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Combining red with silver is hardly unique. It also looks fantastic.
http://www.thetorquereport.com/porsche_boxster_rs60_spyder_002.jpg
The steering wheel and shifter here look moronic. Why put red/silver with anything?
It’s a Beetle. It’ll make any color or color combination look like crap.
You wouldn’t. But pink and silver is bold and dramatic in a Victoria’s Secret kind of way.
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Red interior looks fine, be it with Silver or Black. However I can’t stand Beige or Tan interiors. I realize that it makes car feel airy inside, but it’s a nightmare to keep clean. Also, as a former professional detailer, I’d have to say that VW has worst materials for carpeting and cloth seat covers, especially in Golf III, IV and Jetta (Vento and Bora in Europe) of the same vintage. Seats attract lint like there’s no tomorrow and especially pet hair. And carpets are a nightmare to vacuum too.
the S2000 had those same colors
http://freerevs.com/pictures/228837.jpg
I like silver w/red interior on certain cars. I think the Boxster looks great with that combo. Some cars can’t pull it off, though, but I think the Beetle can, but I don’t see a lot of women liking it, which is basically their only demographic. Too bad, I kinda like the new Beetle, but it’s just such a bad car to drive, even compared to the Golf IV on which it is based, and it also became a chick car to top all chick cars. They should have made more male-oriented versions & colors from the beginning.
It might not be my taste, but I don’t see much to hate about it, unless the colors aren’t showing up correctly on my monitor.
I miss the days of color coordinated automotive interiors. Forget the red and silver, what is with the red seats and black dash?
Dark on the outside and a reddish/pink hue on the inside. Reminds me of quite a few women I have had the pleasure to be with. No complaints from me.
I don’t get chrome yellow and silver. Or orange leather and silver.
This isn’t that bad. Except for the tops of the doors which is the point. It looks awful. That should be black. It looks like an after thought, not a complement to the red and the black. However in a larger picture [Googled] the color is described as “metallic white gold”, and the shot used here doesn’t give the full story. The 2nd shot out there shows more of the car and it works better. Just seeing a short patch of silver amongst all that black and red does indeed look awful.
Apparently the top is red as well.
What I don’t understand is corpse colored leather and beige plastic. Nothing worse. And at this point anything is better than neutral/gray/graphite with any and every color.
I think burgandy interior is choice on Silver, ON THE RIGHT WOMAN, not a fat women, or even a tall one. I’m thinking German sport Roadsters, look good in silver with red panties.
z3, 911 cab, no hardtops, no sedans, just big breasted slutty women with halter tops that are easy to reveal.
Take it or leave it, it doesnt matter, I’m know I’m right :)
While she was spot on with her assessment that an IS-F is a bad replacement for a Boxter, this time, she’s just wrong…maybe it’s an acquired taste though.
The RS60 Spyder is just awesome.
There is a silver/red first generation Miata in our neighborhood. The silver has a lot of silver in it, not just a glossy gray. The red is wine rather than bright red. The top is the same red as the interior. It is one sharp looking car.
I don’t mind red and silver together, but the example in the photo does look bad. Then again, the Beetle’s interior is so dated now that you would be hard pressed to find any combination that looks very good.
And while I am thinking about it, while I do love red interiors in general, as well as black, why is almost everything else either light grey or beige these days? I truly love a really dark brown leather, like a chocolate or a mocha. It seems that a really easy way to make a cars interior look rich would be to give it some nice dark brown leather with some brass accents, I would be into it anyway.
Red is the ONLY color to put with silver. Silver is inherently ugly, so it needs a lot of help.
Mercedes-Benz sports cars and Porsches of the 1950’s used the silver exterior/red interior combination, and it wasn’t attractive…it was stunningly gorgeous.
DweezilSFV “… And at this point anything is better than neutral/gray/graphite with any and every color.”
I couldn’t agree more. I’m very tired of the ubiquitous gray interiors. I should have kept the Seattle silver 92 Accord – it had a maroon interior.
Bring back the turquoise/white Vettes!
Silver with Red is a classic German combination, it makes Germany’s racing color a bit less boring.
http://es.motorfull.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Mercedes-Benz-300-SL-Coupe-F-Top-DO-1600×1200.jpg
http://www.thunderranch.com/images/550/Aaron%20550.jpg
White with red also works well, and has been popular with the Corvette since it was introduced.
I don’t know why anyone makes a beige or grey interior, they always look horrible. Black always works well, but there should be much more use of red, brown and blue.
The S2000 is best with the silver/blue exterior – blue interior color combination.
gimmeamanual:
I do miss the ’80s, nothing hides spilled coke like a white interior.
Hah!
I sat in this car today at the Toronto Auto Show. My three year old son liked the red leather, and the fact that it’s a convertible, and that it’s a funny shape.
But he didn’t like it enough to mention it all over dinner in the cafeteria, something he did do with, say, the the Wrangler Unlimited, or the big, pink ’71 Challenger we entered a draw for. Or the Smart car. Or the Dodge Caravan, whose Stow-N-Go he loved.
If it’s not even hooking three year olds, it’s in trouble.
I wanted to like it, mostly because I’m in touch with my inner metrosexual and I loved the Triple White. The cheap dash was turn-off #1, number two was red leather combined with pasty blue (Heavenly Blue? Really?) exterior, which doesn’t show up in this photo. Number three was the over-thirty-grand price tag. Oof.
