Originally posted by Viss1:
The first 50 SVTs, while production models, were partially completed by hand and heavily scrutinized. They were used in auto shows, as media test vehicles, and as demos.
Also called 1PP (First Production Parts) as well as "Perfect Launch" vehicles - saleable units, but extra triple checked to make sure the production process is running correctly. You have the "HAND SPEC" badge under the hood somewhere, don't you?
I got to drive pre-production Lincoln LSes a while back. They had big stickers under the hood declaring that it was a violation of federal law to sell the car to the general public, blah blah. Pretty sure they were CP (Confirmation Prototype) vehicles. Still had some bugs - they broke the lugs on the ONLY MTX there that day, so I was driving slushboxes all afternoon.
