What is the meaning of pur sang, then? I thought that was Spanish for pure blood/thoroughbred, there was a Bultaco Pursang many years ago.

Khamsin

We switched to higher-strength steel in the frame/unibody to make it stiffer

This happened to my father around 1995. He bought what he thought was a new Audi 100s. When I first saw it some months later, I thought the wheels were wrong. Decided to look deeper, and none of the S upgrades were present, it was a base 100 with 100S badges. Slime balls.