These once sold very well in metallic brown and it later hid the rust! Ford Cortina
I liked the 70's Ford metallic brown at the time but never liked the solid browns that British Leyland used on the original Mini including the Clubman Estate. (I think it was called Russet Brown?)
I've seen a brownish TT too, looked horrible. I think this is not a decision based on people, but on "motoring trends", ie, someone somewhere decided it was a good idea, so all other marketing departments are following this "bold statement".
Would you believe that something as important as colour is actually agreed upon by the manufacturers beforehand so that no one has an unfair advantage?
if you go on minicherished & do an advanced search it shows all the colours mini have used over the years - i think there were 25 & thats not inlcuding the 3 colours used on the seven/parklane/checkmate models.
so thats 28 colours in 6 years, with about 8 different shades of blue from indi to laser
I think, if handled correctly, this could be a very interesting colour. Especially on a car with some contrasting accents, like the clubman is suppssed to be having.
A few years ago, 'white' cars were seen as very un sexy. But their back now, with avengance.
I think the new brown (with a gold metalic hue perhaps) might end up being the new colour to be seen in.
Paint has come on leaps and bounds since the days of brown morris marinas etc.
I think it will be a niche colour, and I think maybe that's what they're going for, it does allow for more diversity. It would be nice for them to add some more vibrancy to the colour palette, a wider range of "base colours", not just hues and tones. So in that respect, being the only brown in the range, this is a positive move.
Hot Chocolate? Looks much like a dark bronze to me.
My favourite though is courtesy of Renault - they offer an interior colour they call "greige" - somewhere in between grey and beige (I'll let your imagination do the rest!)
My favourite though is courtesy of Renault - they offer an interior colour they call "greige" - somewhere in between grey and beige (I'll let your imagination do the rest!)
I don't believe that my eyes decieve me just yet, but I think that Sparkly Silver is rather nice.
My dealer had a specced down One at its recent launch, finished in SS with a set of decent alloys, and I thought that it would make a great entry into the world of Mini ownership.
Incidentally, I attended the final factory tour before the re-tooling shutdown, and noted that of some 150-odd cars on the production line, the least popular colour was none other than Mellow Yellow with just a single example on the line.
The other new colours, Nightfire Red, Oxygen Blue and the aforementioned Sickly Silver, all had a liberal scattering throughout.
i quit elike it can see it work very well with a white roof and nice trim accents ... it can certainly have a rich but still fun urbaan look,
btw ... when are we scheduled to see official press photos of the Clubman? didn't we get them in July last year for the R56? ... so considering release schedule is about the same ... aren't we due soon?
I like the fact it doesn't have a colour in the title. We have liquid yellow, chilli red, pure silver etc. So it's brown and that has a certain stigma - surely ?! Otherwise it could be history teacher brown.
I cant wait for the Orange velour interior to go with this brown then.
But you would have to assume the brown is a Retro nod to travellers past.
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