Rumor: Discontinuing Neptune Blue - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

dtrop · 03-21-2023, 07:44 PM

Saw this reddit post today of someone from the EU stating Neptune Blue was no longer being offered.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GR86/commen...ership_i_have/

Any thoughts? This color and similar shades have been offered for many years now, I don't see it being discontinued, at least in the US.

timurrrr · 03-22-2023, 01:34 AM

I heard a similar rumor a couple of months ago from a friend who lives in Japan

fredzy · 03-22-2023, 09:46 AM

My first thought was if anything it has more to do with the tiny number of cars they're getting in general. Never know though.

Tcoat · 03-22-2023, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fredzy

My first thought was if anything it has more to do with the tiny number of cars they're getting in general. Never know though.

This ^
Subaru doesn't care what colours they use. They change from one car to the next anyway it isn't like they are batch painting and a different colour messes them up.

norcalpb · 03-22-2023, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

This ^
Subaru doesn't care what colours they use. They change from one car to the next anyway it isn't like they are batch painting and a different colour messes them up.

Hell Subaru got rid of my favorite color (Galaxy blue silica) after 1 year if I’m not mistaken. Scion kept the color.

dtrop · 03-22-2023, 02:28 PM

I found a post on another GR86 forum from September that their dealership said the same thing and to choose a different color. Things aren’t adding up.

Tcoat · 03-22-2023, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by norcalpb

Hell Subaru got rid of my favorite color (Galaxy blue silica) after 1 year if I’m not mistaken. Scion kept the color.

Yep. And the very fact that they kept it shows it wasn't a "oh we have to many colours for the plant to keep up" situation as expressed in the link that was posted.

They got rid of the Galaxy Blue when they introduced the WRB. That makes sense since there wasn't a huge difference.

OkieSnuffBox · 03-22-2023, 03:27 PM

That's a bummer if true, I wanted to get a GR because of that color. But the lead time and ADM steered me back to the BRZ.

dtrop · 03-22-2023, 07:29 PM

another reddit post today says their Canadian dealership also says no more Neptune

Come on U.S......

I would take a nice yellow as a replacement though (not the series yellow frs, more like the series yellow BRZ)

KahnBB6 · 03-26-2023, 06:13 AM

A shame if so. Neptune Blue is the most beautiful color available for the GR86.

VoltsFRS2013 · 03-26-2023, 06:42 PM

As long as they replace it with another color, I don't really care. Personally for me though I always thought Neptune looked a little funny on these cars. I haven't seen a single neptune that really caught my eye. However, folks say that about Trueno Blue / Ultramarine etc.

Hoping we'll get something like Hakone or Moonslate Metallic on the GR.

mr.whiskers · 04-04-2023, 04:36 PM

But thats the best color!

Fun fact: Sapphire blue pearl is not available on Canadian BRZ's, but it is available in USA. Found that weird.

Tcoat · 04-09-2023, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mr.whiskers

But thats the best color!

Fun fact: Sapphire blue pearl is not available on Canadian BRZ's, but it is available in USA. Found that weird.

99% of BRZs seem to be WRB so another blue would be redundant anyway.

mr.whiskers · 04-10-2023, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

99% of BRZs seem to be WRB so another blue would be redundant anyway.

99% are wrb probably because another blue color is not offered (although I do think that wrb is the superior color, just found it interesting how they changed color options for Canada)

03-21-2023, 07:44 PM	#1
dtrop Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Wrb 2014 limited brZ Location: United States Posts: 436 Thanks: 5 Thanked 185 Times in 103 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Rumor: Discontinuing Neptune Blue Saw this reddit post today of someone from the EU stating Neptune Blue was no longer being offered. https://www.reddit.com/r/GR86/commen...ership_i_have/ Any thoughts? This color and similar shades have been offered for many years now, I don't see it being discontinued, at least in the US.

03-22-2023, 01:34 AM	#2
timurrrr Senior Member Join Date: May 2019 Drives: 2022 GR86 Location: Between Sonoma and Laguna Seca Posts: 1,724 Thanks: 2,145 Thanked 1,323 Times in 727 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I heard a similar rumor a couple of months ago from a friend who lives in Japan __________________ Follow the build thread for my GR86!

03-22-2023, 03:27 PM	#8
OkieSnuffBox Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: '23 BRZ Limited Location: OKC, OK Posts: 2,082 Thanks: 678 Thanked 1,324 Times in 756 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	That's a bummer if true, I wanted to get a GR because of that color. But the lead time and ADM steered me back to the BRZ. __________________ "95% of the time, more throttle is the answer. 5% of the time, it ends the suspense."

03-26-2023, 06:13 AM	#10
KahnBB6 Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2023 GR86 6MT Location: Florida Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	A shame if so. Neptune Blue is the most beautiful color available for the GR86. __________________ '23 GR86 6MT '93 Lexus SC300 5-speed \| Stock 2JZ-GTE \| R154 \| Supra TT Susp/Rims/Brakes/Seats/3.76:1 LSD

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