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Rennie · Apr 22nd, 2007, 04:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Harpo (original)

Neither - it's all about marketing.

They bring new colours out to 'freshen up' the range, or perhaps to apply to special editions - and ultimately to sell more cars.

They did however fail with:

Velvet Red - though it was spectacular when clean and in bright sunshine.
Solid Gold - way ahead (or arguably behind, or even both) of its time.
Silk Green - does the person behind the decision to offer SG still work for BMW?

Can anybody else remember any other 'rare' colours?

Silk green is my all time favorite color, but was not available when I bought my first MC in 2005, so I went with PW/B. Now I have another perhaps soon to be rare color, oxygen blue.

russetbrown · Apr 25th, 2007, 08:11 PM

nightfire red with blac roof silver side stripes looks awesome

Harpo · May 4th, 2007, 10:37 PM

Apologies for the delay, but here are a few more - a clean car in a half decent location...

...the various colours that are Nightfire Red.

Rennie · May 4th, 2007, 10:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Harpo (original)

Apologies for the delay, but here are a few more - a clean car in a half decent location...

...the various colours that are Nightfire Red.

And they're all beautiful!

snid · May 4th, 2007, 11:40 PM

Looks to be a lighter shade than the old Velvet Red. The picture in the shade looks like it could be Velvet Red in the sun.

dennisd63 · May 5th, 2007, 05:07 AM

Thank you for the pics. I'm 3 weeks away from getting my NFR Mini and some of the pics had me worried that it would look more on the purple side, which I didn't want. I really like the metallic deep red as it shows in the sunlight. Mine will have black roof and black bonnet stripes as well....I'm thinking it'll be quite mysterious looking, especially at night!

dalboyne · May 5th, 2007, 05:41 AM

Gorgeous colour, Harpo - you made an excellent choice!

All the best from Luxembourg

Ian

CC07ERS · May 5th, 2007, 06:48 AM

Well untill you see it in the flesh i dont think you can pass a judgement on the colour

ONED · May 11th, 2007, 10:00 AM

Well It finally arrived !

CooperD in Nightfire Red/Black

andyminiseven · May 12th, 2007, 12:31 PM

Mmmm thats really nice, not what i was expecting at all really - i had a feeling it would be similar to Solar Red but its quite a bit deeper (similar to Velvet Red)

Looks great with both white and black roof. Great choice

Martin L · May 12th, 2007, 01:20 PM

Sweet Barry

What interior did you get?

I guess I should post piccies of mine in the relevent thread

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Rennie MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey USA Local Time: 07:11 AM Posts: 218 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Harpo (original) Neither - it's all about marketing. They bring new colours out to 'freshen up' the range, or perhaps to apply to special editions - and ultimately to sell more cars. They did however fail with: Velvet Red - though it was spectacular when clean and in bright sunshine. Solid Gold - way ahead (or arguably behind, or even both) of its time. Silk Green - does the person behind the decision to offer SG still work for BMW? Can anybody else remember any other 'rare' colours? Silk green is my all time favorite color, but was not available when I bought my first MC in 2005, so I went with PW/B. Now I have another perhaps soon to be rare color, oxygen blue.

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Apr 25th, 2007, 08:11 PM	#62 (permalink)
russetbrown MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Local Time: 08:11 AM Posts: 2 Offline	nightfire red with blac roof silver side stripes looks awesome

May 4th, 2007, 10:43 PM	#64 (permalink)
Rennie MINI2 Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey USA Local Time: 07:11 AM Posts: 218 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Harpo (original) Apologies for the delay, but here are a few more - a clean car in a half decent location... ...the various colours that are Nightfire Red. And they're all beautiful!

May 5th, 2007, 05:07 AM	#66 (permalink)
dennisd63 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Winnipeg Local Time: 01:11 AM Posts: 7 Offline	Thank you for the pics. I'm 3 weeks away from getting my NFR Mini and some of the pics had me worried that it would look more on the purple side, which I didn't want. I really like the metallic deep red as it shows in the sunlight. Mine will have black roof and black bonnet stripes as well....I'm thinking it'll be quite mysterious looking, especially at night!

May 5th, 2007, 05:41 AM	#67 (permalink)
dalboyne Impatient for R57! My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Luxembourg Local Time: 09:11 AM Posts: 1,637 Offline	Gorgeous colour, Harpo - you made an excellent choice! All the best from Luxembourg Ian

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CC07ERS TYPE R GT VTEC POWERED My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Type R GT Local Time: 08:11 AM Posts: 2,746 Offline	Well untill you see it in the flesh i dont think you can pass a judgement on the colour

May 11th, 2007, 10:00 AM	#69 (permalink)
ONED SUCKIN DIESEL!!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ballydung Manor ! Local Time: 08:11 AM Posts: 7,543 Offline	Well It finally arrived ! CooperD in Nightfire Red/Black

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