I guess I don’t think it is so bad… at least the colors that is.
The New Beatle hasn’t gotten a proper interior update since the ’98 I owned, has it.
Ah… red leather. Just so you know the cow was tortured a little more before it dyed… errh… died.
The only proper color for a car interior is black with aluminum accents and black leather seats with tartan checked inserts.
Either that or pink ostrich leather, with bells hanging off the goosebumps. Why anybody actually specifies ostrich leather in their car, except to say it was expensive, I’ll never know.
Although the silver over red color combination has been around for ages, it keeps popping up with alarming regularity and you just can’t kill it. It brings me unhappy memories of the mid and late 1970s when it was the popular color for Ford Granadas, although the interiors were red vinyl instead of leather.
It’s a matter of opinion, and I think red/black/silver has been and always will be the best interior combination for sporty cars. Okay, swap out silver with dashes of CF (done tastefully), and you’re good to go.
This is a horrible pic to represent a red/silver interior combo.
Have a look-see:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2206090848_2bd3ebb190.jpg
http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/img_9001-1024×768.thumbnail.JPG
Who still buys New Beetles? Why hasn’t this car died yet?
I know a lot of people like red interiors, but I’m not one of them, mostly because after several years when the color becomes worn, the seats take on a weird and nasty dark-pink appearance… bleh. Maybe it’s different with modern interiors.
The best interior colors are brown-ish or dark-brown, which look rich and classy and goes well with most exterior colors. For an example, check out the Amaretto and Espresso Brown interiors offered in Audi’s A8. Delicious!
On that particular car, I especially like either one of those interior colors paired with the Night Blue exterior.
Kendahl: There is a silver/red first generation Miata in our neighborhood. The silver has a lot of silver in it, not just a glossy gray. The red is wine rather than bright red. The top is the same red as the interior. It is one sharp looking car.
That would be the ’95 Merlot Mica M Edition. I’m not usually into M Editions, but it’s the only Miata I still gawk at with lust when I see one. It is the most mature-looking of all first-gen Miatas, and I guess I’m getting old.
Audi used to offer the most delicious color combinations in their interiors. No longer the case, I am sad to say. The black-on-black-on-black only option kept me from buying an RS4 once.
I purchased my current car because of the oxblood leather seats and matching door panels. Red is a good thing sometimes.
Strippo:
“Kendahl: ‘There is a silver/red first generation Miata in our neighborhood. The silver has a lot of silver in it, not just a glossy gray. The red is wine rather than bright red. The top is the same red as the interior. It is one sharp looking car.’
That would be the ‘95 Merlot Mica M Edition. I’m not usually into M Editions, but it’s the only Miata I still gawk at with lust when I see one. It is the most mature-looking of all first-gen Miatas, and I guess I’m getting old.”
The Merlot Mica M Edition was, well, Merlot. Kendahl is talking about a silver Miata with a red interior and a red top.
Such a car was never sold by Mazda in the US.
I’m thinking that what he saw must be a 1993 Limited Edition Miata. It was the only Miata offered in the US with a red interior, but it only came with black paint and a black top.
However, the car could have easily been resprayed silver and given a red aftermarket top. I’m sure certain Miata purists would be disgusted by that change, but after 16 years it would be time for the top to be replaced, and for the paint to be resprayed if it wasn’t well cared for.
The black with red interior Limited Edition Miata is still my favorite color combination, but the Ice Blue/Saddle Brown 2008 Special Edition comes in second.
The Merlot Mica M Edition was, well, Merlot. Kendahl is talking about a silver Miata with a red interior and a red top.
Color me dyslexic. It never occurred to me that anyone would be stunned by a silver Miata. I just assumed the red seats were aftermarket.
The black with red interior Limited Edition Miata is still my favorite color combination, but the Ice Blue/Saddle Brown 2008 Special Edition comes in second.
I’m ambivalent about the ice blue, but the saddle brown interior is far superior to Mazda’s other offerings to my eye. I’ll take mine in a Copper Red saddle tan ragtop configuration.
I walked in to my local Porsche dealer just last week, and lo and behold, there was a Boxster RS 60 Spyder. You couldn’t not be drawn to it. Alongside all the other otherwise very fine silver and graphite Boxsters, Caymans, and 911s, this stood out like a perfect D-FL diamond. It is absolutely gorgeous; really, really stunning, far more so in person than in picture. So much so, that given the price they’re looking for (used), I’m seriously trying to figure out how to justify buying it.
But, I’ve always been a fan of red interiors in silver cars; well, at least Porsche silver/red.
My S2000 has the red/black interior with graphite exterior. Very tasteful I think. What makes it work is that the red is carried through in the carpeting and the base of the center console, which unifies the whole design, unlike the Beetle above, which looks disjointed. I think because the red in the seats isn’t picked up anywhere but the doors, it feels like two different interiors mashed together.
The red MINI Clubman can come with a bunch of silver plastic around the rear doors. It looks stupid. Pair that up with a silver roof, like the one I spot in the neighborhood, and it is pretty ugly. But the more I see them, the more I think it is hard to find a good color combo for those cars.
Red and silver can be done well, but usually it isnt. But please dont go with burgundy and silver, or burgundy and anything. I liked that color for a week back in 1974, and have been sick of it since.