Who's Sick Of Silver, Gray, Platinum, Titanium OR Whatever??

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01-20-2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffNNJ' post='519573' date='Jan 18 2008, 03:43 PM

I am back to colors again. Just wondering how many of you have owned a series of BMWs all with the same above mentioned colors. In the new 550i alone, 4 out of the 11 available colors are some derivative of silver or gray. Personally, I have owned an Arctic Silver 328i convertible, a Titanium Silver M3 convertible and a Silver Gray 550i. Why do they do this?? Why not a couple of red or burgundy based colors?? The red on the new M5 is, IMO, by far the definitive color. Recently I have seen a few Lexus' and a Maserati Quattroporte in burgundy and the color was gorgeous. The E60 would also look incredible in a deep chestnut brown or beige. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why their color palate is so limited.

chestnut brown or beige would sell approx 0 cars a year I recon in the UK. After 2 years of observation, i still havent seen a white one in the UK - its likely due to it being a colour attributed to trucks and workmens vans. I think it looks good in white.......

Agreed about the silvers - there should be more blues, and perhaps a red or so, but it seems that most large prestigious vehicles look better in conservative colours. My other car, a Miata MX5, looks perfect in bright classic red, my E60 would look crap in it. Conversely if the MX5 was black.....