Originally Posted by thismock (Post 1958053)

I was surprised to discover at the Scion dealer last night that the 2014 Argento color is not the same as the 2015 Steel. This may be common knowledge, but most things I've read have mentioned it being a color rename and not a new shade. I mention this in case it's helpful to soon-to-be-FR-S-owners that may be lurking around these forums (like me!)

Here are two photos of a 2014 and 2015 side-by-side, you can tell the year by the antenna (sharkfin for 2015). My apologies that they're not the highest quality photos.

The top photo is (left to right): 2015 Steel, 2014 Argento, 2015 Halo
The bottom photo is (left to right): 2015 Halo, 2014 Argent, 2015 Steel

Originally Posted by thismock (Post 1958085)

Well, my hunch is that Steel is the same as Ice Silver Metallic on the BRZ.. which is also a color for the new 2015 WRX. By sharing it across three models (FR-S, BRZ, WRX) Subaru can save some costs rather than having two separate shades of silver to maintain. I assume the FR-S' are sprayed in the same factory as the BRZ.

On the upside, Argento is now a limited edition color. :)

Originally Posted by Shutter (Post 1958087)

looks like silver, and dark silver to me lol

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 1958105)

I remember a day long, LONG ago when silver was pretty much restricted to high end german cars! If you saw a North American car in silver the paint was almost always half peeled off (i.e. 1976 Cordoba, 1970 Maverick)
Now parking lots are a sea of silver, grey or black.
Noticed in the parking lot a work the other day that of the 50 or so cars mine was the ONLY one not among the big three colours. Was gonna take a picture to title "one of these things is not like the others" but shift ended and they all left!