[QUOTE=Caffeine Fiend;177837]Wait till I get hold of it on the weekend
Mmmmmmmmmm.......shiny!!!!!!!
[QUOTE=Caffeine Fiend;177837]Wait till I get hold of it on the weekend
Mmmmmmmmmm.......shiny!!!!!!!
Here's an idea for Mazda Australia tho...... How about you just offer all 5 colours?
The 3 comes in like 10 colours, but the range topping MPS comes with the smallest range of colours? I don't get it!
just make them all available. That way you get all the people who would have bought one in white nor do you lose the ones that would prefer CB.
Just a thought. They make the car in all 5 colours anyway afterall!
Lookin' good Muz .
VR third choice
Aluminium was actually my first choice when I did all my research from the UK and saw it in the brochure, then I saw it in the metal and was a little disappointed with how light the colour actually was. Fell in love with the VR when I saw it in the showroom, but Aluminium has grown on me and will always have a place in my heart .
Last edited by Leelu; 01-07-2011 at 10:27 AM.
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Because it's a waste of money. The MPS sells in less numbers - approx 22:1 in favour of the Mazda 3 (based off May 2011 sales). It doesn't make sense to offer the MPS in colours that maybe 1 or 2 people a month will buy. Automated factory line manufacturing is done with cars of the same colour, so to make 1 or 2 cars of the same colour requires the stoppage of the other colours which costs time and money. Also once you make the car there's the requirement of colour coded spare parts as well that need to be available. This again costs time and money as well as inventory space. It's just not worth it when you're talking about such a low volume and low profit car. Now if you're talking Ferrari on the other hand, they will make a car any colour you wish but you pay for it.
Last edited by Nuliaj; 01-07-2011 at 10:25 AM.
Nuliaj: Hatches are only really half a car anyway.
shinslinger66: And you forgot to add that they are also a girls car!
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I think I actually saw the colour on a CX9 or something so it probably wasn't a fair representation . Not one car yard had an Aluminium at the time for me to compare to the VR. I just remember thinking at the time it couldn't decide whether it wanted to be Silver or Grey. Well that was my justification for the decision to go with the AWESOMELY COOL VR
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so is the aluminium metallic the same colour thats on the MPS6 because isnt that called liquid silver ?
Liquid silver is by far the easiest colour to keep clean
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All of the skyactiv promo photos have been of a Celestial Blue mazda3 as well lol. How's that gonna work for their branding?
It's only really an issue here and maybe the US. Japan still has CB.
Aluminum is one of the hardest colours to paint-correct scratches and swirls on (next to white).
Lighter colours + metallic = need more powerful lighting to see imperfections
For general washing though yeah it's definitely one of the easier colours
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Hahah I can't remember
This one though will go really well with my "Abe Froman - The Sausage King of Chicago" Tee
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Im not sure if this has been posted earlier in the post.
But for all those of you with the celestial blue colour , do you find that the colour chips very easy.
I have taken my car back to the dealership 2 time because it has flaked away in parts where rocks or things could not hit.
Im thinking this is the reason why they have gotten rid of the colour for the 2011 models??
I do love my colour but I hate how it chips so easy and I do make sure ppl dont park next to me etc etc.
would love to get other opinion on this???