R56 What the h*ll happened to the awesome blue colors?
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What the h*ll happened to the awesome blue colors?
For the MCS hardtop - what the hell happened to Lightning Blue???? Or any other deep blue for that matter? I'm potentially in the market to trade in my '04 Indi Blue, and I LOVE the color. But I see a smurf blue (which I like ok) and a very muted blue (looks like teal in the configurator, but like cool blue in pictures). WTF? The cool blue - sorry - Horizon Blue - looks like it should be on a Honda. NO offense to those that like the more muted colors on the MINI. I'm just a fan of color. But now MINI has three shades of silver. *Yawn* Where's the rich blue?
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MINI's color palette is very puzzling. When it comes to blues they seem to have lots of them (No pun intended). But in my opinion, Indy Blue (2002-2004) was the best hue of the color they ever offered and has yet to be replaced.
Hyper Blue and Lighting Blue were nice in their own way (And cars painted with matching body color roofs look best IMHO in these colors) but blues at MINI have pretty short lives:
Indy Blue Metallic: 2002-2004
Electric Blue Metallic: 2002-2005
Hyper Blue Metallic: 2005-2006
Space Blue Metallic: 2006 only
Cool Blue Metallic: 2005-2006 (Convertible only)
Oxygen Blue Clearcoat: 2007-? (R56 Cooper hardtop only)
Lighting Blue Metallic: 2007-2008
Horizon Blue Metallic: 2009-?
Laser Blue Metallic: 2007-?
It seems to me that if you insist on a blue MINI and want it to stand out, your only choice is Laser Blue.
Hyper Blue and Lighting Blue were nice in their own way (And cars painted with matching body color roofs look best IMHO in these colors) but blues at MINI have pretty short lives:
Indy Blue Metallic: 2002-2004
Electric Blue Metallic: 2002-2005
Hyper Blue Metallic: 2005-2006
Space Blue Metallic: 2006 only
Cool Blue Metallic: 2005-2006 (Convertible only)
Oxygen Blue Clearcoat: 2007-? (R56 Cooper hardtop only)
Lighting Blue Metallic: 2007-2008
Horizon Blue Metallic: 2009-?
Laser Blue Metallic: 2007-?
It seems to me that if you insist on a blue MINI and want it to stand out, your only choice is Laser Blue.
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That's what I picked (Laser Blue) this time around. Space Blue looked cool in the showroom, but in person it just looks like another dark blue unless you get it in JUST the right light, then it has a nice green tint to it. I have a feeling Horizon Blue would be very similar to Space Blue. It's also interesting to note how different some blues look with different roof colors - Laser Blue with White looks completely different to Laser Blue with Black....
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I had an 09 Lightning Blue MC...picked it up end of Oct, wrecked beginning of Dec....after orignally being told that it was not totalled (cost less than 75% of the value to fix it) for 2 months....the day before im going to go pick it up from the shop, my ins guy calls (GEICO) and says...sorry...i didn't have the right NADA book value and so by law we have to total ur car out and pay you out for it....this is now Feb 09.....so I go back to Westchester MINI and find out that I missed the cut off on getting another Lightning Blue by like 1 week.......I was soooo pissed....so I got Chili Red....
but all in all...the blue was and is my favorite color still....such a brilliant looking color... like the green, but can't do the white and green/black is just too dark....same wiht the nightfire red...too dark...
but all in all...the blue was and is my favorite color still....such a brilliant looking color... like the green, but can't do the white and green/black is just too dark....same wiht the nightfire red...too dark...
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For the MCS hardtop - what the hell happened to Lightning Blue???? Or any other deep blue for that matter? I'm potentially in the market to trade in my '04 Indi Blue, and I LOVE the color. But I see a smurf blue (which I like ok) and a very muted blue (looks like teal in the configurator, but like cool blue in pictures). WTF? The cool blue - sorry - Horizon Blue - looks like it should be on a Honda. NO offense to those that like the more muted colors on the MINI. I'm just a fan of color. But now MINI has three shades of silver. *Yawn* Where's the rich blue?
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You'll love Chili Red. By far the most stable and nicest color in the MINI range. MINI has been offering Chili Red uninterrupted since the car began production in July 2001. There is something "right" about a red MINI
It is very easy to maintain, looks awesome freshly polished/waxed and very easy to touch up and repair because it is not a metallic paint finish
It is very easy to maintain, looks awesome freshly polished/waxed and very easy to touch up and repair because it is not a metallic paint finish
I had an 09 Lightning Blue MC...picked it up end of Oct, wrecked beginning of Dec....after orignally being told that it was not totalled (cost less than 75% of the value to fix it) for 2 months....the day before im going to go pick it up from the shop, my ins guy calls (GEICO) and says...sorry...i didn't have the right NADA book value and so by law we have to total ur car out and pay you out for it....this is now Feb 09.....so I go back to Westchester MINI and find out that I missed the cut off on getting another Lightning Blue by like 1 week.......I was soooo pissed....so I got Chili Red....
but all in all...the blue was and is my favorite color still....such a brilliant looking color... like the green, but can't do the white and green/black is just too dark....same wiht the nightfire red...too dark...
but all in all...the blue was and is my favorite color still....such a brilliant looking color... like the green, but can't do the white and green/black is just too dark....same wiht the nightfire red...too dark...
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Yeah, I'm super happy I got my Lightning Blue before they discontinued.
I gotta tell ya tho, at least there's other pretty blues to choose from... Almost got Oxy until I realized how flat the color was in person.
AND HEY! Artfulmini, I'm super flattered that you used my MINI in your little color comparision banner there... I gotta update my sig with my new wheels.
I gotta tell ya tho, at least there's other pretty blues to choose from... Almost got Oxy until I realized how flat the color was in person.
AND HEY! Artfulmini, I'm super flattered that you used my MINI in your little color comparision banner there... I gotta update my sig with my new wheels.
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