Cars in colours you don't see often

[rohrl]

205 Gti in Topaz Blue. It was only available for one year.

[hornetrider]

Matt_N said:

There were some lovely Mk2 colours...

• lovely colours*

Yeah I actually had a Mk3 VR6 in Montana. Gorgeous in the metal.

[Al U]

I currently have a Honda S2000, the rarest standard colour in the UK market (probably worldwide too) is lime green.

[smithyithy]

Only seen a couple of 997's in this colour, as far as I can tell it's just called 'Porsche Green Metallic' (or is it Porsche Racing Green).

Looks lovely though..

[Insanity Magnet]

rohrl said:

...Hundschwanzrot...

Don't recall seeing paint chips in that that particular shade...

[Baryonyx]

rohrl said:

Big cars, like this 7-er in Hundschwanzrot, don't normally look their best in red.

The same thought came to mind...



White looked better but still doesn't do such a superbly styled saloon any sort of justice...

[lel]

The Spruce goose said:

never seen one, very interesting

Can't decide if i like that or not.

But i really want it.

[Tycho]

iva cosworth said:

I saw a pink old type Picasso the other day.

Yuk.

Pink is unusual on most cars TBH.

Probably used to be red

[sim16v]

C32 AMG

In that colour i'd have it badged as a C180!

[HTP99]

smithyithy said:

Only seen a couple of 997's in this colour, as far as I can tell it's just called 'Porsche Green Metallic' (or is it Porsche Racing Green).

Looks lovely though..

There is a rather tired looking 996 near me in that colour, whenever I see it I always think to myself "that colour is bad enough on any car but why would anyone choose that colour on a Porsche".

[TREMAiNE]

A friends E46 325 in BMW Individual Messi Green

Edited by TREMAiNE on Wednesday 29th July 17:01

[g7jhp]

Maritime Blue

Edited by g7jhp on Wednesday 20th February 20:55

[justanother5tar]

The Spruce goose said:

Al U said:

Clio 182 in petrol blue.

never seen one, very interesting

Oh. I really like that.

[RobinBanks]

rohrl said:

Big cars, like this 7-er in Hundschwanzrot, don't normally look their best in red.

Is that really called Dog's dick red?

And that 75 is interesting. I wonder if they cancelled that colour when they moved production from Cowley to Longbridge.

Edited by RobinBanks on Wednesday 29th July 17:42

[chainy]

Primera GT

[HustleRussell]

Got an E34 5-series touring in 'Techno Violet'

[darren f]

rohrl said:

205 Gti in Topaz Blue. It was only available for one year.

A lass I know managed to blag a 205GTi through her employer's essential car user provision scheme (... I was well envious, it was the early 90s and Pug GTis were the dogs-whatnots). She ordered it in that colour and when it turned up I was somewhat underwhelmed- IMO it really didn't work as well as the other colours (when I eventually got one it had to be Graphite Grey )

[Baryonyx]

There used to be a Topaz Blue 205 GTi that parked opposite my office every day. I didn't think much of the colour, I have to say.

Another rare one is the Saxo VTR in yellow, IIRC they were very rare, something like 100 models in the UK.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

rohrl said:

Piersman2 said:

This was a pretty rare.... I never saw another.

Big cars, like this 7-er in Hundschwanzrot, don't normally look their best in red.

i have a soft spot for imola red e38's

[sunnydude]

smithyithy said:

Only seen a couple of 997's in this colour, as far as I can tell it's just called 'Porsche Green Metallic' (or is it Porsche Racing Green).

Looks lovely though..

:O Gorgeous!