R50/53 What color has its days numbered?
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What color has its days numbered?
the first to go was velvet red, then silk green. inid blue, solid gold... history. electric blue, jet black... gone.
makes me wonder... what color has one foor in the casket? i personally think purple haze's days are numbered. it's a nice color, not for me, but from what i hear, sales are slow on purple haze.
what do you think? what color is next?
makes me wonder... what color has one foor in the casket? i personally think purple haze's days are numbered. it's a nice color, not for me, but from what i hear, sales are slow on purple haze.
what do you think? what color is next?
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Originally Posted by STLMINI
the first to go was velvet red, then silk green. inid blue, solid gold... history. electric blue, jet black... gone.
what do you think? what color is next?
what do you think? what color is next?
I want that glo-in-the-dark green that you can get on a Lotus Elise (Krypton Green)
Look at the colors available from Lotus and see what MINI should be doing.
Lotus Colors
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Originally Posted by Uncle_John
Isn't Liquid Yellow next? (to be replaced by yet another shade of gray?)
I want that glo-in-the-dark green that you can get on a Lotus Elise (Krypton Green)
Look at the colors available from Lotus and see what MINI should be doing.
Lotus Colors
I want that glo-in-the-dark green that you can get on a Lotus Elise (Krypton Green)
Look at the colors available from Lotus and see what MINI should be doing.
Lotus Colors
Orange is on way out.
Purple too.
But be prepared for new "versions" of the exisitng color pallette.
Purple too.
But be prepared for new "versions" of the exisitng color pallette.
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Those lotus colors are great.
Except maybe that bronze, yuk.
The Racing Green is what I think it should be and wanted that for my MINI, but when I saw the MINI BRG in person I changed my mind.
I wish MINI would get a bit more adventerous with the colors, and offer all their colors on every model. I really loved the Cool Blue and the Hot Orange but had no need or interest in a convertible and almost didn't order at all because none of the color options in the MCS just grabbed me. What's the reasoning behind limiting the colors I wonder.
I personally love the PH, but agree that it will probably be the next to go.
Annette
The Racing Green is what I think it should be and wanted that for my MINI, but when I saw the MINI BRG in person I changed my mind.
I wish MINI would get a bit more adventerous with the colors, and offer all their colors on every model. I really loved the Cool Blue and the Hot Orange but had no need or interest in a convertible and almost didn't order at all because none of the color options in the MCS just grabbed me. What's the reasoning behind limiting the colors I wonder.
I personally love the PH, but agree that it will probably be the next to go.
Annette
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I would love it if MINI did a partnership with Crayola Crayons and offer the pallate from the 64 box! Let is put any color on the body or roof! 
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Originally Posted by YuccaPatrol
I would love it if MINI did a partnership with Crayola Crayons and offer the pallate from the 64 box! Let is put any color on the body or roof!
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MINI does seem to love the color blue: Electric, Indi, Hyper, Space, Cool, Purple Haze and even Astro Black all seem to be among the shades of the blue pallette. How 'bout bringing out some more wild shades of this enchanting color?
One of my all time favourite shades of blue is Ford's 1969 color Gulfstream Aqua. Here's a Mach 1 in that scheme:
http://home.i29.net/~hoofbeats/69mach1.htm
One of my all time favourite shades of blue is Ford's 1969 color Gulfstream Aqua. Here's a Mach 1 in that scheme:
http://home.i29.net/~hoofbeats/69mach1.htm
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Originally Posted by MGCMAN
How 'bout bringing out some more wild shades of this enchanting color?
One of my all time favourite shades of blue is Ford's 1969 color Gulfstream Aqua.
One of my all time favourite shades of blue is Ford's 1969 color Gulfstream Aqua.
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I understand that they offer Dupont Chromalusion colorchange in the UK... At a 25K pound up charge!
I frankly am overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Gray/Silver. Pure Silver, Dark Silver, Royal Gray. Do we honestly need 4 shades of Gray?
Blue is running a close second. Hyper Blue, Space Blue, Purple Haze (OK it is purple but has a strong blue undertone). That is three choices.
Red is a close third Chili Red and Solar Red.
What is needed would be a flourescent neon orange or Normal white. (I'm not a fan of the pepper white) or a nice metal flake copper.
I frankly am overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Gray/Silver. Pure Silver, Dark Silver, Royal Gray. Do we honestly need 4 shades of Gray?
Blue is running a close second. Hyper Blue, Space Blue, Purple Haze (OK it is purple but has a strong blue undertone). That is three choices.
Red is a close third Chili Red and Solar Red.
What is needed would be a flourescent neon orange or Normal white. (I'm not a fan of the pepper white) or a nice metal flake copper.
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Originally Posted by DrDiff
What is needed would be a flourescent neon orange or Normal white. (I'm not a fan of the pepper white) or a nice metal flake copper.
You can get real white on a Cadillac truck and not a MINI . . .
Amazing . . .
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Originally Posted by sndwave
Like Gold 
I truly think purple will be the shortest lived colour of MINIs. Nice thing is, it makes it a very rare MINI and a true collectors car. 
I truly think purple will be the shortest lived colour of MINIs. Nice thing is, it makes it a very rare MINI and a true collectors car. 
