997 Turbo Gen 1 prospective purchase which colour

[nwates]

Looking at low mileage manual 997 Turbo coupe . Which colour would you buy or not buy. It seems there are a lot of cobalt Blue ones around but not many black or gt silver ones . Any thoughts on colour choice appreciated.

[g7jhp]

With turbo's being an everyday usable supercar I think they're best in more discrete colours.

Would
GT Silver
Meteor Grey
Cobalt Blue

Wouldn't
Black - pain to keep clean
White - too much of a fashion statement
Red - too loud

Speed Yellow being the only other colour I think that looks amazing on the 997.1 turbo, but I'm not sure I could live with it everyday!

Edited by g7jhp on Monday 15th December 14:48

[Shewie]

Surprised if there aren't many black ones around, as when I was looking they all seemed to be Basalt black!

FWIW I think bright colours look great, although I may be in the minority... If you want to buy for resale I'd probably go with black, grey or silver to appeal to the mass market.

Ironically I'd have really liked a Cobalt car, but I couldnt find the right one. In the end the car I bought was Atlas Grey metallic which I think is a really nice colour. Most of the time it looks black, but in certain lights it has a blue tint especially when polished. It is quite tricky to keep clean however.

[pistonuser]

I used to have a GT Silver, never intended to buy a Silver car. This came along and the colour was absolutely magnificent. Just like a silver but much deaper

[nwates]

Many thanks so far all points taken on board .

[Matt Seabrook]

Why not pick a colour you like and not worry too much about what others think.

[mollytherocker]

nwates said:

Looking at low mileage manual 997 Turbo coupe . Which colour would you buy or not buy. It seems there are a lot of cobalt Blue ones around but not many black or gt silver ones . Any thoughts on colour choice appreciated.

Heres a crazy idea. Buy what YOU want!

No, I am serious.

[Adam B]

Did
black - and looks bloody great

Would
Meteor Grey
Atlas Grey
GT Silver
Polar Silver

Like but Wouldn't
Yellow
White - might on a gen 2
Red

For some reason Cobalt is a straight no

[nwates]

Thanks Adam , that's what I was thinking .

[bing]

Simple cobolt blue - it looks awesome

[moc]

Surprised by the lack of love for White.

I'm biased, but I white looks clean and shows the lines well, especially nice if you do this to it... (although granted not everyone's taste)

[nwates]

I like that !

[MDahmen]

Red looks great in my opinion

[g7jhp]

I'd honestly say get the colour you want.

It you don't want Cobalt, there are plenty of other colours to choose.

If you buy the right spec car and keep it in good condition it will always to sort after.

[krallicious]

I was looking for anything but black. I found the only car that matched the spec I wanted was a white one which was also not a colour I wanted but it was well looked after so I went for it. After a few months, the colour really grew on me and now I think it looks great.

Having said that, a week after I purchased mine a PRG turbo came on the market that had the same spec as my new car but with a bi colour interior. Typical, I searched for nearly 4 months and two came along at once

[Adam B]

PRG ?

[bing]

British racing green!!!!

[blueg33]

Looks good like this IMO

[moc]

Love it sat on the 'fuch' wheels...

Edited by moc on Tuesday 16th December 16:59

[krallicious]

Adam B said:

PRG ?

As bing says. It was the 997 launch colour for the American market. I have only seen the colour once and I quite liked it. Crap name though.