All-New 2022 Subaru BRZ Makes Global Debut

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Could just be prototype units. I am pretty sure it is cheaper and faster to straight machine a couple parts for low volume r&d than it is to set up the tooling to cast, then machine the same part.

Even at this far from mass production, they want tooling, process, shape, and material that is as close to production as possible. The project I’m working on is over a year from SOP and we are doing production tooling now.


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[kaputt]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

This seems to be the color palette offered for most cars these days...

Yep, it’s pretty awful.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

This seems to be the color palette offered for most cars these days...

Ahhh those were the days!

[AnalogMan]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ahhh those were the days!

You are so right!!! What happened to all the fun colors cars used to come in?

Grey, gray, silver, white, black. Those are the colors of asphalt. Is everyone trying to blend in with the road surface in some sort of horribly misguided attempt at camouflage???

I can understand the proverbial traditional 'family sedan' (= SUV these days) being selected in some sort of somber, boring color to reflect its equally pedestrian duty purely as a transportation device. But sports cars are supposed to be all about fun. For me, color is a very important part of that equation. Color has often been a deal-breaker for me in buying (or not buying as the case has been) certain cars (yeah, I know, I'm not right in the head; my wife reminds me of this several times a day).

The right color can beautifully accentuate and highlight the lines of a car. It can also take an otherwise plain looking car and make it fun. Colors are just plain fun.

I need bright, saturated, primary colors. Preferably non-metallics. Reds. Blues. Greens. Orange. The 4 cars we currently own are red (BRZ), blue (WRX), and two orange (Crosstrek and Mustang).

Maybe the slide into depressing, boring car colors is a reflection of a deeper rotting of our collective souls. A lot of people don't seem to have the mirthful sense of humor and light-hearted outlook on life of past years. For a lot of people, life has gotten more difficult in recent years. Having to work harder, longer hours, multiple jobs. Throw in divisive political turmoil and a global pandemic, and I can see how a lot of people might not be exactly feeling cheerful and carefree these days. Maybe the drab, muted colors so many people prefer for their cars reflects deeper dull, lackluster feelings.

Which is all the more reason to bring a little harmless fun into life with fun car colors!

The loss of greens has been especially distressing to me. It's so hard to find any green on any car model these days (major kudos to Toyota for offering the Hakone edition). How can you argue with the beauty of a color like this (not mine, just a pic from the internet):

[Lelandjt]

What percentage of Americans live in a place that's so hot and sunny for a significant part of the year that anything other than white makes the car too hot? Silver is a popular choice because it's the lightest, coolest color that's not white for people who consider white too boring. I'd love to own a colorful car but after one day of parking it in the sun I'd regret it. Every car I own is white. All my housemate's cars are white. Most of my friends' cars are white. It's not a choice, it's a necessity.

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ahhh those were the days!

Too bad they only had Moulin Rouge in 1970! Best year anyway...

[Ash_89]

To add to the list of colours that we won't get, a dark purple would be my choice.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

This seems to be the color palette offered for most cars these days...

yeah i hate this so much....

You can have any colour car in the world as long as its black white or grey....

Im looking for a car in my neck of the woods and this is the palette i have to choose from.....Most of the time the other colours have to be ordered in....

[beltax90]

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[kaputt]

That blue is gorgeous, but it would be nice if they offered more than just one extra color color outside the standard black, grey, silver, white.

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by Ash_89

To add to the list of colours that we won't get, a dark purple would be my choice.

Plum crazy purple!

Ours will probably be white.

- Andrew

[Psilox]

I would personally go for a matte grey or chalk. In terms of actual colors, I'm partial to dark red (dark purple is great, too).

[Dake]

I do like the Hyperblue option for sure - the other blues are a bit dark for my preference. But I would totally do a Plum Crazy. I keep thinking about a wrap.

[KaliZoidberg]

What colors do y'all think they'll offer? Currently, they only offer blue, black, grey, silver, and white -- pretty bland if you ask me.