X6 Colours and Trim

[Steved]

Hi Simon, I saw VR on a colour sample, but was able to lay it against a black leather seat (which is what I would be going for) and then compare it against all the other X6 colours, plus the best BMW colours of recent years.

I am pretty sure VR will become a popular colour. It's basically 'blood red' with a sprinking of black and silver flakes.

[cmyX6go]

Steve,

What color was the X6 they showed at Frankfurt? I thought it was a really dark metallic gray and hoped it would be a production color.

Thanks

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Steve,

What color was the X6 they showed at Frankfurt? I thought it was a really dark metallic gray and hoped it would be a production color.

Thanks

That was an individual color used on concept CS as well. Unfortunately that will not be available for X6 in US.

[cmyX6go]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Unfortunately that will not be available for X6 in US.

I hate to be teased.

Thanks anyway

[Steved]

I have been going through my usual debate about keeping/changing my choice of colour, and have twice decided to change from VR and twice changed my mind once I've gone and looked at the colour sample (aaaarrrgghhhhh!!).

VR really is a stunning colour in the metal, but I've never been comfortable with metallic red - they've either been washed out/pinkish/brownish. I spoke to a paint technician for one of my previous bespoke cars and he explained how difficult it was to make a good metallic red (I can't remember why it was so difficult). It seems that one of the paint manufacturers (PPG, ICI,?) have cracked it and I've now seen strong confident metallic reds on the new Aston DBS, Alfa 8C and of course Ferrari's F1 race car.

But because there are no other past examples of good metallic reds, I keep getting cold feet. Vermilion is a 'completely' new BMW colour, so I can't find any examples on any previous cars.

Until I next have a crisis of confidence I have re-confirmed Vermilion. My order does not go firm for another few weeks, so I've got time but nothing else in the X6 paint offerings looks as interesting.

Tasman is the 'next' most interesting colour. It looks like a mid-way balance between green and grey, but is not dark. It's a mid-shade colour, so reflects light quite well but still provides that stealthy dark look. I am sure quite a few people will choose this colour and be quite happy with it. In some respects it's like a darker version of Stratus Grey, but not quite as multi-colour as that.

[LeMansX5]

VR appears to be the best color. Go for it.

[sirees01]

Come on Steve, be confident with VR.
I'll hold your hand when it comes to the crunch then at least we can be the first guinea pigs on british roads to have the X6 in this new colour

I wonder what colour BMW will show the X6 in Detroit in 10 days???

[Steved]

This is the closest colour I can find to Vermilion, and it happens to be Rosso Monza..

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/maga...0.asp?id=13050





http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/303654.htm

[Steved]

I am still flipping between different colours on the X6. I took another view at Vermilion Red (at another dealer) and after much scrutiny (and taking the colour sample outside into daylight), I would describe Vermilion as almost exactly the red equivalent of Le Mans Blue.

I placed it against a LMB X5 and they reflected/absorbed similar amounts of light and were equally as vibrant. The question that keeps nagging in my mind is whether I would feel comfortable living with such a strong and characterful (red) colour on the X6.

To confuse me further, I saw a nicely prepped 635d in Deep Sea Blue, which looked thoroughly decent, and after taking the colour sample outside I discovered that it was nigh on identical to my Mugello Blue RS4 Avant. So if its good enough on the RS4, then I know I would also like it on the X6.

What I also discovered was that Deep Sea Blue is more interesting than I initially thought. Whereas Le Mans Blue is basically a rich blue basecoat with a dense layer of silver metallic flakes, Deep Sea Blue is a slightly darker blue base coat but this time with emerald green metallic flakes. So it looks blue/green from some angles, and looked excellent on the 6-series in the showroom.

To save everyone the trouble of finding some example pictures I will post a few examples of Deep Sea Blue below;

[LeMansX5]

Good to know that VR is red equivalent of LMB. I have seen DSB but still like the depth and flakes of LMB. Being in Europe, you have more color choices with individual colors also available later.