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Old 04-22-2014, 08:59 PM
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Is Tiger Shark Gray a totally new color for GM or has it been used on any other year/model GM product. I will be ordering a 2015 as soon as orders can be placed and would like to preview the color on any other GM product prior to this.

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Originally Posted by frank lewis
Is Tiger Shark Gray a totally new color for GM or has it been used on any other year/model GM product. I will be ordering a 2015 as soon as orders can be placed and would like to preview the color on any other GM product prior to this.

thanks in advance
Fusion Gray equal tiger shark gray!

Cyber Gray is better!
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Originally Posted by frank lewis
Is Tiger Shark Gray a totally new color for GM or has it been used on any other year/model GM product. I will be ordering a 2015 as soon as orders can be placed and would like to preview the color on any other GM product prior to this.

thanks in advance
Hey there,

Tiger Shark Gray is brand new to our 2015 line. Let me know if you have any other questions or if you need assistance finding the perfect fit! Have a great day.

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I'd like to see one in person too before I pass full judgement.

To me, GM replacing Cyber Gray with Tiger Shark Gray is like when they replaced Lemans Blue with Jetstream Blue
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Originally Posted by runutzzzzz
I'd like to see one in person too before I pass full judgement.

To me, GM replacing Cyber Gray with Tiger Shark Gray is like when they replaced Lemans Blue with Jetstream Blue

GM has a history of abandoning popular colors in favor of more obtuse versions. How can we forget dumping Torch Red for Precision Red?

It is all part of their hire the handicapped program. They solicit color blind people for the paint department to make sure that they have few exterior colors that actually flatter their interior offerings.

Don't bet on Tiger Shark Gray being an entirely new color until you see it yourself. Often "new" GM colors are frequently just paint chip rebadging.
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GM has a history of abandoning popular colors in favor of more obtuse versions. How can we forget dumping Torch Red for Precision Red?

It is all part of their hire the handicapped program. They solicit color blind people for the paint department to make sure that they have few exterior colors that actually flatter their interior offerings.

Don't bet on Tiger Shark Gray being an entirely new color until you see it yourself. Often "new" GM colors are frequently just paint chip rebadging.
GM and other manufacturers name colors at their whim - the same color on one GM marque may be called something different on another. What really counts is the "WA" code, which is pretty much universal across the industry. It's what body shops use to determine what to use to repaint your car after an accident. You can find that code on the service tag inside the glovebox on a C7 - lower left.
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It's funny seeing people give comments about something they know little about.


If GM syays its a new color then until someone proves them wrong its new.

If you like Cyber Gray buy it now or your SOL.

I was in love with Cyber Gray until I saw the TSG and know my 2015 will have a new color a A8 and a PDR...I'm ok with that.
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Originally Posted by FCCCVPMan
It's funny seeing people give comments about something they know little about.


If GM syays its a new color then until someone proves them wrong its new.

If you like Cyber Gray buy it now or your SOL.

I was in love with Cyber Gray until I saw the TSG and know my 2015 will have a new color a A8 and a PDR...I'm ok with that.
GM Says a lot of things that aren't true. When we get the paint code we will see if it shares with a current color.

If I get a 2015, I'm more than likely going with DSOM, A8.
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Saw the TSG at the NY Auto show on the Z06.
It is a nice color - and I think it will pull a lot of sales away from Blade Silver.
It would have been really cool if in place of CG, they added TSG and a very dark metallic grey (a few shades lighter than carbon flash metallic).
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Originally Posted by runutzzzzz
GM Says a lot of things that aren't true. When we get the paint code we will see if it shares with a current color.

If I get a 2015, I'm more than likely going with DSOM, A8.
TSG is Fusion Gray
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I can hear it now...

"It's a 2015 Tiger Shark gray Stingray" Huh?


Sharp color though!!

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Here's a picture they call Fusion Gray on the Z06:

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com.../photo_13.html
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Originally Posted by racedrvr
Here's a picture they call Fusion Gray on the Z06:

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com.../photo_13.html
Sucky
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Originally Posted by pmayo
Sucky
The good thing they make C7 in a lot of defferent colors. If they were all Black that would be Sucky.

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Saw the tiger shark grey at the NY car show today and I liked it a lot. Would like to see both colors side by side for comparison.
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Is TSG an up charge paint. If the Z06 at the Bash is TSG it looks like Quick Silver I had on my 03 Z06.
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Originally Posted by AFVETTE
Is TSG an up charge paint. If the Z06 at the Bash is TSG it looks like Quick Silver I had on my 03 Z06.
THe Z06 was Blade Sliver not TSG.

The Atlantic had stripe, vents and spoiler that was painted TSG. I was told it will be a $995 up charge.

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I like - it's a bit darker than Blade silver & little lighter than Cyber.
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Originally Posted by FCCCVPMan
It's funny seeing people give comments about something they know little about.


If GM syays its a new color then until someone proves them wrong its new.

If you like Cyber Gray buy it now or your SOL.

I was in love with Cyber Gray until I saw the TSG and know my 2015 will have a new color a A8 and a PDR...I'm ok with that.
If you like Cyber Gray, you can't buy it now unless you buy used - it's officially discontinued. It's off the list. Kaput. Glad I got mine - it's gorgeous!

GM (Corvette, Chevy, Caddy, etc.) marketing decides what to "name" a certain color. Just because they call it "new" doesn't mean someone else isn't using it under a different name. They buy the paint from third-party suppliers - used to be PPG, but I don't know who at this point. It may be "new" to Corvette, but that doesn't mean you won't see the same "WA" paint-code on a Mustang.
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I just got back from the Bash; the Tiger Gray looks exactly like the C5 Pewter to me.

And that's a good thing (for me) as well.


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