[V8] colors....

[Ed Kellock]

The AVS V8 that was at MH99 was Cayenne.  I have a V8 in that color
and had a 89 200q in that colror before it.  It's very nice.

On 3/7/07, Buchholz, Steven <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> wrote:
> ... I think the Cyclamen is a more brown and brighter color.  My car is
> Amarena Mica Pearl Effect ... I believe that to be the dark burgundy.
> I'm pretty sure that AVS V8 that was published in AutoWeek is cyclamen
> ... I have a shot from MH99 with my car and the AVS car ... and two
> other V8s, one was Gerry Skulley's car ... which is a dark metallic
> grey.  The other V8 in the picture is a lighter grey.  I also have a
> Pearl car ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> >
> > My V8 is Opal Pearl effect.
> > --- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've never noticed any green component in Glacier
> > > Blue, but I am
> > > slightly red/green color blind so what the H do I
> > > know?
> > >
> > > My 5spd is Opal Mica, which is a bit like gunmetal
> > > blue.  To me, it is
> > > the same base as Lago Blue except the green
> > > component is replaced with
> > > grey.  In fact, when I bought it, it was mistakenly
> > > represented as
> > > Lago.  I have seen (not in person) two Opal 93's for
> > > sale.  Both had
> > > blue interior, unfortunately.
> > >
> > > Cyclamen is a rather dark burgundy. Too dark for me
> > > really as I
> > > struggle to see it as red in some light conditions.
> > > A neighbor had a
> > > Ruby Red 94 90q.
> > >
> > > I've seen Papyrus and Bamboo, bright red, I guess
> > > it's Tornado Red,
> > > but I didn't think that was the real name.
> > >
> > > I've seen Indigo Mica, which is a very dark blue,
> > > another color like
> > > Cyclamen that often fails to be recognized as its
> > > base color.
> > >
> > > Ragusa rare????  LOL, that seems like that's about
> > > all that's been on
> > > the market lately.  I would concede that pearl was
> > > probably more
> > > common at that time though and sometimes it does
> > > seem like Audi might
> > > have invented Pearl because of all the cars of that
> > > color.
> > >
> > > On 3/6/07, Roger M. Woodbury
> > > <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > > > In perusing Jeremy's website I found myself
> > > thinking about how interesting
> > > > it would be if the number of cars produced in
> > > various colors could be found.
> > > > I doubt that Audi has maintained such records at
> > > this late date.
> > > >
> > > > It is common to see black, white/pearl (which I
> > > think Audi pioneered), Lago,
> > > > Ragusa (fairly rare); arctic white (quite rare);
> > > silver and the greys of
> > > > which Stone Grey seems to be the most common of
> > > the greys for Audis in
> > > > general. Also burgundy or some form of dark red
> > > and rarely I think, Tornado
> > > > Red, also known as "lose your license red".
> > > >
> > > > But I have never seen Cyclamen or Bamboo, or most
> > > of the other colors.  (I
> > > > know that Bruce McGuire's '93 was Bamboo, but I
> > > have never seen one.).
> > > >
> > > > Anyone want to take a poll to see how many
> > > different colors of the V8 have
> > > > actually been seen and where?  Not pictures, the
> > > actual cars in the flesh.
> > > >
> > > > Roger
> > > >
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