[suzq044]

What's also interesting is that cars.com (US) has it formally listed as its spanish name: Verde Oliva. Spanish Olive is actually a cool color name.

It's PFP, same as Green Machine. Which is good actually- Green Machine has some bronze, brown and yellow in it.

It means Green Olive. Not Spanish Olive -- That's also what it is in Italian. Italian Olive sounds worse though because of pizza being a thing that exists. lol
Adding a seemingly random location name to it is going to make it sound better than a pizza topping or a Jeep color. lol

 

[NiharM33]

It means Green Olive. Not Spanish Olive -- That's also what it is in Italian. Italian Olive sounds worse though because of pizza being a thing that exists. lol
Adding a seemingly random location name to it is going to make it sound better than a pizza topping or a Jeep color. lol

Yeah I know, I was saying adding the location as an alternate color name would be cool. Spanish Olive and Verde Oliva both sound good.

 

[suzq044]

If you don't like what's at the dealer, take it up with the person (or team) that does the ordering.

No sh*t sherlock, but I don't have the power to make dealers change anything; and I'm not in the market for anything at the moment. We already have 7 cars between us. lol

Though we are looking at Cherokee, to replace the Renegade when the time comes in a couple years - hopefully the Trailhawk will be out by then and be surprisingly good (fingers crossed)

 

[suzq044]

Yeah I know, I was saying adding the location as an alternate color name would be cool. Spanish Olive and Verde Oliva both sound good.

Only if Spanish or Italian aren't your primary language at home. Otherwise it is the same as Olive Green is to us natal English speakers.

 

[Dave Z]

The worst part is NO cloth interior option. I despise vinyl seats (leather I despise a bit less) and only have black interiors on the bottom two models is really dreary.

the Toyota Corolla is one of the cheapest lease cars in America and the cheapest base model has a light and a dark color choice.

 

[Kyanche]

I find that consumers are very color-adverse when purchasing cars. I always wonder, is that industry conditioning that generates mass thinking or is this the mass driving the market with their votes via $$.

I wish I knew. I'm tired of white/grey/black. Real tired.

I personally have enjoyed a large number of color options. Maybe I'm a child of the 80s when exterior and interior colors were varied.

I remember the ever popular Ford black exterior with bright red interior option LOL. And that brown-burgundy color that GM used a lot in the late 80s/early 90s and Chrysler used a sorta purple variant in the 90s and early 2000s. And of course, the ever popular hunter green exterior with beige interior option of the mid-late 90s.

Yea it seems STLA only wants to produce 4-5 colors at the same time and rotates them seasonally. It's weird because you'd think with paint robots they'd be able to produce a wide assortment! I remember when you could buy a Jeep Wrangler in flame red or (metallic) rock red. AT THE SAME TIME! and they also offered orange, green, light green, blue, yellow, and so on... at the same time. Now they'd run one of those colors alongside black/grey/metallic grey/silver/white and call it a day.

On a side note: I hate it when colors are only offered on some models or only on special editions of those models. Porsche has this awesome ice metallic light blue that they originally only offered on the Taycan, but apparently you can get it on a couple of other cars if you order the right trim. Sadly not a base cayman... not like I'm shopping for one right now lol.

Chrysler very briefly sold a 'ceramic blue' 300 that had a blue interior. It was soooooo nice. They probably made like 20 of them lol.

 

[suzq044]

I wish I knew. I'm tired of white/grey/black. Real tired.



I remember the ever popular Ford black exterior with bright red interior option LOL. And that brown-burgundy color that GM used a lot in the late 80s/early 90s and Chrysler used a sorta purple variant in the 90s and early 2000s. And of course, the ever popular hunter green exterior with beige interior option of the mid-late 90s.

Yea it seems STLA only wants to produce 4-5 colors at the same time and rotates them seasonally. It's weird because you'd think with paint robots they'd be able to produce a wide assortment! I remember when you could buy a Jeep Wrangler in flame red or (metallic) rock red. AT THE SAME TIME! and they also offered orange, green, light green, blue, yellow, and so on... at the same time. Now they'd run one of those colors alongside black/grey/metallic grey/silver/white and call it a day.

On a side note: I hate it when colors are only offered on some models or only on special editions of those models. Porsche has this awesome ice metallic light blue that they originally only offered on the Taycan, but apparently you can get it on a couple of other cars if you order the right trim. Sadly not a base cayman... not like I'm shopping for one right now lol.

Chrysler very briefly sold a 'ceramic blue' 300 that had a blue interior. It was soooooo nice. They probably made like 20 of them lol.

It's more about money at that point. Saving money on producing the paint itself, and creating a demand when a new color comes -- like restaurants do with menus with a few items that rotate over the span of a few years. "It's new!" or "Bringing it back!"


As per the very light blue? What Dodge Dart's Winter Chill was -- very rare color compared to the others.

Edit: Upon googling a little more -- Ambassador Blue - and it was very very close to the Dart shown above.

I would love to see interior colors come back, maybe not as strong as the 70s and 80s, but even I am getting tired of triple-black on everything. Or red being the only other impact-color option. Just, please, not light colored seats. They look good in press photography but for practical use, frequently-touched surfaces should not be light colored. lol

 

[valiant67]

F8 is definitely not olive green.
The online images look much more like F8 than olive.

Yeah I know, I was saying adding the location as an alternate color name would be cool. Spanish Olive and Verde Oliva both sound good.

