To celebrate their success of selling the PS2 console in extremely high amounts (In December 2001), Sony made 5 limited edition Playstation 2 consoles. Only 666 pieces were available of each color in each region (US - Europe - Japan) which were Super Red, Metallic Silver, Asutorasu Blue, Snow White and Light Yellow. These are often referred to as automotive editions. To me, they were more impressive before you could get a slim white PS2 through the SingStar edition.