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Bleu for a new coupe

 

Ciao everybody!

Over this past new year holidays i had the most blessed of opportunity to visit and discuss about the all new Mclaren MP4-12C at it's Tokyo showroom.

While this car is spectacular in it's own right, you may call me biased indeed but for me a car, especially a sports coupe is NOT perfect unless it is in my most adored of all colours, Midnight Blue!

Thus i went down to the dealer just to check out what would be such an equivalent for this beautiful, pure and precise machine?

My answer, Sapphire Black.

Dont be fooled by the name folks, as often in the automotive industry when naming a colour, they take hints and ideas from the natural world, in this case a play on the word "Sapphire".

What is Blue, yet is Black?

Midnight blue, that is!

I kid you not, but this has got to be virtually the MOST beautiful colour i have ever seen to ever adorn a car in probably my entire existence!

Once again, biased? Yes, very well so!

I'd thus like to share with all of you the shots that i took of the swatch of this very elegant, antiquated, most precise and represents more than everything, Sapphire Black of the all new Mclaren MP4-12C.

Enjoy

Stephen



Voila! Sapphire Blue.

 






In natural sunlight, it'll look like this!



Consider all the next shots to be me being ULTRA biased.





Did i have to take this? Oh yea!




What'cha say?!




Here and there.......




All Blue, Bleu, Blu!



You might be getting bored by now, BUT NOT ME!




The difference between what is good, and bad.




I go WOO YAH on the left, and urghs on the right.



May i suggest a fine blue fabric to pair with your interior?
 


Alternatively how about a ultra luscious nappa Bleu hide?
 


And the assortment galore! ( Not that 99.99% of them is counted eligible for me!)
 
Hope you all enjoyed the wonderful Bleu journey!


This message has been edited by BluNotte on 2012-01-11 08:57:20

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Glad you made it out to McLaren...

 
By: patrick_y : January 11th, 2012-09:39
I haven't made it out to my local McLaren dealer; haven't even seen it despite it being less than 2 miles away. I think the Sapphire black is a great looking color, but the final product on the car is always difficult to visualize; as I fear the car may l... 

You should head down soon bro!

 
By: BluNotte : January 11th, 2012-16:51
I think you'll have a fabulous time with the service that Mclaren provides! The 3rd chip is the Blue, which is a standard paint for no fee, while the Sapphire Black is considered a special colour, and in Japan costs an extra $4000 when opted for. It is in... 

So you bought

 
By: Jester : January 11th, 2012-22:55
the game for the second time or the CAR for the second time?

The car my friend!

 
By: BluNotte : January 12th, 2012-07:16
Although it seems weird that i dont receive the paint chip at all. Happened in the 1st car purchase too! Funny. Stephen

Now that's interesting...

 
By: Jester : January 12th, 2012-11:13
So what happened to the 1st MP4-12C that you bought then?

Are you serious?

 
By: Jester : January 12th, 2012-20:58
Here in my hood, the MP4-12C, even used, is still commanding a small premium, given the waiting list!!!

Hah, wish it was like that in the world of GT!

 
By: BluNotte : January 13th, 2012-00:37
That way i could sell my rare beauties and get even rarer ones! But some of their prices are insanely high! Damn!

at a loss...

 
By: p@p@ : January 20th, 2012-23:23
the depreciation is crazy in any car...thats why its classified as a depreciating asset...im not even sure why they use the word asset (wc kinda means something w/ value)...

Ahhh...

 
By: patrick_y : January 11th, 2012-23:28
Ahh, I thought the picture comparing the two colors was between the Sapphire Black and the 4th color chip from the left, my mistake. You are correct, I definitely like the Sapphire Black much more than the other blue in the comparison shot. Will have to m... 

The 4th chip is Azure Blue

 
By: BluNotte : January 12th, 2012-07:18
Which is SO BAD when i did a comparison with the Sapphire Black that i think it does NOT deserve a posting! I went CRIKEY! Please do bro! And no worries! Glad you enjoyed it too! Stephen

Any shots of the actual car ?

 
By: bimbeano : January 11th, 2012-13:50
Hi Stephen, a lot of possibilities and blue (whichever) being a good choice . I had a laugh when you mentioned sapphire black to be blue ... or black .. or whatever ... I always have a discussion with my wife about black and blue: " take the blue shirt" s... 

Unfortunately no

 
By: BluNotte : January 11th, 2012-17:03
As the 1st model car for the dealership has not arrived. They are just taking orders without you being able to see the car. Hah! It's like me and my family, well used to be until i trained all their eyes to see the difference between true Midnight and Bla...