[ZR1] New Blue 2012 Caught on Car Hauler Carlisle Blue!
05-25-2011, 09:27 PM
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Drifting
Agreed. It actually looks worse than I thought it would!1 Horrible. I'll bet some idiot will call this collectable because there are only so few made because of lack of demand!!!!!! Years back there was a Harley Softail in battleship grey w/ a yellow stripe on the engine rocker cover. It was ugly. Maybe 1987-91 i think I remember. I was standing in a dealer and he wanted to give it away under sticker. Said everyone thought it was ugly. Couldn't sell it. Anyway it wasn't popular and years later I remember them being in demand because it was a one year only color!!!!!!!!!! people are nuts with this it's rare thing!!
05-25-2011, 09:52 PM
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What do you think the Corvette Engineers are saying now that they are reading the forum and seeing all of the bad feed back on this color? Egg on their faces again? They made this color for Corvettes@Carlisle Chip Miller is up in heaven thinking you got the wrong Corvette blue. It should have been 1967 Marina Blue or 1968-69 LeMans blue.
With all the hate for this color I sure wouldn't want to be the first person posting on here I just bought a new Carlisle Blue Corvette. Talk about getting flamed!!!
With all the hate for this color I sure wouldn't want to be the first person posting on here I just bought a new Carlisle Blue Corvette. Talk about getting flamed!!!
05-25-2011, 10:39 PM
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the aforementioned Marina Blue, or similar Nassau Blue, would have been just fine.
Not to mention all the recent darker blues listed above, incl. JSB.
this Carlisle Blue is an abomination....yyuucckk
Not to mention all the recent darker blues listed above, incl. JSB.
this Carlisle Blue is an abomination....yyuucckk
05-26-2011, 12:15 AM
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Thank you, why not Admiral Blue again or Lemans Blue. I don't want my blue to have a "baby blue cast or green cast". I can't imagine a room full of "Corvette People" or "Team Corvette" all said, YES! Thats the color we need for 2012! WTF! Bring back some of the older blues, Bridgehampton Blue, Bryar Blue, Marina Blue, something?
All my vettes have been blue...Quasar, Admiral, Lemans, and JSB today....the thought of updating my 10 ZR1 to a 12 is not going to happen unless I decide that Supersonic is actually a blue color. Every new blue Corvette has offered over the last 20 years tends to turn me off more and more each time. It took me 2 years to warm up to JSB with its faint green tint. This new pastel power puff is the worst color I've seen on a vette....probably ever.
The darker Imperial Blue on Camaro and all the Chevy truck bodies would have been widely accepted by us Blues Bros.
Any bets on the uptake for 2012 Carlilse ZR-1's?? I'll guess 16 and only those that just have to be different will check this box. I just dont see how anyone could find this desirable, but come to think of it, I think this was similar to some Lambo's at one time.
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05-26-2011, 02:15 AM
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Blue
Blue is such a simple color to do. It's one of the primary colors, in fact.
How the hell is it that GM can continue to f*ck up blue on the Corvettes is beyond me. JSB makes me twitch, and this one makes me want to vomit. Admiral Blue anyone? LeMans Blue anyone? Those were good blue colors.
Bleah, IMHO.
jas
How the hell is it that GM can continue to f*ck up blue on the Corvettes is beyond me. JSB makes me twitch, and this one makes me want to vomit. Admiral Blue anyone? LeMans Blue anyone? Those were good blue colors.
Bleah, IMHO.
jas
....It is pathetic.......Can't wait to see how low the production number is for this color......The 07 LMB Z06 I had was the prettiest vette I ever had.......
05-26-2011, 04:39 AM
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from across the pond!GM Marketing is in no doubt clueless!
Poor Chip Miller(R.I.P.) would be spinning in his grave.....what an abomination of a colour.
GM may as well paint them pink with purple poka-dots!
05-26-2011, 07:20 AM
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Drifting
I really dislike few colors, but this is one of them. I haven't disliked a Corvette color this much since the "teal" looking cars from the C4 generation. I only hope that pictures do not convey its attributes and it looks better in person. That said, I guarantee that it will be bought due to its uniqueness alone.
05-26-2011, 07:21 AM
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GM would do well if they could snag the color team from Mopar
This year they have Challenger's out in a new color just like the Atomic Orange of a couple of year back as well as a new blue that is just like "Nassau Blue" that was the #1 color choice in 66
This year they have Challenger's out in a new color just like the Atomic Orange of a couple of year back as well as a new blue that is just like "Nassau Blue" that was the #1 color choice in 66
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05-26-2011, 08:37 AM
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In the immortal words of the "GOVERNATOR", it has a genuine "girly-man" quality about it. Perhaps GM marketing feels that it will have strong appeal to those trading up from their Mazda Miatas. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
05-26-2011, 08:55 AM
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05-26-2011, 11:34 AM
#38
Drifting
Agreed. It actually looks worse than I thought it would!1 Horrible. I'll bet some idiot will call this collectable because there are only so few made because of lack of demand!!!!!! Years back there was a Harley Softail in battleship grey w/ a yellow stripe on the engine rocker cover. It was ugly. Maybe 1987-91 i think I remember. I was standing in a dealer and he wanted to give it away under sticker. Said everyone thought it was ugly. Couldn't sell it. Anyway it wasn't popular and years later I remember them being in demand because it was a one year only color!!!!!!!!!! people are nuts with this it's rare thing!!
I gotta agree with most of the comments on this thread about the new blue color. There really weren't any colors where I though GM missed the mark on the C6 until now. Maybe it will look better in person . . . .
Jeff
05-26-2011, 11:41 AM
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Blue is such a simple color to do. It's one of the primary colors, in fact.
How the hell is it that GM can continue to f*ck up blue on the Corvettes is beyond me. JSB makes me twitch, and this one makes me want to vomit. Admiral Blue anyone? LeMans Blue anyone? Those were good blue colors.
Bleah, IMHO.
jas
How the hell is it that GM can continue to f*ck up blue on the Corvettes is beyond me. JSB makes me twitch, and this one makes me want to vomit. Admiral Blue anyone? LeMans Blue anyone? Those were good blue colors.
Bleah, IMHO.
jas
38 posts before mine, and not even ONE single positive comment. That is the worst color I've ever seen on a Corvette!
It's so bad that if I won it in a contest I'd take the cash instead. Think I'll keep my LMB '06 - and my Marina (Nassau) Blue '67! - for a while longer!!!
05-26-2011, 11:48 AM
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I can see maybe some women putting that color on a vert maybe, but they missed once again with a blue. I am used to hearing negative comments about any new color that comes out, but in this case the comments are justified IMO. It just does not look like a fit for a Corvette.They really needed a nice medium dark heavy metallic blue. I think a dark green would have been nice also.
I am used to hearing negative comments about any new color that comes out, but in this case the comments are justified IMO. It just does not look like a fit for a Corvette.They really needed a nice medium dark heavy metallic blue. I think a dark green would have been nice also.