Pictures of new colour "Astro Black"?

[Eigger]

Hi!

Does anyone already have a picture of the new colour "Astro Black"? Maybe even one of the new MINI Cooper with this colour?

[kimd]

I've just been told this is the same as BMW's "Carbon black" which is black with a hint of blue. Saw it on an M3 convertible today in the sun and it looks like a v.v.dark blue - in shade it looks black, but not as black as black if you see what I mean... Also see news story here

Does anyone know if Astro Black and Carbon Black are one and the same?

[brassd]

I'm afraid there were no Astro Black cars at the motorshow. The Cooper S Convertible was solid black.

[Johnny225]

I have a carbon black M3, and it's a great color! I hope they make it on the MINI!

[kimd]

It was a MINI dealer that said BMW Carbon and MINI Astro are the same colour. I certainly thought the Carbon Black M3 looked great.

[Paul]

As above: http://www.mini2.com/news/news242.htmlIt's a very very dark blue shade of black.

[Shaun]

Heres a black Mini possibly astro black with the the facelift

[Shaun]

Heres a close up

[Rich_IX]

I quite like it....

[mrhollio]

Looks just like black to me! but what do I know --- I'm color blind.

[Johnny225]

hmm, that's not carbon black.

[EBMCS03]

Wow they're bringing Carbon Black to the MINI... Awesome... I really like carbon black.

[huntmdwn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny225

hmm, that's not carbon black.

Johnny, sorry to thread jack, but are you a member at www.e46fanatics.com? Its for BMWs of course. I am new here as I am looking into the cooper. I have a 2003 325i now.

[Johnny225]

No, I'm not. I used to be part of M3forum.com, but I just couldn't stand some of the stuff that went on in that forum.

[EBMCS03]

I lurk there from time to time... you can find maybe like 12 posts total from me.