Picking colors: I need some help! -- Ferrari related

bobafett · 15th January 2001, 08:05

It's very close to that time, the time you pick and choose, and gentlemen: I need help.

After days of considerations, I've come up with the three following color schemes. Please critique / comment, but let me advise you of this: there are four colors for the top (blue, grey, beige, black) and the top is never seen when it's down.

Choice 1: Tour de France blue (medium-dark blue metallic) with navy steering-wheel/interior doors/dash/underdash with white stitching, navy carpets, white seats with navy piping and a blue top (the navy is VERY dark, not like the bmw blue).

Choice 2: Gregio Inrid (a silver that, in direct sunlight, has a hint of beige/champagne) with black interior door/dash/underdash/steering wheel with white stitching, black carpets and top, white seats.

Choice 3: Gregio Alloy (silver with a hint of blue, but subtle. a "cool" crisp silver) with the blue color scheme mentioned above.

The first two colors are fairly rare, the first being conservative, the second being sort of old-man but very classy, and the 3rd being very popular due to the cool-factor.

What do you gentlemen think? Personally, I'm torn between the first two. And I'm unsure of my selections (cream on black or blue interior, should i get the underdash in the cream color like it would be, etc.)?

thanks,

--Dan

daniel · 15th January 2001, 10:13

I have seen your third choice, Gregio Alloy, in Europe. A great color, so no wondering why it may be popular. This would be my choice. If I had to be different, then I would go for navy, as I do not like silvers with champagne tints. My guess is that you will be happy with the Alloy longer than any of the other colors. Have fun.

Dan

Tom C · 15th January 2001, 14:22

Dan:

Which Ferrari? 360 Spyder?

I have seen all three colors on 360 Modenas. Remember that Aston Martin dealership I used to drive by everyday...they are also a Ferrari Dealership. Everyday during the summer they would have at least 2 360's outside. The gregio alloy would be my choice. The Tour de France blue looks really good on a 550 Maranello. But then again so does the gregio alloy! I don't think you can go wrong!

MEnthusiast · 15th January 2001, 14:30

My opinion is as follows- if its a Ferrari you are to have, you ought to have it in Ferrari Red- all other colours are automotive blasphemy*. You should combine this with a tan or black interior and the top should be black.

if you wont take my advice regarding red, then I choose a combination of 3,2 and custom: do the outside in Gergio Alloy and the inside with the black eveything except change the seats to black- white seats are even worse than not having a Ferrari in red.

*this pertains to the 360 or the 550. For the 456GT it is better to have in blue or silver.

ME

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fais2000 · 15th January 2001, 16:49

yellow baby,
forget the other colors, yellow or red are the only ferrari's. but yellow, i dont care if there are lots of 360's with the color, because you still dont see tons of ferrari's aroung in the first place. plus the car is a looker, so dont put a old man benz color on it, be it nice or whatever. especially if this is your only ferrari for now.

fas

greg · 15th January 2001, 16:56

I've seen the car in yellow, black, red and dark blue metallic. It looks best in black, then yellow. Surprisingly, I don't like the car nearly as well in red - its lines just don't show off. The blue looked nice but it seems wrong for the car.

jsh/AZ · 15th January 2001, 20:05

I would have to say :
1.Yellow/Black & Yellow Interior
2.Black/Red Interior
3.Red/Black

My .02

jsh

KnightRider · 15th January 2001, 20:16

ive seen it in red/tan, black/? and yellow/black...i liked black/tan the most by far because when a black car is washed and polished properly no other colour compares to it, i think a lot of black m5 owners on this board would agree with me on it...you certainly wont achieve the same effect with yellow, red maybe, but i agree with greg, strangely enough it doesnt show the car lines to the maximum effect.

id advise black/tan and the second option black/black. and if you dont like black at all then it would be yellow/black...dont like any silver cars, especially ferrari, because all cars look modest in silver IMHO and ferrari cannot be modest.

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SL

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AD · 15th January 2001, 23:16

Dan,

Check out this grigio alloy / navy example: http://www.symbolicmotors.com/index2/index3.html.

Hope this helps you! I test drove a 360 about 6 months ago - fantastic car!

Warm regards,

AD
'97 993TT
'01 BMW M3 (can't wait!)

AD · 15th January 2001, 23:17

Sorry, bad link because of the period:
http://www.symbolicmotors.com/index2/index3.html