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Mr. Wyndham 02-05-2014 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad@ssCamaro (Post 7398487)
That's interesting that though you do love a particular shade of blue, you don't envision yourself buying it on a car. It could be that you have another favorite color that supercedes it **cough** :D

So is there that much politicking within the GM suits to have certain colors being approved from year to year? I think they missed out on rare opportunity to see how well a medium blue could be successful with the Kinetic Blue color. I think they could have sold AT LEAST another 50 units without the Hot Wheels package :D :respekt: :lol:

In your opinion, what would it take get another color similar to it to come out for the Camaro?

Actually, blue is far and away my favorite color...I just view cars with a more mechanical, space-age vision...and thusly silver helps make the car look more machined and precise in my eyes.


Anyways, I think it's less politicking, and more about clever engineering/manufacturing work arounds. I can tell you that without the Camaro, Oshawa would probably never re-configure the paint shop so often like it does now for special cars and general color changes...

My bet is that the colors that Chevy deems "low volume" will be forever restricted to special editions. Because of three reasons:

1) The most obvious: low volume, limited run. Remember - the issue long term is having the paint literally spoil in the hoppers and wasting money/efficiency. So if you only plan to make so many, that is no longer an issue.

2) The next-generation car is going to be built alongside Cadillacs and will have to share painting resources. Bright, shocking colors like Synergy Green are not exactly Cadillac's thing...but ATS has a nice mid-dark blue that might find its way onto Camaro. Maybe?

3) By putting "wow" colors on special edition cars, it both makes the cars "special" besides some stickers, and allows them to say: Want a bright blue? We put it on the Hot Wheels car!

Ultimately - I do know they constantly re-evaluate, and aren't snubbing the requests for varying colors, especially blue...they read these messages, they hear you, they understand what enthusiasts are asking for. But ultimately, our desires are factored into production decisions alongside many others.

CarGarage 02-06-2014 09:53 AM

I'm blue
Da baa dee da baa die

I would of bought grabber blue

matt55 02-06-2014 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 68vert (Post 7388304)
YES, YES, YES. The main reason I haven't seriously considered a upgrade to a newer model. Something around this tone/hue will work just fine.

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K1SSRSS 02-06-2014 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisBlair (Post 7385260)
I agree with that. More choices are good.

But if GM really wants to impress me, they can start using a paint system that survives the real world.

Yup.

dorfmac 02-09-2014 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 68vert (Post 7388304)
YES, YES, YES. The main reason I haven't seriously considered a upgrade to a newer model. Something around this tone/hue will work just fine.

This. No more darker blues. I posted the following link in the paint colors thread to show what I think would be perfect.

http://69camaro.nextmill.net/photos/DSC_0022_lg.jpg

Camaro_krazee 02-10-2014 10:47 AM

Think LeMan's Blue!!! gorgeous!

http://www.69pace.com/paint1968lemansblue.htm

cliffdog89 02-10-2014 10:53 AM

This blue right here would be awesome. My '89 Caprice with Tiger in the background:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3670/9...01568825_z.jpg

SS22 02-10-2014 12:00 PM

Yes, Yes for the love of all that is decent, there better be a nice bright to medium Blue!!!

mako22 02-10-2014 01:50 PM

Up to 74 votes - let's get to 100 and then I will send this as a mass e-mail to every GM employee (past and present). I will also coordinate a march on GM headquarters with the following celebrities already confirmed:

- Blue Man Group
- Old Blue (from Old School)
- Cast of Avatar
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Moody Blues
- Cookie Monster feat. Grover
- The New York Giants
- Blue Ivy (Jay-Z/Beyonce)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs
- Eiffel 65
- Kate Upton (no reason)

coryrulez9 02-10-2014 03:00 PM

Honestly, I would rather have a Dark Green. The new Rainforst Green on the Cruze's is a good color. Maybe just a hair lighter than that.

Camaro_Corvette 02-10-2014 03:03 PM

Love this poll. :laugh: Yes or YES!

bandit38 02-10-2014 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette (Post 7410222)
Love this poll. :laugh: Yes or YES!

That way there are no wrong answers....lol :thumb:

samurai 02-13-2014 03:33 AM

GM defnitely needs to bring back a good looking medium blue color. The Saphire Blue of Porsche would look so amazing on a camaro.

I cant understand how we can get so much different kinds of red, but only one (imho way too dark) blue

68vert 02-13-2014 01:31 PM

I will not pretend to have knowledge on the painting set-up's of modern car factories, but can't they change colors each time a car come's to the spray booth? I would love to see some favored colors that are called for by the car enthusiast's to have some special limited runs every year. Imagine if there were maybe a 3000 limited run of special colors (nice blue, greens, and golds) for a particular model year. Talk about desirability and collectible!


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