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Jan 16, 2008 4:28:05 PM
- JoeRockhead
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Re: Kind of Blue
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ewi said:
... same car on winter tires but under different lighting conditions that show the purple in the Zenith Blue.
Is that the huge Porsche dealer in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If so when I was there I saw a black Carrera GT just idling with nobody in it in one of those bay doors. It was very tempting....
Jan 17, 2008 4:07:57 PM
- JoeRockhead
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Re: Kind of Blue
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ewi said:
... same car on winter tires but under different lighting conditions that show the purple in the Zenith Blue.
Is that the huge Porsche dealer in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If so when I was there I saw a black Carrera GT just idling with nobody in it in one of those bay doors. It was very tempting....
I'd risk doing some time for that!
Re: Kind of Blue
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AndyM said:
Is that the huge Porsche dealer in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If so when I was there I saw a black Carrera GT just idling with nobody in it in one of those bay doors. It was very tempting....
yes, you will always see one or several CGTs there. Either parked in front of the entrance ready for pickup or still in the workshop or, hmm, a crashed one hidden behind the garage 
A friend of mine who was there a few months ago told me that they even have one inside the dealership somewhere upstairs. A CGT owner with no space at home stores the car there over the winter, or so
Re: Kind of Blue
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AndyM said:Quote:
ewi said:
... same car on winter tires but under different lighting conditions that show the purple in the Zenith Blue.
Is that the huge Porsche dealer in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen? If so when I was there I saw a black Carrera GT just idling with nobody in it in one of those bay doors. It was very tempting....
Man, the things they had to do just to get people to take those Carrera GTs off their hands!
Feb 7, 2008 3:35:42 AM
- U Boat Commander
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Re: Kind of Blue
There have been at least 29 different shades of blue offered by Porsche over the years, which Atomic 80 and I documented in this thread.
http://teamspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873
http://teamspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873
Feb 7, 2008 4:39:22 AM
- neunhundertelf
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Feb 9, 2008 8:19:41 PM
- atomic80
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Re: Kind of Blue
I started a thread on teamspeed.com covering all the known shades of blue offered by Porsche.
http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873
We managed to get up to 38 at last count:
1. Acquamarin
2. Adriatic
3. Aetna
4. Aga
5. Anniversary
6. Arrow
7. Azzuro California
8. Bali
9. Baltic
10. Cobalt
11. Crystal
12. Estoril
13. Fountain
14. Glacier
15. Gulf
16. Horizon
17. Iris
18. Lapis
19. Maritime
20. Meissen
21. Mexico
22. Midnight
23. Minerva
24. Ocean
25. Oslo
26. Ossi
27. Oxford
28. Petrol
29. Prussian
30. Riviera
31. Royal
32. Sky
33. Turquoise
34. Ultra
35. Venitian
36. Wakeboard
37. Zenith
38. Zircon
http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873
We managed to get up to 38 at last count:
1. Acquamarin
2. Adriatic
3. Aetna
4. Aga
5. Anniversary
6. Arrow
7. Azzuro California
8. Bali
9. Baltic
10. Cobalt
11. Crystal
12. Estoril
13. Fountain
14. Glacier
15. Gulf
16. Horizon
17. Iris
18. Lapis
19. Maritime
20. Meissen
21. Mexico
22. Midnight
23. Minerva
24. Ocean
25. Oslo
26. Ossi
27. Oxford
28. Petrol
29. Prussian
30. Riviera
31. Royal
32. Sky
33. Turquoise
34. Ultra
35. Venitian
36. Wakeboard
37. Zenith
38. Zircon
Re: Kind of Blue
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atomic80 said:
I started a thread on teamspeed.com covering all the known shades of blue offered by Porsche.
http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873
We managed to get up to 38 at last count:
1. Acquamarin
2. Adriatic
3. Aetna
4. Aga
5. Anniversary
6. Arrow
7. Azzuro California
8. Bali
9. Baltic
10. Cobalt
11. Crystal
12. Estoril
13. Fountain
14. Glacier
15. Gulf
16. Horizon
17. Iris
18. Lapis
19. Maritime
20. Meissen
21. Mexico
22. Midnight
23. Minerva
24. Ocean
25. Oslo
26. Ossi
27. Oxford
28. Petrol
29. Prussian
30. Riviera
31. Royal
32. Sky
33. Turquoise
34. Ultra
35. Venitian
36. Wakeboard
37. Zenith
38. Zircon
That's absolutely increadible !
