All-New 2022 Subaru BRZ Makes Global Debut

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Yuzu Yellow as I recall on the TRD decked out special model.

Yep that was the 2015 FRS RS-1. It was a different yellow than the Yellow Edition BRZ though.

[Lelandjt]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Sorry, don't buy it. I've lived in South Florida and owned red, green, black and white cars while living there. They all got hot on the inside. It's the glass that's the problem, and the color of the interior. Yes, white reflects heat to some extent (its one of the reasons most aircraft, and all composite aircraft are painted white) but with a car covering/tinting the windows makes much more difference than paint color.

Well yeah, here in Hawaii everyone gets tint and puts shades in the windows when parking. If you do those things in a white car and a dark car which do you think gets hotter? If you look around in Hawaii 9/10ths of cars are white. Do you think people choose that cuz white is their favorite color?
In Colorado I have a Transit van set up for camping. Mine and nearly every other one I see are white. They have a huge roof and sides. Anything other than white and you better have solar panels and a battery bank powering an auxiliary A/C.

[dpfarr]

For a sports car, 1/3 of the yearly production should at least be a fucking cool sports car color.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by dpfarr

For a sports car, 1/3 of the yearly production should at least be a fucking cool sports car color.

They did it on the Toyota side of things, there was a unique colour ever year.
It started off with Hot Lava orange until 2018 when they switched it to the Neptune Blue.

Orange was a unique colour, but the neptune blue is definately a sports car shade of light blue. (similar to hyperblue)

There was also a few thrown in, like some kind of cement grey colour (Canada didnt get it so i dont remember what it was called) at some point, and then theres the Hakone Green for 2020. They also changed the grey from asphalt (dark grey metallic in Subie speak) to a lighter grey called Pavement for 2020 (Magnetite grey metallic i believe) which i like better.

Yeah then theres the special editions like the Yuzu Yellow and the cool grey Khaki.

Otherwise Subie seems to stick wtht he same boring colours, Black, White, grey, silver, Red, and their World Rally Blue.

[Sport-Tech]

Trendy colours don’t always age well. There’s a Subaru CUV nearby in that cement or putty grey, it already looks dated.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Lelandjt

Well yeah, here in Hawaii everyone gets tint and puts shades in the windows when parking. If you do those things in a white car and a dark car which do you think gets hotter? If you look around in Hawaii 9/10ths of cars are white. Do you think people choose that cuz white is their favorite color?
In Colorado I have a Transit van set up for camping. Mine and nearly every other one I see are white. They have a huge roof and sides. Anything other than white and you better have solar panels and a battery bank powering an auxiliary A/C.

Parking lots in Hawaii.
Not sure where you got your data from but that looks far different than 9/10s white cars.





yes white cars can be up to about 20 degrees cooler than black but there are loads of other colours in between where the difference just isn't that be.


White, black and grey cars are simply more populer everyplace right now regardless of heat.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Lelandjt

In Colorado I have a Transit van set up for camping. Mine and nearly every other one I see are white. They have a huge roof and sides. Anything other than white and you better have solar panels and a battery bank powering an auxiliary A/C.

Not talking about transit vans, or RVs, or any other house size motor vehicles, there I fully agree with you.

But, in a coupe or sedan, or even a Suburban, the difference is with tolerance ranges, and definitely not enough of a difference to say "gotta have a white car no matter what".

Of course, then there are the ones that buy a white car and black out the roof and hood, negating any gain they had.

[Lantanafrs2]

I think those plastidipped black hoods look ridiculous. I've put a few of them in my rearview btw with my slow frs.

[pope]

I'm not saying it's not boring, but all three of my partner's and my current cars are silver or grey: Silverado - silver, Sonota - grey metalic, BRZ - dark grey metallic. I like the BRZ color the least because it's too dark. Why is it too dark? It shows dirt sooner than the other two.

After 3 black, 2 blue, 1 red, 1 silver, 1 green, and 2 white vehicles prior to our current three, we bought the Sonata and Silverado in grey/silver because the previous silver vehicle was the only one that looked reasonably clean all the time regardless of whether it was washed yesterday or last week.

I would paint my BRZ Fluro-green and deal with it looking dusty faster, but Minister of Finance says no.

[dpfarr]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

Trendy colours don’t always age well. There’s a Subaru CUV nearby in that cement or putty grey, it already looks dated.

Classic red sports car should never go out of style. I might’ve chosen base model over a ts if it was red.

[wbradley]

There are but a very few car colours that are universally iconic.

On a side note, I have been sifting the classifieds to adopt a kitten or young cat.
I am hoping to find a red tabby and name him Enzo.

See the iconic car colour tie-in there?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

Trendy colours don’t always age well. There’s a Subaru CUV nearby in that cement or putty grey, it already looks dated.

Originally Posted by dpfarr

Classic red sports car should never go out of style. I might’ve chosen base model over a ts if it was red.

To me there are three classic sports car colours that will never go out of style.

Now I just need a red one next.

[dpfarr]

British Racing Green and its tonal analogs are pretty good. I’d chose a good saturated yellow before an orange though.

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

To me there are three classic sports car colours that will never go out of style.

Now I just need a red one next.

I still think that Hakone green is effing gorgeous. Right up there with the Miata's Soui Red Crystal. While I prefer the front end of the new BRZ, if the 2022 86 was available in that shade (highly unlikely, I know) that would take precedence.