R50/53 New Colors
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From: Left Coast
I used to think LY was insipid. Even though a gifted friend with exquisite taste in all other things got one I could not stand that washed out look. But two weeks ago an LY/B w/bonnet stripes roared past as I was waiting interminably for a bus and it looked glorious in the spring sunshine. From then on I decided that every color looks both good and bad on a MINI depending on lighting, cleanliness of car, and whether it is coming or going. I admit to not having seen a gold color MINI yet. 
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From: Ogden, Utah
Originally Posted by paul_
NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE the cream yellow you get in direct sunlight after a wash... it is a really dynamic color. from cream yellow to a darker, more "Boxter Yellow" in the dark (all depends on UV rays)
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Hyper Blue just became available in the Cooper beginning 1/2005 production. EB Coopers are sold in Europe but I am not sure these are imported into Canada and Mexico as well. Go to www.mini.com and then select the corresponding country MINI home website and see if you can configure one.
I never understood why MINIUSA wanted to keep the EB out of the US spec Cooper. May be not too upset current MCS EB owners and their "exclusive" color?
I never understood why MINIUSA wanted to keep the EB out of the US spec Cooper. May be not too upset current MCS EB owners and their "exclusive" color?
Originally Posted by chrisnl
Hmm... hard to tell from those pics what that color actually looks like. It's a fairly late, yellow time of day. Of course, if MINI can't even get a British racing green right, why expect them to replicate the solar red of 1973?
By the way, I have definitely seen two distinct electric blue non-S Coopers in Boston. I guess they're either imported, or else people are painting them. Can you get EB in Canada or Mexico on a Cooper?
I always thought that chili red and indi blue were the two colors that would most definitely stick around. I don't agree much with the direction MINI is going.
By the way, I have definitely seen two distinct electric blue non-S Coopers in Boston. I guess they're either imported, or else people are painting them. Can you get EB in Canada or Mexico on a Cooper?
I always thought that chili red and indi blue were the two colors that would most definitely stick around. I don't agree much with the direction MINI is going.
Originally Posted by C4
Hyper Blue just became available in the Cooper beginning 1/2005 production. EB Coopers are sold in Europe but I am not sure these are imported into Canada and Mexico as well. Go to www.mini.com and then select the corresponding country MINI home website and see if you can configure one.
I never understood why MINIUSA wanted to keep the EB out of the US spec Cooper. May be not too upset current MCS EB owners and their "exclusive" color?
I never understood why MINIUSA wanted to keep the EB out of the US spec Cooper. May be not too upset current MCS EB owners and their "exclusive" color?
i'd be interested in space blue... makes the 06 even more intesting.. mini is seriously tempting me to trade my 03 for an 06 with the special sparco seats!
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From: USA
I had the exact same thought as jds. The pics of the hot orange that were posted is HOT!!!!!
I have yet to see an ugly Mini or MINI, no matter what the color. And I think I've seen each color in person except the silk green...
I have yet to see an ugly Mini or MINI, no matter what the color. And I think I've seen each color in person except the silk green...
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by gbsher
I really LOVE pepper white. I'm will be ordering a 2006 MCSc and I really wish PW wouldl be available.... It's not available on the convertible now. Would look great with black or dark blue leather!!!!
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by jds
How close is this to Dark Silver?
Here's a pic of a model TT, but the color is right.
if i knw bmw, they'd recycle colors from their bin anyways
anyone have a clue what does dark silver equates to in the bmw lineup? i'd think royal grey would be like a very dark grey, something like sparkling graphite metallic on the new 330i
id think space blue would be something like mystic blue metallic, something very dark, almost indi blue
anyone have a clue what does dark silver equates to in the bmw lineup? i'd think royal grey would be like a very dark grey, something like sparkling graphite metallic on the new 330i
id think space blue would be something like mystic blue metallic, something very dark, almost indi blue
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From: Bedford, TX.
This worries me cause i was thinking of getting a EB MCS but now they are taking it away. Now i dont know whether to see what Space Blue looks like or just to get EB. Also i got to figure out when the latest i can get EB is cause if i want it i need to get in before the cut off time. Anyone know when they will switch over?
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From: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Originally Posted by IrishCooper
This worries me cause i was thinking of getting a EB MCS but now they are taking it away. Now i dont know whether to see what Space Blue looks like or just to get EB. Also i got to figure out when the latest i can get EB is cause if i want it i need to get in before the cut off time. Anyone know when they will switch over?
I said to someone on MINI2 who also was torn between an 05EB or an 06 Space Blue (not knowing yet what Space Blue is) that they should place an order NOW for one of the very last 05's and then bump the order to an 06 if they find they really dig Space Blue. A good MA can handle that no problem... but don't wait very long!!
I'm sure Motoringfile.com and the Oxford guys on MINI2 will have sneek pics of the new colors pretty soon..
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From: Lakeside, CA
Originally Posted by resmini
I like LY. To me it looks way more classy than the "in your face" sort of mustard yellow on many other cars.
I bought CR/W but my second choice would be LY/W.
I bought CR/W but my second choice would be LY/W.
Earl
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From: Weeblegabber West (aka WLA)
Originally Posted by jds
Ooooooo, I knew the flames would start over that. Just wait 'til Clover reads the "black MINIs are not that popular" comment!
Contrary to what most might think, it bothers me not one little bit that they will drop Jet Black! I will be quite pleased to have one of the rare-ish colors! Besides, black matches most of my wardrobe! And like dtlman, I too might have chosen Cosmos Black if it had been offered for the MCS.
Clover
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From: Weeblegabber West (aka WLA)
Originally Posted by 10851CS
Does anyone here think that on some web site somewhere anyone worried that Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, or any other make of vehicle were discontinuing a color? I'll bet not
Earl
Earl
Good one, Earl! "Dang....they're discontinuing White for my Taurus...the nerve!" 
Clover
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From: Bedford, TX.
Yes i have a MA but i realized he doesnt seem as knowledgable as some of the other MAs at the dealership. He had never even heard of Motoringfile or that the colors were being discontinued. In alot of ways i know more about it than he does but i guess thats because i have been researching for 6 mths. And he doesnt seem to keep up with MINI websites like the other MAs there do. But i would feel bad changing MAs cause i have been talking to this guy since Nov. and he was the first person i talked to.
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From: Heart of the Heartland
I agree with others who wish they offered a real BRG. Any available offering of retro colors, imo, is good.
The colors I don't tend to like for Minis are like those seen on Camry's and other more conventional cars. Retro or flash
The colors I don't tend to like for Minis are like those seen on Camry's and other more conventional cars. Retro
or flash