to comment.