Is Aqua Blue "the best colour seen on any car"?

[DJMC]

Clarkson described it as such in his Cayman S review, half way down here: http://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/the-clarkson-...

Not keen on the current Sapphire Blue, but as I'm looking for a 2013-ish car Aqua does come up. Not seen one in the flesh though, so those that have may be able to comment?

Otherwise I'm after a Cayman in Guards Red, or one of the Silvers (probably not Platinum). A blue Porsche doesn't really seem "correct"?

[dreamcar]

Aqua blue was a fabulous colour as was cobalt blue that preceded it. Sapphire looks quite watery when seem next to either of these colours. We had 2006 Boxster S in cobalt and then a Cayman S and Carrera S in aqua. Just felt like. A change from blue this time round hence our current Boxster GTS in Carrara white. Here's a photo of our cobalt Boxster, the car we have more affection for than all the others!

Edited by dreamcar on Sunday 18th October 14:18

[Jim1556]

Is Aqua Blue the best colour seen on any car?

Yes! The end...

My M3 and my mate's C2S halfway up Umbrail Pass during our Alpine Road trip in August...



And how it looks when clean:

[mollytherocker]

Its quite a nice blue, but no way is the best colour on any car.

[Koln-RS]

Agree. Colours are subjective and personal.

[freddy the frog]

def best colour my 2012 cayman aqua blue with oceon blue leather get lots of nice comments on car and colour

[Alpinestars]

Only really nice when the sun shines on it. Looked great with red wheels on my ex RS.

Looks pretty average without the red/sun.

[DJMC]

I guess I could have asked about Mahogany or Anthracite and someone would say it's the best!

Beauty in the eye... etc.

[Bennachie]

Yes!





IMHO

[Stunters]

I'm a fan of these metallic blues, but my subjective view is that Sapphire is nicer than Aqua, which is nicer than Cobalt.

I have a Le Mans Blue M3 saloon and I used to have a Coral Blue VX220 Turbo!

[AndrewsCayman]

Any bold blue looks good to me, and they're all better than boring monochrome greys of varying shades IMHO. I drive past some forecourts these days and all I see is a line of dull grey cars of varying shades. Sometimes they get brave and have a completely white or completely black car in amongst them, but certainly nothing as racey as a blue!

[London GT3]

Gratuitous Aqua Blue photo!

[turboteeth]

Nice combo with the light leather!

How much to respray my black Cayman to blue???

[DJMC]

turboteeth said:

Nice combo with the light leather!

How much to respray my black Cayman to blue???

Cheaper to wrap it!

[DJMC]

London GT3 said:

Gratuitous Aqua Blue photo!

That IS fabulous. Sapphire is OK but I prefer Aqua's more inky blue. Anyone have some good shots of an Aqua 981 Cayman?

[mollytherocker]

Mexico and Maritime fight for the blue trophy.

[RPTIME00]

mollytherocker said:

Mexico and Maritime fight for the blue trophy.

...along with Voodoo, Riviera, Cobalt, Aetna, Gulf etc. Porsches look great in blue.

[mollytherocker]

RPTIME00 said:

mollytherocker said:

Mexico and Maritime fight for the blue trophy.

...along with Voodoo, Riviera, Cobalt, Aetna, Gulf etc. Porsches look great in blue.

Well, I have a blue one, even though it wasnt my preference.....

[rosino]

I had both Aqua and Voodoo.. Obviously very different blues but equally stunning.

Aqua is deep and changes a lot in the shade and sun.. and has a depth which is phenomenal and that the colour which replaced it simply lacks (Sapphire I think they called it).

Voodoo is obviously just special.. but would work on my GT3 not sure on a vanilla model to be frank. On a Vanilla model I would go Aqua again. Really stunning. Somehow thinks it works best on the 991 than the 997.. GT3 .2 RS aside where with the gold stripes it was just magnificent.

[Bennachie]

Wasn't going to do this, but..............