I had no idea there was so many shades of blue available.
Really nice job jason and Uboat. Thanks for the link
Feb 10, 2008 9:51:07 AM
- U Boat Commander
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Re: Kind of Blue
Yeah, we're actually up to 65 shades of blue now. There are probably a few more we're missing, not to mention the paint to sample colors.
1. Acquamarin
2. Adria Blue
3. Adriatic
4. Aetna
5. Aga
6. Alaska
7. Albert
8. Amazon
9. Anaconda
10. Anniversary
11. Arrow
12. Azure Blue
13. Azurite Blue
14. Azzuro California
15. Bahama
16. Bali
17. Baltic
18. Cobalt
19. Copenhagen
20. Crystal
21. Diamond
22. Dove
23. Enmel
24. Estoril
25. Fountain
26. Gemini
27. Glacier
28. Gulf
29. Horizon
30. Iris
31. Iridescent
32. Lapis
33. Laguna
34. Lavender
35. Light Blue Metallic
36. Marathon
37. Marine
38. Maritime
39. Meissen
40. Mexico
41. Midnight
42. Minerva
43. Ocean
44. Olympic
45. Oslo
46. Ossi
47. Oxford
48. Pacific
49. Petrol
50. Prussian
51. Riviera
52. Royal
53. Saphire
54. Satin
55. Sky
56. Slate Blue
57. Speedster Blue
58. Tahoe
59. Turquoise (There's been at least four shades of this color, including one metallic)
60. Ultra
61. Venitian
62. Violet Blue Metallic
63. Wakeboard
64. Zenith
65. Zircon
1. Acquamarin
2. Adria Blue
3. Adriatic
4. Aetna
5. Aga
6. Alaska
7. Albert
8. Amazon
9. Anaconda
10. Anniversary
11. Arrow
12. Azure Blue
13. Azurite Blue
14. Azzuro California
15. Bahama
16. Bali
17. Baltic
18. Cobalt
19. Copenhagen
20. Crystal
21. Diamond
22. Dove
23. Enmel
24. Estoril
25. Fountain
26. Gemini
27. Glacier
28. Gulf
29. Horizon
30. Iris
31. Iridescent
32. Lapis
33. Laguna
34. Lavender
35. Light Blue Metallic
36. Marathon
37. Marine
38. Maritime
39. Meissen
40. Mexico
41. Midnight
42. Minerva
43. Ocean
44. Olympic
45. Oslo
46. Ossi
47. Oxford
48. Pacific
49. Petrol
50. Prussian
51. Riviera
52. Royal
53. Saphire
54. Satin
55. Sky
56. Slate Blue
57. Speedster Blue
58. Tahoe
59. Turquoise (There's been at least four shades of this color, including one metallic)
60. Ultra
61. Venitian
62. Violet Blue Metallic
63. Wakeboard
64. Zenith
65. Zircon
Feb 12, 2008 2:16:02 AM
- U Boat Commander
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Feb 12, 2008 10:15:02 AM
- The Groom
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Re: Kind of Blue
25C and 25D are the same color. If you look at Porsche color codes, you'll notice that 993-era colors have three color codes: one two-digit code, and two three-digit codes.
I suspect that's because depending on the country, either oil-based or water-based paints were offered.
The two-digit code is the option code. You'd order option K1 "Turquoise metallic", and depending on the country, you'd wind up with either 25C (oil-based) or 25D (water-based).
K1/25C/25D were only offered in 1996. They were replaced with J3/25H/25K (Libelltürkis metallic, a.k.a. Ocean Jade) for 1997/1999.
I suspect that's because depending on the country, either oil-based or water-based paints were offered.
The two-digit code is the option code. You'd order option K1 "Turquoise metallic", and depending on the country, you'd wind up with either 25C (oil-based) or 25D (water-based).
K1/25C/25D were only offered in 1996. They were replaced with J3/25H/25K (Libelltürkis metallic, a.k.a. Ocean Jade) for 1997/1999.
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