RACE U

For 77k, is that for a grand sport or 427? I am assuming it is a vert....

I know its been a few years since I bought one, but I ordered my base 3lt vert with all options (including the $500 override fee for buying red/ebony seats in JSB exterior) and took museum delivery with 15k off sticker. And corvettes were selling much better then.

Maybe I am out of touch with todays pricing. If that is the case, I am really glad I bought mine in 08.

RACE U

I put red/ebony two tone in my JSB convertble, and it looks great.

I would look great on almost any dark colored car.

As for buying it without seeing it in person.......I would DEFINATELY look at it in person, or at least on another GM vehicle.

With the engineering of current paints, they can be totally off in a picture and/or may look different in sunny or cloudy days. I would want to make sure I LOVED how it looked in all these conditions.

I could not see a car with the color combination I wanted, but I sure did find a JSB corvette, and set a black corvette with the red/ebony seats next to it to make sure that I would like the combination.

Good Luck!

ButWhatDoIKnow

Kerbeck has a lot of night race blue cars listed as ordered. I think they all have ebony or cashmere in them. They have presumably seen the color. I think Rick Conti has ordered one with red interior. On another note, I like the name. Although we con't condone racing, it would confuse the witnesses. (But, your honor, the witnesses saw a BLACK car. I drive a blue one!)

TrekWater88

I went to a car show today at a Chevy dealership in Burlington, WI and I looked at the 2013 Corvette color swatches. Obviously, you can't tell squat from those little squares on the paper, but what I did learn was that it was even darker than the Imperial Blue on the Camaro. Still trying to decide...

SanDiegoBert

Reminds me of the last time I went shopping for a Silverado. I had heard about this color called "Black Cherry", and wanted to see one. The salesman took me out in the lot and pointed at a line of black Silverados, and said, "There it is". I couldn't tell which one it was, it was so close to black. Not sure if that color is still offered, and if so, I would wonder why.

Night Race Blue just may be too dark.

bearphoto

That is for the 1sc 427 convertible. The 1sc is the equivalent of 4LT.

OnPoint

Go ebony/dark titanium for interior.

I like the new color.

MJC611

Black top might make better contrast with the blue.

SanDiegoBert

I disagree. Night Race Blue is almost black anyway, so there would be very little contrast with a black top. It just wouldn't look right.

TrekWater88

I do agree to a certain extent. That would be my second choice, but the cashmere offers a contrast you can't get with the Titanium/Ebony/Blue Stitch...Too much darkness...

Z06LUST

It has the potential to almost be a black.
Spent Fri/Sat with one (GS Coupe) at the Corvette Corral- ALMS Laguna Seca this weekend.

A bunch of us thought it was a 12 Centennial Grand Sport and just ignored it all day Friday. It was parked inside the Corral tent-no direct sunlight.

On Sat am some light hit the front corner fender at the same time a couple of us asked out loud "why Chrome badges on a Centennial" (the GS had black wheels now a 13 option)...getting closer to it with some morning sun flitering in we could finally see the "blue".

In comparison a 2004 LeMans Z06 parked 30 feet away (in the sun) looked like a popping bright blue in comparison.

Again, the car was in shade the entire 2 days except a brief ray of light hitting it= How the color reacts in bright sun????

WarDriver

Random thought: do you suppose it will be as hard to keep clean and swirl-free as real black paint? Or will it be more forgiving?

Maybe this is a "black" for people who like the look of a black car but don't want the high maintenance that goes along with it?

mpuzach

To be honest, I think it will be every bit as challenging to keep looking good as the Carbon Flash Metallic used on the 2012 Centennial Edition cars. It's just as dark; it just has a very easy-to-miss tinge of blue in it. It will be very high maintenance.

Mike Campbell

Look, you don't have to fall off a turnip truck to realize this is just as bad as black to maintain. Sorry, but that's the way it looks to me!

TrekWater88

Here's the deal...I wouldn't be too butthurt if it got confused for a black Corvette. A lot of the appeal is to keep people guessing along with the potential for being a unique color for the last year of the C6...I guess I've kinda answered my own question...thanks for all the feedback and advice, Brian

Z06LUST

I think it will be more forgiving. As above-spent 2 days with it, first day thinking it was black.... I'm in the minority and dislike the Centennial Black. Every time I see one I feel like taking out some detailer spray and cleaning off the dust- dust that doesn't exist...the metallic black just looks constantly dusty to me.

I did not get that feeling with the Racer Blue GS. Note that Laguna Seca is a "dusty" location and black gets the dirty look fast there...never got that feeling with the Racer Blue. I think the bit of deep blue and metallic in it helps to hide the dust to some extent as it is dark but NOT black. Swirl marks etc should also be a little more hidden. Again, we are talking matters of degree. I have a dark grey non-Vette DD (very close to spiral grey)...at 20 feet it looks clean and sharp even when dirty...but at 5 feet you see the dirt (when it is dirty/dusty)- this new blue should be similiar.

For some this will be a tough color--lovers of pure jet black will not like it when the blue shows (even when looking black it is not as crisp as a clean highly polished black)...while blue lovers will clearly notice the lack of blue except when the car is in bright direct sunlight.

As noted in my post above--the car spent 2 days INSIDE a Corral tent at a Corvette Event with 200 folks milling around--it did NOT draw a lot of attention. Parked outside in the light??????????? Very poor marketing by GM...this is not the color to show off in a constant shade.

The dark blue 60th vert top will go well with it as it is also very dark. As for the vert top stripes--if you know about them you see them...otherwise not as noticable and probably missed by the general public when looking at the car unless they are really studying it.

TrekWater88

Succinct and to the point...good advice and thanks for the feedback...

Z06LUST

Thanks but not really--way too long winded.......

Last note--the silver full body stripes used the the "official" white 60th anniversary Vette will look great with this dark blue as will chrome wheels.

RACE U

Ah, my apologies...that make sense.

9C1

The two days of the Bash at the NCM had folks all over the NRBM (it was called Berlin Blue on the build sheet with that car.), and only one of those days was sunny. On the other hand a lot of those folks came specifically to see that color (I did). When I was there on Friday it was attracting more attention than the row of white cars that included the 60th Anniversary models. That crowd may not be representative of all Corvette buyers, however.

I had a friend do the buyer's tour from 5/2 to 5/4 and he saw none of that color on the line. Only one fascia on a rack marked "spare." Maybe folks are not yet sure of it and it will be the "rare" color of the year.

Terry