Cars in colours you don't see often

[HM-2]

fathomfive said:

Jabba1977 said:

My M3 - Purple Silk

Fantastic colour!

I posted an identically coloured one in the "Look at This" thread. Think it's my favourite F80 colour.

[MNBrennan]

Dal3D said:

Couple of Ford rarities:

ST170 in Arison Blue:


Mondeo in Citrine:


E46 M3 in Oxford Green

E46s look great in Oxford green

[cptsideways]

I do love a wacky coloured car & I have a bit of history... at least you can find your car in a car park easy enough

My almost daily driver in this Citrus Yellow



My old Lupo 3L was in this colour it was called Kermit



Seat did some bright yellows we had one of each!




And I had a Series II Landy in French Blue which was rather lovely, no pics to hand.

And one of these of course


Nearly forgot I have this in the garage, this very model the Original Landcruiser 80 Series Launch Model & one the very early ones too. Previously owned an even earlier one from the first week of production too. Bit of a Marmite colour scheme.



Just noticed there is a bit of a theme going here, had not really noticed the car history was "quite" so colourful until now

Edited by cptsideways on Sunday 25th November 19:11

[Jimmy Recard]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!!

this lovely old Merc in an unusual colour

I'm sure I recognise that colour

[FakeConcern]

Tara Green 1275gt. I changed it for a black one because I was always aware of being in a bright green Mini!

[Jimmy Recard]

A.G. said:

The original car colour is 803 Riedgrun (Moss Green)

The other two you posted are probably 881 Silberdistel (Thistle Green Metallic)

IMO

I remember them looking quite a bit darker in other shots, but it was a while ago

You’re probably right, I don’t know much about Mercedes anyway

[pistolpedro]

Audi RS2 Tropical Green

[bungle]

Saw one of these a while ago... looked great in the sun.

[Pericoloso]

craig_m67 said:

Series 1 AlfaSud Sprint for the win !!
No idea what colour it is, I’m colour blind
That said, it will just be a fantastic memory and a rust stain somewhere now

As no one else has answered,looks black,maybe dark blue.
5 cars from left next to the piss yellow 5 series.
Great pic BTW Dapster,today that would be drabsville central.

[PomBstard]

cayman-black said:

Loving the green Porsches. That BMW is very nice too.

If you like a green Porsche, look out for a 928 in Amazon Green - pictures never do it justice, it really is a fabulous colour.

Anyway, two spotted this morning were a 6-series Gran Coupe (?) in bright metallic green and an AMG E63 in bright red. Chapeau to both owners, both looked ace.

[Phunk]

MNBrennan said:

E46 M3 in Oxford Green

E46s look great in Oxford green

Even more unusual, my old 330ci in Fern green

[easytiger123]

Dapster said:

Brewster on the 918

Wonderful. Absolutely love this.

[andy43]

Ooh I like this thread. That M3 in oxford green with caramel leather is just stunning.
I had an Alpina in Velvet Blue, another individual colour, a really deep blue with a touch of purple. Not got a good pic unfortunately.
There used to be an M3 around here in the same colour, and with the flared arches it looked very very nice, similar to this


Current Merc is designo mystic red - as far as I'm aware it's the only CLS in the country in this colour. I did spot an S class for sale recently in what looked like the same colour. Extra cost option over normal metallic as it's got more mica flake in it.


Favourite colour on any car [clarkson] in the wuuurld [/clarkson] has to be TVR Rolex Blue. Just stunning. Originally custom matched to a customer's Rolex watch face I believe, hence the name.

[RB Will]

bungle said:

Saw one of these a while ago... looked great in the sun.

Loved mine



Even rarer though is the banana yellow!

[PowerslideSWE]

My M5 in imola red, not super rare but I have yet to see another, 166 made of the DE91 (Euro LHD total 7895) production

[Wildcat45]

My old ZTT V6. The colour is called Typhoon a Chronaflair (Sp?), flip paint which changed from blue to purple and green.

I think I've seen in on TVRs and early BMW era Minis.

[vixen1700]

Saw this the other day and didn't think it was an original colour as I'd never seen a red SM before. Turns out a small number were made in red only in 1971.

Not really a fan to be honest.

[LordGrover]

Rare-ish/unusual Porsche colour; Carmon Red Metallic.

[Uncle John]

Radicofani Red, very rare. Looks almost brown in dull light but then comes alive in the sun. A deep metallic crimson, like a wonderful Italian sun set.



Focus RS, Ultimate Green. Amazing golden flake in the sun.



Lamborghini Orange with gloss black contrast. Just nice!!

[kieranblenk]

Dapster said:

Look at this picture from 1985 - a cross section of family cars and hatchbacks from an average German town. The variety of colours is amazing - can you imagine someone in your office turning up in a brand new citrus yellow 5 series, a powder blue E class or a snot green Mondeo today?

I love the variation of colour in this photo. Residuals have put an end to this though, a work colleague wanted to order a blue C Class Coupe with red leather as a company car through our scheme but the lease company wouldn't allow him to as it affected residuals too much. He had to choose blue on black instead, they wouldn't even let him have the cream leather.