I have to agree with Laguna Seca Blue! That would have been cool to see. Alpine White I also agree with. THe only one not mentioned would be the silver blue that is offered for the Acura TSX (maybe other Acura's too???) but it's such a nice looking blue.

 

I would have bought white if it were a real white. But I have found that MINI's advertising sometimes is not the same thing when you see it in person. One example was their JCW exhaust. Their sound bites on the MINI site were awesome. I real life, they were quieter than stock

I also agree with BAMAs metal thing but I think car makers are going in that direction. Why? More $$$ in their pockets?

 

Well, in their defense, I guess that's why they charge extra for it, knowing not everyone will like it. I could only imagine how horrific my Lilith would look if Jet Black were metallicized !!!!

 

+1 A nice bright lime green... like this guy: would be fun.

MORE BRIGHT COLORS! FEWER DARKS AND NEUTRALS!

Edit: Oh, and add me to the list for Laguna Seca Blue. That was on the M3s when I was shopping for my MINI, and it's another of those "I'd have chosen that" colors.

 

I will say I like a few (very few) metallics but MINI has gone waaaaay off the deep end. Since the obvious reason for all the metallyak colors is an opportunity for yet another upcharge I would be willing to pay extra for a non-metallic color. Even though I know it costs them less to manufacture, I want what I want cause once I get it, I gotta look at it every day for a really, really long time & sry but a metallic just doesn't compare to a freshly polished & waxed flat color

 

 

Not sure if I'd get it on my mini...but I've always been a fan of the Orange and the Charger Purple. I think it was called Plum Crazy.

Michael

Edit: Yep..according to this site http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/ that's the name.

[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

 

Yep, any of the old Mopar High Impact colors would be cool on the MINI.

Plum Crazy/In Violet (purple metallic); Sublime/Limelight (lime green); Hemi Orange/Tor Red (red-orange); Green Go/Sassy Grass Green (hard to say exactly, but bright green); Go Mango/Vitamin C (pumpkin); Top Banana/Lemon Twist (yellow - very similar to LY ); Panther Pink/Moulin Rouge (hot pink); Citron Yella/Curious Yellow (chartreuse)

 

Holy crap..I can't believe I forgot the green.

Imagine a cooper with this green, black stripes/roof...mmmm
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...muscle_car.jpg

Michael

 

Rrrrrrr.... That picture is exactly one of my favorite looks for a '70 'Cuda.


How about Sassy Grass Green for cars with a white roof:

http://www.cudaworld.com/featured/images/71sassy3.jpg

 

Definitely Indi Blue, just like I got. Even though I bought mine used, and had no choice, I sure am glad the Indi Blue was there! I get more compliments on it because of the color. Alot of people say they don't see many like mine, and that's what I like about having a MINI. So, if I had to pick a color, I would have picked the Indi Blue anyway....
jason

 

I have CR. I like it just fine. Really.

But my first car was a rebuilt '65 Karmann Ghia coupe. My dear old Dad, may he RIP, secretly and painstakingly put it together from an insurance company's "total loss" wreck in '69-'70 with the help of his best friend, who owned a body shop in LA.

The shop owner tricked me into picking my own color by asking my "opinion" on what color to paint a "project car" of his. Totally clueless as to his real purpose in asking, I picked "Tor-red," the Mo-par color mentioned above.

Later, of course, I was blown away at the "unveiling" of my "new" totally-cherried-out Ghia. It was love at first sight.

Needless to say, I would love to get "GR8 COUP" into a bucket of Tor-red. Not quite orange, but a flaming hot red. AWESOME color!!

But I have CR. I like it just fine. Really.

 

Great story. What a wonderful memory to have.

 

I wish they still had the electric blue. That was a gorgeous color.

Also, painted arches should be an option.

 

 

Oh yeah. It would be awesome. I think it would be a GREAT color for the '07 "S" with the black grill.

 

Here is what a laguna sexa blue looks like on a MINI....Eurotuners project car

 

How about the M3's Estoril Blue??? I think that's a stunning blue as well!

Man, the M3 had a TON of color options available now that I think of it. Some of those Individual colors were cool.

 

I agree with the postings about PW. I was recently informed by an old Jaguar restorer and fanatic that it is the color Jaguar used for white. Must be a 'British thing', you know clouds and fog all the time and never really seeing what real white looks like in the sunshine! (just kidding Brits!)

 

Me likey that blue

 

Alpine white by BMW is by far the best white paint out there. MINI's see a little bit of it when it comes to their roof......but an all Alpine white would be amazing.

Other good colors for the mini:
Nimbus gray from the Audit TT
The olive green of the Hummer H2 ....absolutely AMAZING paint. It reflects so well
And then any sort of non-metallic baby blue...that would be my first choice

 

Count me in as another who would love a whiter white. I love the clean look of white cars, and I also think they are easier to keep clean than darker colors.

 

my color woulc have to be Interlagos Blue Metallic from the Z4 M

Factory Picture:


The real thing (at night):


The color is not really a metallic even though it may look like it. In true daylight is is a very dark blue, darker then midnight blue.

 

Phoenix Yellow anyone?

 

Triumph has a Roulette Green I love-really flourescent in light