(Just had a moment of Deja Vu was not AR08 Max the registration of Brian Voakes' silver AeroMax?)
No, Brian's car was Liquid Mercury and was the pre-production car.
There is an amusing story attached to the car up for auction and part of it is that the original owner almost immediately attempted to flip the Aeromax for a profit, which the factory took issue with.
As for the price, one recently sold privately for the figure Brownbaker mentioned.
