Colors

[DanMan32]

Isn't seaside pearl more like an electric blue? I'd love to do a straight swap of my salsa red for a seaside pearl blue, but with my mileage, I'd doubt anyone would go for it.

[kritini]

I think of electric blue as being more this color:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:-TKX...ic%2520blue.jpg

The subaru forrester has a great electric blue color.

[Tideland Prius]

Dave, the 2005 brochure (at least in the Canadian version) has a much more accurate swatch of Tideland Pearl. Yes, the 2004's one is quite off. I was surprised when the sales rep at the autoshow told me the 'grey' car on display was Tideland Pearl

[kkister1492]

When we ordered out car in April we saw a green car that didn't come close to the swatch in the dealer's pamphlet. The car was a much lighter version of the swatch with less blue in it. Then, when the '05s were delivered, they were definitely what I (and most people) would consider to be a dark grey.

[DaveinOlyWA]

well i have a 2004 so the swatch was no where near gray.

but as i have said, i love my car and the color is fine. gray is good.

[Stocky]

I have found this an interesting thread. My lil' red arrives in two days and I am not sleeping much at night - LOL. I didn't care what colour it was as long as it was red. I am trading a silver Audi and just about every car I see in silver - a change is as good as a holiday, so RED it is. My Audi's interior is black on black and it will be a breath of fresh air to be surrounded in tan. The key thing with all this is - to each his own, viva la difference!!!!

I read these posts with interest because there are only two choices in New Zealand. The standard model, which is equivalent to the US base model with a few little differences (side turn signals, EV switch, no bladder, no amber reflector in the front lights, RHD etc). The other model is called I-TECH which has only just been introduced in NZ.

I-TECH has everything in it from package #6 but does not have HID, alarm and electronic rear view mirror. It is such a new model that no dealer in this part of the country has seen one, I am the first ( a trailblazer). The dealer is even interested in asking me to show prospective buyers the differences for a small consideration (cool).

I was also real confused by the names of the colours. NZers tend to understate things, we just let our scenery speak for itself - Lord of the Rings? Anyway, our colours are a little less flowery:
Blue Mica metallic=Seaside Pearl
Bronze Mica metallic=Driftwood Pearl
Dark Red Mica metallic=Salsa Red
Jade Green Mica metallic=Tideland Pearl
Silver metallic=Millennium Silver metallic
Super White II=Super White
(note - no black)

From what I have seen in posts and brochures, they are exactly the same colours as available in the US and given that Salsa sounds soooo much better, guess what my new colour is now!!!!!!

Also there is not the groundswell to move to cleaner engines, we did that a long time ago with smaller and more fuel efficient engines, plus we don’t have the same people (4mil) or car population as the US. So that makes the PRIUS a stand out head turner and I like that as well as the fact that I can say "My car does 4.4 l/100km - runs on the smell of an oily rag".

I digress - ONLY TWO SLEEPS TO GO!!!!! I'm just like a kid with a new toy or at least I will be. I am thinking my plate might have to be CLNAIR, BYEGAS, NOSMOG or CO22GO - can't make up my mind.

[Potential Buyer]

I am thinking my plate might have to be CLNAIR, BYEGAS, NOSMOG or CO22GO - can't make up my mind.

Definitely not CO22GO since it not only doesn't sound cool, it also makes no sense -- you breathe, don't you? What do you think you're exhaling? Also, the Prius just gets twice the mileage of a normal car, so "BYEGAS" seems inappropriate (better for a pure EV). My vote is for CLNAIR (my favorite) or NOSMOG.

[DaveinOlyWA]

I have found this an interesting thread. My lil' red arrives in two days and I am not sleeping much at night - LOL. I didn't care what colour it was as long as it was red. I am trading a silver Audi and just about every car I see in silver - a change is as good as a holiday, so RED it is. My Audi's interior is black on black and it will be a breath of fresh air to be surrounded in tan. The key thing with all this is - to each his own, viva la difference!!!!

I read these posts with interest because there are only two choices in New Zealand. The standard model, which is equivalent to the US base model with a few little differences (side turn signals, EV switch, no bladder, no amber reflector in the front lights, RHD etc). The other model is called I-TECH which has only just been introduced in NZ.

I-TECH has everything in it from package #6 but does not have HID, alarm and electronic rear view mirror. It is such a new model that no dealer in this part of the country has seen one, I am the first ( a trailblazer). The dealer is even interested in asking me to show prospective buyers the differences for a small consideration (cool).

I was also real confused by the names of the colours. NZers tend to understate things, we just let our scenery speak for itself - Lord of the Rings? Anyway, our colours are a little less flowery:
Blue Mica metallic=Seaside Pearl
Bronze Mica metallic=Driftwood Pearl
Dark Red Mica metallic=Salsa Red
Jade Green Mica metallic=Tideland Pearl
Silver metallic=Millennium Silver metallic
Super White II=Super White
(note - no black)

From what I have seen in posts and brochures, they are exactly the same colours as available in the US and given that Salsa sounds soooo much better, guess what my new colour is now!!!!!!

Also there is not the groundswell to move to cleaner engines, we did that a long time ago with smaller and more fuel efficient engines, plus we don’t have the same people (4mil) or car population as the US. So that makes the PRIUS a stand out head turner and I like that as well as the fact that I can say "My car does 4.4 l/100km - runs on the smell of an oily rag".

I digress - ONLY TWO SLEEPS TO GO!!!!! I'm just like a kid with a new toy or at least I will be. I am thinking my plate might have to be CLNAIR, BYEGAS, NOSMOG or CO22GO - can't make up my mind.

you can change tideland pearl to "medium smoky gray"

[CTScribe]

As for the "burgundy" accents, personally I think that someone over at Toyota needs to put down their pipe and lay off the crack. The accent is no more "burgundy" that Tideland is Green. All I can think is that the colors must look different in Japan :-)

[font=Lucida Console:c166619c60][b][size=12]I had the same reaction to the so-called "burgundy" dash. It took me three days to even see a hint of deep maroon

[Stocky]

Definitely not CO22GO

Appreciate to input, but I have spent two days agonising over which plate to choose and being unable to make up my mind. I finally decided to head over to left field and have chosen WUHU