zoom44

i went with titanium at first but have changed it to silver. it looks good both ways but i started to think the titanium was to dark for our gray winter skies. besides the wife wanted the silver to begin with.

RotorMotor

I ordered titanium also, but no regrets here! I actually put the deposit down this afternoon and my dealer told me that I could make changes to the order until March. I seem to recall something about that date being moved up being posted here, but that's what she told me....

Hercules

I ordered black with black/red interior, GT package.

I'm happy with the color, specially since I've looked many times at the blue I initially wanted and I'm glad I didn't get it.

Red is just a big no-no in Jersey where insurance is the highest in the country.

Renesis08

Did they tell you anything about pre-orders that needed to be in by the end of the week? I planning to go to John Hine tomorrow or Saturday... as soon as I can decide whether to go Touring or Sports.

91vert

I ordered the Titanium with the black/chapparal leather, and the more pictures I see of the Titanium the darker it is looking. I got used to drooling over those Titanium pics that somebody shot from the LA show under all of the bright lights, and now those pics from Laguna Seca that Buger posted the link for....taken outside in the daylight....makes the color look a little too dark for what I was hoping for.

None of the offered color choices really excited me when I first saw them....they still don't. I would have picked the Sunlight Silver if I would have been able to get the black/chapparal interior with it. I don't understand why that is not an optional color combination. Maybe it would look like **** in person.....who knows?

I really like the black with black/red interior like Hercules has ordered, but both of my other cars are black and I'm kind of sick of it. Plus I think some of the dark colors hide some of the body lines.

I'm going to see the Titanium in person in a couple of weeks at the auto show in St. Louis, and if I really don't like it I am going to see about switching to Sunlight Silver with black/black leather.

Vancouver

I had wanted blue, but on viewing more and more samples, it was less and less desirable.

So, I went with the Green, a new colour [obviously Canadian] for Mazda and one which should be easy to keep clean and stylish.

Any other buyers getting green?

Cheers

Hercules

I had the same problem with the blue.. it's too light.

Renesis08

I picked Titanium but after looking at the Laguna pics of the car, it's way darker than the Detriot shot. The Black and Silver ones are getting to me. Even the Red looked nice when I saw it in LA. Decisions....

IGOZMZM

I picked the titanium grey because I had seen it on the SE Miata and loved the color there. I for one and sticking with the titanium and am confident in my decision

Sputnik

A dark green is going to be just as hard to keep "looking clean" as a dark blue or black color.

---jps

RotorMotor

I initially placed my order with John Hine also, but decided to go with another dealer (due to reputation). Anyway, I talked to the Internet Manager over there after placing my order online on Jan 8, and he was telling me that I should come in to sign the paperwork next Wed (Jan 22), so I don't think they HAVE to be there by the end of this week....

MaRX8

I order the Titanium gray, based on what I saw on the website. Which doesn't do any of the car colors justice. I ordered Titanium because I wanted something a little different than Black. Which was my original choice. But after driving a Black car for 10 years, and seeing some new pictures of the Titanium. I am very happy with my color choice.

RXhusker

Just got back from the NAIAS in Detroit! I had already pre-ordered Titanium with black leather but wasn't sure how dark it really was. None of the online pictures is a good representation of any of the colors!

My thoughts:

The velocity red mica is incredible. I don't like red cars but I actually had my dealer on the phone to change my color choice -- I ended up staying with the Titanium but I was really tempted by the red. None of the pictures can really show how this color sparkles. There are gold flakes (mica) in the paint that give it an awesome depth. I took a poll of my 10 buddies at the show and 9 picked the red as the best color. Someone earlier said it looked like candy apple red -- this is close -- candy apple red has a coat of gold under the red - the velocity red has the gold in the top layer itself.

The Titanium is much lighter in person than it appears in the online pictures -- also a lot of depth and sparkle. The car looks very solid in this color -- the show car had the chapparal inserts -- I didn't care for them. The titanium does not look like the "iron" color the online pics make it look -- much lighter -- really highlights the lines and angles of the car.

The Black is a waste of time -- and I really like black cars. It hides all of the lines and great angles of the car. The black car was not getting the response that the others were at the show.

The silver is very -- very light. Didn't have the depth of the Titanium.

The green is an awesome color -- Will look great with the chapparal inserts.

The blue looks fabulous -- a lot of sparkle and depth -- I think it is somewhat darker than the pictures show.

Genesys

Ok, I just gotta ask, where did you see a blue one at NAIAS? I was there yesterday and all I saw was the black, titanium, and red. Did I miss something?

Renesis08

Good thing... The Titanium look in the Laguna meet looked like a metallic color of the gray the 94 integras had.

So over all what color seemed to bring out the lines of the car the most?

RXhusker

Just commenting on seeing the actual paint color chips on the wall behind the RX-8 display area. They look very different in person that they do on the PC.

Genesys

Ah, good. You had me worried I missed something and I'd have to go back! :D

RXhusker

Of the three that were there (Black, Titanium and Red) My opinion was that the Titanium showed the lines of the car by far the best. The red was the most awesome attention getting color and the black was not a good color for this car. The red made me want to go put a speeding ticket on the display car! The Mazda rep let me go sit in the red display car (only the black and titanium were open to the public) since I had pre-ordered! The black and titanium cars were beat to shreds by the public and a poor representation of the interior quality -- sitting in the red car really gave a good impression of the interior quality and finish and you could literally see the paint sparkle as you sat behind the wheel -- this is no orangey - bland red -- it is literally on fire.

Renesis08

Yeah I bet... The red car comes with a lifetime of speeding tickets. All you do is sign them and mail them in every month. lol :D

Thanks for the great info. I guess it's Titanium for me and Sports Package w/nav of course :D.

RXhusker

In addition to the three cars on display Mazda displayed 12"X12" samples of all of Mazda's available colors for all cars -- including the RX-8. The point of my post -- if it was lost on some -- was that the paint colors look very different in person than they do on the internet -- in other words -- you definitely need to see them in person before making a conclusion on too dark or too light, etc.

ZoomZoom

You definitely want to see the colours in person.

I fell in love with the yellow when I saw the car in person back in Feb’02. During the last few months I started to have second thoughts about the yellow because of the many wonderful shots of the red car.

Well, I just got back from the Detroit car show and am I glad I went because I’m switching back to the yellow after seeing the red at the auto show.