Where are all the Purple cars ?

[J4CKO]

Was just browsing a recent copy of Autocar and there was a concept car, think it was a Renault and what struck me is that it was purple, a proper 1970s Velvet trouser purple, not Mauve or reddish blue, not some form of burgundy, a proper unapologetic purple, not sure of any manufacturers that have a current purple in the range, my mum had a Purple Marina back in the early eighties and I saw a Merc SLS the other day in Matte Purple and it looked like something from another world, fantastic, some kind of wrap which normally I turn my nose up at but it looked awesome.

SO, lets have your purple car pics, old or new and support for this under used fantastic colour.

[croakey]

Audi do a very nice individual option purple. Quite often see an a5 sports touring thingy in this colour and wish more people would choose it

[Tango13]

A bloke at work has a bell end purple Focus estate, I won't inflict a picture upon you all.

[williredale]

Here's mine:

[AdvanceRoadcraft]

Ex currently has an IQ3 in "Amethyst"...it's purple. My old DB4 was "Roman Purple". One of my Citroen XMs was "Rouge Mandarin" (purple).

Have I cornered the market?

[J4CKO]

williredale said:

Here's mine:

That is lovely, always had a soft spot for those, and its a proper purple as well.

More !

[PoleDriver]

Bring back the Ford 60s/70s funky metallic purple!

[Noesph]

Micra?

[J4CKO]

Triumph were big on purple, they did some pretty cool colours back then, what was that blue they did Stags in ?

[PoleDriver]

That's Magenta!

Although probably more Purple than my Diablo purple Cerb!

[J4CKO]

PoleDriver said:

That's Magenta!

Although probably more Purple than my Diablo purple Cerb!

Yes, I know thats what it is called but as a colour, most of the population would say Purple, Magenta is usually more of a Pink than the Triumph hue.

Edit, and need photos of the TVR please.....

Im Waiting

[michael243]

GT Spider by michaelbham243, on Flickr

[METHS]

TVR "Rolex blue" looks great!

[ModernAndy]

michael243 said:

GT Spider by michaelbham243, on Flickr

Is that Merlin? Hard to tell from pic

[Toltec]

Lost in the haze?

[PoleDriver]

Here's the one I was thinking of! My OH has her MGB GT in this colour, cool as...

[michael243]

If this helps more


Audi R8 Spyder GT by michaelbham243, on Flickr

[williredale]

J4CKO said:

That is lovely, always had a soft spot for those, and its a proper purple as well.

More !

Ta. When I bought it I went looking for a car that wasn't silver.

Let's have some more photos!

[ceebmoj]

S1 Elise came in a nice deep purple

[Fubar1977]

williredale said:

Here's mine:

I love that. Volvo porn.

Definitely not enough proper purple cars around.
I suspect a lot of it is people just playing it safe and going for easy resale colors, I'd pay a bit more for something with paint as nice as that ^^^ but I suspect I'm in a tiny minority.

Edited by Fubar1977 on Tuesday 1st October 22:38