The blue one is the one he originally test drove, but chose the the other one to buy for the black color. He went back the next day because he liked the ride of the blue one better.
That's the way the story was told in the original article in the Virginian Pilot, and I do believe the blue one had more bells and whistles, but the sales rep just transferred all the info and it was approved up the chain.
From what I've been reading - this isn't the first time this "family" of dealerships has pulled this kind of stunt....or tried to do so.
Maybe so, but this action of actually having the guy arrested seems to me to be so over the top that it makes me wonder what more there is to the story. Usually, a scammer will jack up the threat level until the mark either caves or fights back so hard the scam attempt isn't worth it anymore - - and then it's just on to the next mark.