Fiat Colours in the 70's

[Rob 131]

With reference to the Showroom Article on Shoppers 131 and Kev's comments regarding the bright Fiat 70's colours, this makes an interesting comparison with todays colours.

Last week I had just dropped off my Vauxhall Meriva  Hire Car and was walking home passing a large Franchise Dealer where the used cars where nearly exclusively Black or White, with various shades of Grey in between. In a word Dull  .

It is a real shme that on the UK's roads we do not see brighter more interesting colours.

Full marks to Ford who have some nice Bright Green's and also my favourite for a Fiesta 'Hot Magenta' 

A bit more colour (choice) would be nice on our modern motors  .

[Robert]

We call today's prevailing colors "Leasing Silver" and "Leasing Black" 

Yes, it's a dull world. However, some 80s colors which were horrible even back then are returning, like dark brown metallic or copper metallic

by the way, the bright 70s colors are not suited to modern cars anyway. Ever seen an Audi TT in orange? This looks really stomach-churning (ok, being no Audi fan I detest this pseudo sport "bobby-car" anyway, but in orange. it really really sucks )

[Rob 131]

Robert

It just goes to show that colour is vey much a personal thing  . I too loathe the Browns of the 70's and am not very keen on their comeback. However my worst colour for a car of all time was Beige Disgusting. Copper / Bronze; not keen on modern cars in such hues. For some reason I was not adverse to the S2 Super in Bronze.

Orange Audi TT's  . I'm afraid I rather like it in the TT  . Are they doing that colour in the latest shape.

Cars are also a personal thing. You don't like Audi's, I think they are great. In fact I have been using the Wife's A4 for a few days and it is a real quality product  . Shame it's not the 2.0 Turbo version with 200BHP 

[stathe174]

Actually I have seen 2 or 3 Audi S# in orange... Not the best color for it...

[Robert]

See for yourself: http://photosofcar.com/audi/orange-audi-tt-coupe-2-2.html

doesn't really suit the bobby car 

As to Audis in general: yes, they are "nice" when brand new leasing cars. Once you own one and it is "aged" (means has 60+k kms on the odometer) you better have your platinum credit card ready (ever seen the prices for e.g. the alloy TCAs/wishbones that last around 60k km resp. 30k if aftermarket parts and can only be replaced as a whole, not just the bushings?  )

Ah, another thing: yes, beige. This is really an upsetting color  however, I do have a soft spot for that, since my first 131 was an S3 Super in this color:

[Rob 131]

I still like the Orange for the TT, although this is the MK1 that styling wise I was never that keen on. I did give consideration to a Blue one in 2002. Ended up with a 330i Sport.

The Wife's Audi that we have owned for 3 Years has really endeared me to Audi and would have considered an A6 for myself if it was not for the fantastic Jaguar ZF (I'll keep dreaming and saving)