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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 08:20 AM
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Anyone else like the blue color of X car?

I like it better than the winning blue. I'd order that color it were available! Anyone know the name of the color?
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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 08:35 AM
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They are calling it "Mutant Blue". As far as I know it won't be available for production. There is talk of more options later in the production run however so you never know.
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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 09:36 AM
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It's one of those 'flip-flop' colors. The highlights change with the light source. The color change is too burple (blue+purple) for me.
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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 11:38 AM
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Re: Anyone else like the blue color of X car?

Originally posted by litespeed
I like it better than the winning blue. I'd order that color it were available! Anyone know the name of the color?
Same. When they showed winning blue on the website I immediately got turned off by the blue

I would have loved the deeper blue on the X car.
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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 08:29 PM
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yea i'd love to see that kind of blue on a mps rx8... now that's a car.
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Old Jan 15, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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I went to see it at the LA Auto Show and I thought the color was gorgeous! I did wonder how "burple" it would look out in the natural sunlight though. I also really liked the silver/black leather interior in it too. It would've been real temping to order that color combo if they had offered it!
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Old Jan 16, 2003 | 07:58 AM
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I think the interior looks terrific. It would look simply awesome with the darker colors (titanium, Black, even the silver). Some of the exterior treatents are slick too.

I do wish the winning blue was darker - I'll have to see it in person to make a final determination.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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Any good blue photo's out there?

I'd like to see some outdoor shots. rotorynews are ok but not the mac daddy they could be.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 10:35 AM
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Winning Blue outdoors

They just posted a bunch of pics on www.rotarynews.com that include a few of the production blue outdoors.
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Old Jan 17, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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Personally, from what I can tell so far, I like the "Winning Blue". (well, I did order an RX-8 in that color) I was hoping for a shade of blue that wasn't too dark, as I think a mid-tone shows off the body contours better, and can be seen more easily.

"Winning blue" reminds me of a color I saw on a Porsche 911 SC at an autoshow in the early eighties. Gorgeous, on that car anyway.
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