How colour can f*ck up a car
07 July 2003, 02:18 PM
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I was thinking of all the cars I've seen over the years where colour has f*cked up a car big time
Yellow has to be the one
Corrado
Audi S4
Ferrari 348
911
968
Am I alone?
Yellow has to be the one
Corrado
Audi S4
Ferrari 348
911
968
Am I alone?
07 July 2003, 02:26 PM
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Gold???
I can think of at least two cars which look the business in Gold-
Ford Crapri with vinyl roof
Opel Manta
I can think of at least two cars which look the business in Gold-
Ford Crapri with vinyl roof
Opel Manta
07 July 2003, 02:30 PM
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Agree, as per my comments on the RS6 thread.
Audis should never be red
BMWs should never be red
Aston Martins should never be red
Jaguars should never be red
Ferraris should never be yellow
Nothing should ever be white or metallic brown!
Audis should never be red
BMWs should never be red
Aston Martins should never be red
Jaguars should never be red
Ferraris should never be yellow
Nothing should ever be white or metallic brown!
07 July 2003, 02:32 PM
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Nissan do a lovely shade of Salmon Pink for Micra - Nice 
That bloody awful off-gold / yellow that is used on M3s is pretty rank too.
Chris
That bloody awful off-gold / yellow that is used on M3s is pretty rank too.
Chris
07 July 2003, 02:33 PM
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Yellow 911's are fab
The worst colour is that horrid blue green that they had for Scoobies in about 97 yuk!!! I'll try and find a pic.
[Edited by Mark Champion - 7/7/2003 2:35:04 PM]
The worst colour is that horrid blue green that they had for Scoobies in about 97 yuk!!! I'll try and find a pic.
[Edited by Mark Champion - 7/7/2003 2:35:04 PM]
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07 July 2003, 02:46 PM
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In an old copy of Top Marques I have lurking in my crapper, there is a yellow Merc SL500 (wedge shaped), says it's a 'special edition' and I think they're right!
Worse still there's a new shape M5 in hideous yellow!....I mean....someone had to actually go into a beemer dealership and say, "Hmmmm! I think.....the yellow looks good!"
Proof if ever it were needed that w##king makes you blind.
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Worse still there's a new shape M5 in hideous yellow!....I mean....someone had to actually go into a beemer dealership and say, "Hmmmm! I think.....the yellow looks good!"
Proof if ever it were needed that w##king makes you blind.
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07 July 2003, 02:50 PM
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all I can say is that they grab the attention
maybe sportscars can look good in yellow but saloons and estates need to be metallics if you want good resale
I saw a Boxster in yellow and that worked well actually
maybe sportscars can look good in yellow but saloons and estates need to be metallics if you want good resale
I saw a Boxster in yellow and that worked well actually
07 July 2003, 03:33 PM
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It kind of depends where you live as yellow cars can look quite good in the South of France or California but not so in the UK.
I'd imagine that anyone who owns a white Testarossa would have a hard time shifiting it (unless they lived in the Gulf, or Miami).
Porsche comes in for some stick for only offering a fairly limited standard colour palate but you can of course have one any colour you like if you cough up £2-3K.
Yellow Boxsters are not my cup of tea but neither are Seal Grey ones. It's funny because Seal GRey is not that different from RB5 grey which I think looks good in all weathers but unless the sun is shining, Porsche Seal Grey looks....greyer than Ron Dennis's wifes curtains.
I'd imagine that anyone who owns a white Testarossa would have a hard time shifiting it (unless they lived in the Gulf, or Miami).
Porsche comes in for some stick for only offering a fairly limited standard colour palate but you can of course have one any colour you like if you cough up £2-3K.
Yellow Boxsters are not my cup of tea but neither are Seal Grey ones. It's funny because Seal GRey is not that different from RB5 grey which I think looks good in all weathers but unless the sun is shining, Porsche Seal Grey looks....greyer than Ron Dennis's wifes curtains.
07 July 2003, 04:54 PM
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968 Club Sports look good in yellow, so do 911's generally. Many jap cars (skyline, evo, ITR, Scooby, etc.) look good in white, but i can't imagine a white elise being very pretty in white. when a friend bought his elise they said they wouldn't order them in white and if someone really wanted one that colour they would have to go to another dealer.
saw a light pink C class merc once - that was never a good idea.
saw a light pink C class merc once - that was never a good idea.
07 July 2003, 05:45 PM
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Am i the only one that thinks red can look crap. iIs all about the shade. Pick the right shade of red and the car can look great get the worng one and it can look cheap and plasticy. I had a red sport for a while and thought it looked lame. It wasn't a rich enough red, needed to be darker. Also Rover 220GTis look good in BRG but naff in red.
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07 July 2003, 08:25 PM
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Agree with AllanB that red can look naff on quite a few cars, especially as they get older and fade at different stages.
Personally would nover buy a car in red.
Went with mate to pick his Clio up as some one hit side of it, paint guy could not even match red on a 2 month old car FFS ! Was told its a hard colour to match !
Colour hate most on cars in that burnt orange / beigey colour, that was almost popular three years ago, seen a few saxos / seat ibizas in this colour and it looks terrible.
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Personally would nover buy a car in red.
Went with mate to pick his Clio up as some one hit side of it, paint guy could not even match red on a 2 month old car FFS ! Was told its a hard colour to match !
Colour hate most on cars in that burnt orange / beigey colour, that was almost popular three years ago, seen a few saxos / seat ibizas in this colour and it looks terrible.
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07 July 2003, 09:34 PM
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Ghastly pastel yellow seen on Porsche Boxsters
Hiddeous Mint green BMW Z3's
Nissan Primeras in that green and brown that changes colour with the light
Anything in brown
Yuk!
Hiddeous Mint green BMW Z3's
Nissan Primeras in that green and brown that changes colour with the light
Anything in brown
Yuk!
