Picking an exterior color
05-22-2014, 04:53 AM
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my exterior color picks, without regard to trim/year, in order from top (most fav) to bottom:
-estoril blue/scuba (i havent seen these 2 colors next to each other but they look similar online)
-monsoon gray - like someone said above, this color with greyed out wheels is the dog's bollocks
-glacier/ibis white - i saw 2 cars right next to each other on the lot with these colors and i cant tell the difference
-brilliant black
-ice silver - i think this color shows off the body lines the best
someone on the board has a volcano red SQ, and man, is it sharp. the fading of red though - it always sticks in my head that in x number of years the car will look pink from sun fade. i wouldnt buy a brown car - i have bad memories of brown pants/yellow shirt for 9 years in catholic school - but i was very surprised by how much i like the teak brown and the maya brown. very sharp and classy.
bottom line though, i dont think you can pick a bad color.
-estoril blue/scuba (i havent seen these 2 colors next to each other but they look similar online)
-monsoon gray - like someone said above, this color with greyed out wheels is the dog's bollocks
-glacier/ibis white - i saw 2 cars right next to each other on the lot with these colors and i cant tell the difference
-brilliant black
-ice silver - i think this color shows off the body lines the best
someone on the board has a volcano red SQ, and man, is it sharp. the fading of red though - it always sticks in my head that in x number of years the car will look pink from sun fade. i wouldnt buy a brown car - i have bad memories of brown pants/yellow shirt for 9 years in catholic school - but i was very surprised by how much i like the teak brown and the maya brown. very sharp and classy.
bottom line though, i dont think you can pick a bad color.
05-22-2014, 04:54 AM
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Not exactly on topic, but, we were really disappointed with the lack of any real variety in colors when we bought our Q5. They ranged from Blah to Common. Black, white, 3 shades of grey, and 2 shades of silver. (OK, maybe a slight exaggeration). But there were no nice deep reds, greens, . The colors were mostly what you see an ocean of in any parking lot.
05-24-2014, 09:36 PM
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At the dealer today placing my order and saw the Q5 in Lava Gray. Stunning color that seemed to change depending on the angle. From a very dark charcoal gray to I thought I could see just a very slight tint of brown with direct sunlight. Very nice sparkle and we switched from Glacier white to this after having them side by side.
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