New classic designation & ultrasport registry?

[wildweezel]

Saw somebody mentioning on one of the FB Audi groups that Audi has supposedly recently designated the original A4 B6 Ultrasport as a classic & supposedly now has a registry & VIN check, similar to bmw with the old M3 (E30, E36, E46, etc) registry where you could check to see if your car was authentic or just a clone.

As far as I know, there supposedly wasn't any special VIN indicator for the Ultrasports. Is this true? Or is it wishful thinking on their part?

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[AvantNoir]

Hah, doubtful.
I think I know the thread you're referring to. The OP is a guy in Australia that's trying to petition for it to happen. He's very confused about the differences between a USA Ultrasport and the ROW models.
The post is becoming a bit of a joke to the ones in the know

[wildweezel]

Hah, doubtful.
I think I know the thread you're referring to. The OP is a guy in Australia that's trying to petition for it to happen. He's very confused about the differences between a USA Ultrasport and the ROW models.
The post is becoming a bit of a joke to the ones in the know

I figured as much, but thought I'd ask anyway.
I'd never heard of any special VIN designation on our cars & I knew they were S-lines in Europe.

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[b6.avant.USP]

I figured as much, but thought I'd ask anyway.
I'd never heard of any special VIN designation on our cars & I knew they were S-lines in Europe.

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I would assume there's no special vin for us. I bought a b6 avant with the ultrasport look and was told that it was real. I checked with Audi via phone and email and they only provided colour specs and production numbers. No info on ''for this VIN'' this was an ultrasport.

[rollerton]

How could they even do that? Go browse some of the UK based B6 FB groups and you'll see that 70% of the cars over there are spec'd like a USP as far as options and body work and there's no special designation / options package. That's just what people like and sells best so that's how they built them.
We get no options like that in the US. From what I can tell the 'Ultrasport' seems to be something *almost* specific to the US. There are like 6 different seat designs for the B6 over there; in the US you got regular damn seats. Or spend $4500 for a set of Recaros. It would be funny to hear a conversation when someone tried to request anything non-standard on a B6 at the dealer. The answer would be : Not Available. Buy a USP.

Over in most of Europe it was a buffet. Get literally anything you want if you ask the right guy. But I many people would be even slightly interested in what we call the Ultrasport.