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I saw this list of sales figures by color on MINI2. I do not know how up to date these figures are. In fact it seems these figures are fairly old. My obsevation was that right around 8.5% of sales seems to be the cutoff. Most above 8.5% have survived (IB being the obvious oddity) and many below 8.5% have been eliminated. By this analyisis I would say orange, cool blue and purple would be the next to go. LY could also be on the elimination list but since it is a color exclusive to the MC the overall sales figure may be essentially an understatement (higher percent of MC sales). I can't see them eliminating pepper white even though below 8.5% and although this shows HB below the magic number I would guess that the elimination of IB helped HB sales. Although BRG is right on the bubble I would think that maybe tradition would keep it around.
Colour____________Number____Percentage
Chilli_Red__________1533_________16.6
Dark_Silver_________1425_________15.4
Indi_Blue___________1071_________11.6
Pure_Silver__________865___________9.3
Solid_black__________850___________9.2
BRG_______________811___________8.8
Electic_Blue_________772___________8.3
Liquid_Yellow_______485___________5.2
Pepper_White________382___________4.1
Hyper_Blue__________289___________3.1
Cosmos_Black_______268___________2.9
Cool_Blue___________90____________1.0
B_E_Purple__________90____________1.0
Velvet_Red__________70____________0.8
Astro_Black__________61____________0.7
Silk_Green___________57____________0.6
Solid_Gold___________49____________0.5
Other________________44____________0.5
Hot_Orange__________41____________0.4
total________________9253_________100.0
Colour____________Number____Percentage
Chilli_Red__________1533_________16.6
Dark_Silver_________1425_________15.4
Indi_Blue___________1071_________11.6
Pure_Silver__________865___________9.3
Solid_black__________850___________9.2
BRG_______________811___________8.8
Electic_Blue_________772___________8.3
Liquid_Yellow_______485___________5.2
Pepper_White________382___________4.1
Hyper_Blue__________289___________3.1
Cosmos_Black_______268___________2.9
Cool_Blue___________90____________1.0
B_E_Purple__________90____________1.0
Velvet_Red__________70____________0.8
Astro_Black__________61____________0.7
Silk_Green___________57____________0.6
Solid_Gold___________49____________0.5
Other________________44____________0.5
Hot_Orange__________41____________0.4
total________________9253_________100.0
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Originally Posted by Electric Shock
I saw this list of sales figures by color on MINI2. I do not know how up to date these figures are. In fact it seems these figures are fairly old. My obsevation was that right around 8.5% of sales seems to be the cutoff. Most above 8.5% have survived (IB being the obvious oddity) and many below 8.5% have been eliminated. By this analyisis I would say orange, cool blue and purple would be the next to go. LY could also be on the elimination list but since it is a color exclusive to the MC the overall sales figure may be essentially an understatement (higher percent of MC sales). I can't see them eliminating pepper white even though below 8.5% and although this shows HB below the magic number I would guess that the elimination of IB helped HB sales. Although BRG is right on the bubble I would think that maybe tradition would keep it around.
Colour____________Number____Percentage
Chilli_Red__________1533_________16.6
Dark_Silver_________1425_________15.4
Indi_Blue___________1071_________11.6
Pure_Silver__________865___________9.3
Solid_black__________850___________9.2
BRG_______________811___________8.8
Electic_Blue_________772___________8.3
Liquid_Yellow_______485___________5.2
Pepper_White________382___________4.1
Hyper_Blue__________289___________3.1
Cosmos_Black_______268___________2.9
Cool_Blue___________90____________1.0
B_E_Purple__________90____________1.0
Velvet_Red__________70____________0.8
Astro_Black__________61____________0.7
Silk_Green___________57____________0.6
Solid_Gold___________49____________0.5
Other________________44____________0.5
Hot_Orange__________41____________0.4
total________________9253_________100.0
Colour____________Number____Percentage
Chilli_Red__________1533_________16.6
Dark_Silver_________1425_________15.4
Indi_Blue___________1071_________11.6
Pure_Silver__________865___________9.3
Solid_black__________850___________9.2
BRG_______________811___________8.8
Electic_Blue_________772___________8.3
Liquid_Yellow_______485___________5.2
Pepper_White________382___________4.1
Hyper_Blue__________289___________3.1
Cosmos_Black_______268___________2.9
Cool_Blue___________90____________1.0
B_E_Purple__________90____________1.0
Velvet_Red__________70____________0.8
Astro_Black__________61____________0.7
Silk_Green___________57____________0.6
Solid_Gold___________49____________0.5
Other________________44____________0.5
Hot_Orange__________41____________0.4
total________________9253_________100.0
It seems that most color choices are driven by resale. A popular color equals bigger market
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Originally Posted by airmini
My MCS05 is HB and I won't mind if they discontinued the color. Just makes my MINI more unique. I love the color and have only seen 2 others in my travels around North America.
It seems that most color choices are driven by resale. A popular color equals bigger market
It seems that most color choices are driven by resale. A popular color equals bigger market
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Just curious. . . but where the heck do these "sales figures" come from???? I cannot imagine that there was ever a time when Silk Green and Hot Orange (just to give an example) were ever sold at the same time. . . .
I'm not doubting that these seem like reasonable percentages for each color but the numbers are suspect without knowing the details about how they were collected. . .
I'm not doubting that these seem like reasonable percentages for each color but the numbers are suspect without knowing the details about how they were collected. . .
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Originally Posted by YuccaPatrol
Just curious. . . but where the heck do these "sales figures" come from???? I cannot imagine that there was ever a time when Silk Green and Hot Orange (just to give an example) were ever sold at the same time. . . .
I'm not doubting that these seem like reasonable percentages for each color but the numbers are suspect without knowing the details about how they were collected. . .
I'm not doubting that these seem like reasonable percentages for each color but the numbers are suspect without knowing the details about how they were collected. . .