[V8] Another V8 Classic Line for sale

[Bastian Preindl]

Hi,

Coleman, David schrieb:
> Not sure, but there's pics of a beauty in the museum somewhere...
>
> At the least it includes a super pretty (in my eyes at least) and extensive butter-colored leather interior, with contrasting piping.  Unique headliner and options too IIRC. 
>
> Kinda korny emblems too. 
>   

... there are a variety of definitions out there what a classic line is 
and what it not is.

The "hardcore" definition says: An Audi V8 Classic Line has one of the 
colour combinations of the sales sheet, a manual gearbox and a manual AC.

Actually, I see it a little bit more relaxed and say: An Audi V8 Classic 
Line has one of the colour combinations of the sales sheet, no matter 
which kind of extras it has or not has.

Audi seems to say: An Audi V8 Classic Line is everything based on the 
sales sheet
extended by the customer's wiches. E.g. Mr. Tim Connollys care my mate 
ownes I've told already about has a Cognac (light brown) / Black leather 
arrangement, but Pomerol-green outside. That's actually not a Classic 
Line, but sold as a Classic Line (we have the original receipt).

A lot of people say (and that's definetely wrong in my eyes): Every Audi 
V8 with Magnolia seats (your "butter" ones ;), no matter which kind of 
seats, is a Classic Line. Or: Every V8 with leathered doorboards is a 
Classic Line.

Actually there is not "the one and real" definition of Classic Line at 
all - we had dozens discussions in the last year about it. In any case 
the Audi V8 Classic Line is an extremely rare version (I guess even more 
rare than the ABT extensions) having a very well crafted full leather 
interior and providing a complete different "sit in and shut down" 
feeling in comparison to a "usual" V8. In contrast it is very hard to 
keep it in a good condition as the leather is always Connolly, which is 
very sensitive no matter which colour it is, and if you have the 
Magnolia colour it starts looking dirty very quick.

Actually there has also been an Audi V8 long wheel based Classic Line 
version called "Office version", which is even more rare (there are four 
pieces in the wild common to us). Concerning the emblem: A classic line 
usually has NO emblem, but there are some (at least the office versions) 
which have them on the passenger airbag wood.

Ah, very interesting is also that it seems like the brown secondary 
leather interior combination has neven been ordered as after monitoring 
the international market for nearly six nears now never - really never - 
a Classic Line came up with that interiour. There has been one, and only 
one, which had the red combination (Magnolia/Pinotred) together with 
Cognac but I fear it has been destructed. No idea where the interior has 
gone to...

Actually, the following Classic Line V8 cars are known to me:

- Audi V8 Avant (prototype) manual gearbox, Ex-Piech car, Magnolia/Green 
inside, Robingreen outside, leathered roof, to be seen in the Ingolstadt 
Audi museum in Germany
- Audi V8 Lim. automatic gearbox, right hand driven, Ex-Tim-Connolly, 
Cognac/Black inside, Pomerolgreen outside, leathered roof, private 
property, Austria
- Audi V8 Lim. manual, the "original" Classic Line from the sales sheet, 
Magnolia/Black inside, Brillant black outside, leathered roof, private 
property, Germany, restored from a very poor condition
- Audi V8 Lim. automatic gearbox, forth last V8 ever built, 1994, 
Magnolia/Green inside, Balmoralgreen (Rolls Royce) outside, alcantara 
roof, private property, Austria
- Audi V8 Lim. manual, no Bose, Magnolia/Blue, perhaps Marina-blue, 
leathered roof, private property, Germany
- Audi V8 LWB automatic, office v., right hand driven, 
Ex-African-Frontline politician car (don't ask me who, could ask if you 
want to), Cognac/Green, hidden in Neckarsulm by Audi
- Audi V8 LWB automatic, office v., lhd, Magnolia/Black, black outside, 
private property, Germany
- Audi V8 LWB automatic, office v., Magnolia/Blue, Indigoblue perl 
effect outside, private property, Germany
- Audi V8 automatic, Magnolia/Green, Balmoral green, private property, 
Germany, restored from a very poor condition
- approximately 5 Audi V8 Classic Line being in a rather poor condition 
or condition and history unknown which came across me in the last years 
and have been sold to people not common to the community (well, some of 
the cars listed above are also in the property of people who would 
prefer that nobody knows that they own the car, however, bad luck) - I 
also count the one discussed right here

Hopefully I haven't overseen one - nevertheless you see that they are 
unholy rare and finding one a good condition is nearly impossible.

Regards

Bastian