Build and price calls it Olive Green.
Let’s save the cutesy names for European brands. Like how my 500c was Granito and my 300s was Granite Crystal even though they were the same paint.

 

[ScottNH]

I would love to see interior colors come back, maybe not as strong as the 70s and 80s, but even I am getting tired of triple-black on everything. Or red being the only other impact-color option. Just, please, not light colored seats. They look good in press photography but for practical use, frequently-touched surfaces should not be light colored. lol

You would not like the Ivory White leather seats in my BMW X5. Yes, they require you to keep leather cleaner handy! All my other vehicles have black interiors, so I'm not opposed to black, but I really wish I could've found a Grand Cherokee with the wicker color interior. But black it is.

 

[suzq044]

...
It's PFP, same as Green Machine. Which is good actually- Green Machine has some bronze, brown and yellow in it.

I don't think this color is meant for a Pacifica.. Thankfully, that's not the color green it is. lol

It's this. a yellower side of the green spectrum rather than the bluer that F8 is.

 

[NiharM33]

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I don't think this color is meant for a Pacifica.. Thankfully, that's not the color green it is. lol
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It's this. a yellower side of the green spectrum rather than the bluer that F8 is.

Mojito is PGE. What's the bottom? Is that F8? Which it's close to, but not exactly.

 

[valiant67]

Mojito is PGE. What's the bottom? Is that F8? Which it's close to, but not exactly.

The bottom is Sarge

 

[Dave Z]

Lighter interiors means more heat rejection which means cooler interiors.

I'm fine with light seats. I had light seats in several cars and they looked new after ten years with kids. The trick is either (a) cloth with ScotchGuard from the factory, which is how Mopar did it for years, or (b) leather or vinyl that can be cleaned easily.

Our 300C has light tan and we haven't really cleaned it more than now and then - as in less than once a year. The coating and content are pretty good. Keeping in mind most car seats are more plastic than leather, to avoid wear and fire. The floor mats take it in the chin, though.

A lot of automakers are doing one color interior (black) with different colored seats and sometimes dashboard inserts to save money.

Burgundy looked great but the plastic always turned a different color after a few years. Oncepeople started keeping cars over ten yeras, burgundy wasn't really practical.

The bottom is Sarge

Private is below Sarge

 

[Kyanche]

Edit: Upon googling a little more -- Ambassador Blue - and it was very very close to the Dart shown above.

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I would love to see interior colors come back, maybe not as strong as the 70s and 80s, but even I am getting tired of triple-black on everything. Or red being the only other impact-color option. Just, please, not light colored seats. They look good in press photography but for practical use, frequently-touched surfaces should not be light colored. lol

YES I LOVE IT! I actually pondered getting my 300 wrapped in the porsche version of that color but it's probably $$$ and I don't really care enough to spend $$$ ahhahaha.

Also idk man. Full blue or full green interiors hit different.

 

[NiharM33]

Lighter interiors means more heat rejection which means cooler interiors.

I'm fine with light seats. I had light seats in several cars and they looked new after ten years with kids. The trick is either (a) cloth with ScotchGuard from the factory, which is how Mopar did it for years, or (b) leather or vinyl that can be cleaned easily.

Our 300C has light tan and we haven't really cleaned it more than now and then - as in less than once a year. The coating and content are pretty good. Keeping in mind most car seats are more plastic than leather, to avoid wear and fire. The floor mats take it in the chin, though.

A lot of automakers are doing one color interior (black) with different colored seats and sometimes dashboard inserts to save money.

Burgundy looked great but the plastic always turned a different color after a few years. Oncepeople started keeping cars over ten yeras, burgundy wasn't really practical.



Private is below Sarge

Cadillac has an Auburn interior that's actually more on the purple side. I'd also like to see Chrysler experiment with new interior colors. Something to me says they should do a blue interior.

 

[suzq044]

YES I LOVE IT! I actually pondered getting my 300 wrapped in the porsche version of that color but it's probably $$$ and I don't really care enough to spend $$$ ahhahaha.

Also idk man. Full blue or full green interiors hit different.

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Man, I look at that interior and I think "Why don't cars feel that wide anymore?" Cause god knows they've grown exponentially.

 

[valiant67]

Man, I look at that interior and I think "Why don't cars feel that wide anymore?" Cause god knows they've grown exponentially.

Fat consoles is one big reason, and thicker doors and pillars for crash protection are the physical reasons.
And the dark colors make it seem even smaller.

 

[Kyanche]

Fat consoles is one big reason, and thicker doors and pillars for crash protection are the physical reasons.
And the dark colors make it seem even smaller.

The big flat bench seat that went all the way up to the door frames would also be a thing. In newer cars the bucket seats sit about 6" from the door. The low, flat dashboard probably also plays a huge role.

 

[Doug D]

Olive green is the second to last color I would ever order or buy or whatever (pink would be dead last). Reminds me of my time in the service (Army National Guard) before they went to BDU's (was transitioning as I got out in '86). Olive Green? Really?

 

[ScottNH]

A friend of mine who is a sales manager at the local Toyota dealer says green is the worst color of all. He takes at least another $500 off of the value when considering trade-ins if the vehicle is green because he knows it is going to sit on the lot longer. His next least favorite color is "old man tan", which is what a lot of Camrys and Corollas came in years ago.