MATT BLACK - THE NEW MUST HAVE?

[L888DER]

Last night i did a bit of shopping in Harrods, walking out i saw a matt black ferrari 599, matt black Lambo Murci Spyder with BRIGHT pink interior followed on the next corner a matt black maclaren SLR.

Admitidly they diod look amazing, but why have they become so popular? do people actually like the matt black finish? i also though matt black was more of "fiesta finish"

Discuss!

[off_again]

Matt black - trendy? Yes. But like all fashion, it will be passe in 6 months.... so be careful.

[Huntsman]

I'd better dig my brush painted matt black Lambretta out of the shed! Its been there a decade!

[Tunku]

When will matte white come in do you reckon? It's my only chance of being trendy.

[MK4 Slowride]

I've seen the matt Black SLR with Red rims looked very nice. Must be a bh to clean as you'd be scrubbing away to get a shine that's not achieveable. Also some idiot will say "ergh, they forgot to finish painting it".

[Egbert Nobacon]

Are you sure these cars are actually painted and not just wrapped.

Evo recently tested a Brabus Merc that was matt black - it was also wrapped.

[zac510]

Funnily enough I was there last night and saw the exact same cars. I think the 612 is 'Hamann' or something like that.
So many cars around there with middle-eastern number plates.

[AJI]

matt black looks crap ..... like this carbon everything trand at the moment.... it makes it look as if the car has been in an accident and it is in the middle of being painted.

Fashion followers are just sheep.
And bad fashion is sheep to the slaughter.

[Road_Terrorist]

On the plus side you can use chalk to write your grocery list on the door, just like a blackboard .

[Beefmeister]

The matt carbon Supra looks poo, but a naked gloss carbon Zonda or Koeniggsegg?

Yum.

[BigJL]

Have to admit, I do quite like the matt-black look on some cars!

[markmullen]

off_again said:

Matt black - trendy? Yes. But like all fashion, it will be passe in 6 months.... so be careful.

I don't know about 6 months, I saw a matt black 550LM on the way to Le Mans in 2005 and even then it looked gorgeous.

[furtive]

It's not just matt black that is currently in-vogue. It's matt gold too

[gmk666]

My trendy bike.

[Trixman]

I used to have a matt black ducati, looks great on some machines.... very easy to clean too, no waxing or polishing. Would look ste on anything non-exotic though

[shalmaneser]

gmk666 said:

My trendy bike.

is that one of the ones with the built in lights?

[Planet Claire]

I must admit that Ferrari looks quite nice, but no, matt black cars remind me of this

[MK4 Slowride]

"5.7 V8 honest"

[gmk666]

shalmaneser said:

is that one of the ones with the built in lights?

No, but that sounds like a good idea on a black bike.

[benny.c]