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Old 10-26-2017, 11:39 AM
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As production resumes, exterior colors will be on ramp up.

Started: (GC6) Yellow, (GBA) Black, (GKZ) Red, (G8G)White

Ramping up thru November: (GTR) Admiral Blue, (GAN) Switchblade Silver, (G7Q) Watkins Glen Gray, (G1E) Addiction Red, (G26) High Voltage Tint, (G9F) Genesis Metallic
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Originally Posted by Ken@DennyMenholtChev
As production resumes, exterior colors will be on ramp up.

Started: (GC6) Yellow, (GBA) Black, (GKZ) Red, (G8G)White

Ramping up thru November: (GTR) Admiral Blue, (GAN) Switchblade Silver, (G7Q) Watkins Glen Gray, (G1E) Addiction Red, (G26) High Voltage Tint, (G9F) Genesis Metallic
new colors?
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Is that a GM release verbatim? Quite vauge. Ramping up new paint?
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(G1E) "Addiction Red" is what we know as Long Beach Red Metallic
(G26) "High Voltage Tint" is Sebring Orange
(G9F0 "Genesis Metallic" is Ceramic Matrix Gray
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Is the silver a new/different silver?
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(GAN) "Switchblade Silver" is Blade Silver
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(GAN) "Switchblade Silver" is Blade Silver

Dang - I was hopeful they were coming out with a deep, rich silver like a Mercedes silver.
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I'd love to see a silver similar to pewter that was available on the C5, or the Atomic Silver on some Lexus models.
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Originally Posted by Patman
I'd love to see a silver similar to pewter that was available on the C5, or the Atomic Silver on some Lexus models.
YES
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Originally Posted by Patman
I'd love to see a silver similar to pewter that was available on the C5, or the Atomic Silver on some Lexus models.
I had a 2002 light pewter metallic C5. Love that color.

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as long as there is torch I'm good! And my last 3 cars have not been torch but I miss it.
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Originally Posted by Ken@DennyMenholtChev
As production resumes, exterior colors will be on ramp up.

Started: (GC6) Yellow, (GBA) Black, (GKZ) Red, (G8G)White

Ramping up thru November: (GTR) Admiral Blue, (GAN) Switchblade Silver, (G7Q) Watkins Glen Gray, (G1E) Addiction Red, (G26) High Voltage Tint, (G9F) Genesis Metallic
This post should put a lot of people's minds at greater ease regarding whether their ordered color will be in the new paint shop. Thanks for posting

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