Puzzled

I was at a local car show and there was a Orange C6 Z06 that I snapped a few pics off. I'm curious what color Orange this is (didn't see the owner so I could ask).

Atomic, Inferno, Sunset or?

It looks a little red in these pictures....











The rest of the car show pictures.
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z...20Show%202012/

Gary '09 C6

...looks like Inferno Orange Metallic...

AO is more orange & less red, and DSOM is darker...

nice pics/show, b-t-w...thx for sharing !

C7-Beast

100% Inferno.

LS WON

I saw this color at a Corvette show and owner told me it was a 2011 Inferno orange Corvette. Reminds me of Hemi orange or Orange Crush.

Puzzled

Thank you all.

The color looks to have been introduced in 2011.

dlparsons

I have one of 224 Inferno Orange Grand Sport convertibles. Yes, it's definitely inferno orange. The color came out in 2011 and I had read that originally it was to be a limited edition color in carbon fiber only, but then Chevy expanded it as an option to the rest of the lineup as well.

It's a super cool color, especially in the sunlight, but I'm a bit biased.

Here's mine:

Puzzled

The color looks great in person, looks red in pictures to my old tired eyes!

I'm partial to orange vehicles...

Zap City

I love that color. Best corvette orange to date and will prove to be somewhat rare in the future IMHO.

Never-Enough

Rare does not equal limited production. Limited b/c these colors are not popular. That doesn't make it rare.

With that said, I like it.

EVL JAKE

Hmmm, I thought you couldn't get Inferno Orange on a Z06 unless it was the carbon. Looks good!

dlparsons

There were 16 Z06 and 16 ZR1s ordered in Inferno Orange in 2012 and another 213 Z06/ZR1 total in 2011.

Personally, I'm glad it's not a "popular" color, I like being different LOL

here's some cool production chart figures that are fun to look at on a rainy day.

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/spec...roduction.html
There's a link to the 2011 production specs there too.

And yes, it does have a more red tint than some oranges, but when sitting next to a red car, it's really obvious that it's not. And I love the gold sheen it has in the sun with the metal flake in the paint. It's definitely eye catching in person. It's drawn a crowd everywhere I've taken it.

dlparsons

The truck's cool but LOVE the bike! You can't hide on that can you?

LS WON

You really do have to look at this color in the sun to see it shine.
Is this color extra charge?
I remember another rare color now it was continued in the middle of 2005 Precision Red.

peter pan

LS WON

Per the above chart I can see that Arctic White color has moved up a bit.

dlparsons

According to the Chevy website, the color is a $300 up charge. I bought mine off the dealer lot then customized the interior myself to get exactly what I wanted. Since I bought in September, and it's a convertible, I got a really nice deal on it (I think so anyway). Mine also has dealer added color matched spoiler and door handles, plus tinted windows.

LS WON

How is the color orange in maintenance? Like black is the most difficult and white and silver being the least in maintenance.
Red color really shows the swirls in paint.

dlparsons

I would call it "middle of the road" as far as maintenance. If you scratch the paint, you will see it at certain angles in the sunlight. It doesn't show the dirt and dust the way dark colors do, but looses it's gleam. It doesn't hide dirt as well as silver and white though. I have a car and a truck in white and they look fine from a distance even when filthy. I have a "Rimini Red" Rover - the color is a deep wine-red, and that shows dirt badly, and you can see every swirl and scratch - not as bad as black, but a close second. I'd put the orange in the middle of the two extremes. I have kept mine covered in the garage when I'm not driving it and am pretty nuts about being the only one that cleans it, would never run it through an automatic car wash or use a brush on it, but even with all that care, I still had some scratches in it that I recently had a professional buff out and then put an Opti-Guard treatment on it. However, if I weren't taking the car to shows, I wouldn't have been as concerned about the minor scratching that could only be seen at the right angles.

LS WON

Unless it is a garage queen it's almost impossible to keep it perfect.
Swirls unavoidable.
Another thing I have noticed with the color red is that over time it fades. The color yellow attracts insects as you will see at a car show that is outside on grass.

Puzzled

No I can not.