What Color is Your Mazda3 - Page 2

I dont understand why they got rid of the copper red mica, lava orange, and the yellow. The 3 looks great in those colors! The lava orange i know was only for the five door and the car looks hot in it. I dont think the four door would look good in yellow, but the copper looks different and nice. There's someone around me that has a 4 door in the copper and i wished that color was out in 05 or still available. The color choices for the 3 now are very bland except for the blue. The nordic green looks too old and doesn't suit the car well. That was a wise decision to get rid of it but not the other colors.

I have silver...ha ha, boring I know...

I have the electric blue, I think.  Kind of a bright darkish blue. 
 
Sorry James, but your grey mica is everywhere.  They are 10 to 1 on all the dealer lots.  Still, it's a great color.  My friend commented on liking the carbon grey alot when we were at mazda/guelph on Sunday.  But, my young friend.  Thats all the dealer had.  Nothing else, just Carbon Grey.  It felt like a rainy day.  I've seen a red 3 zippin around my neibourhood.  Not too bad.  I really liked the dark red in the pictures above.  Yellow was cool too.  If I can only find a picture of a m3 sedan with blue so I can have it as my desktop.  Anyone?

quote:

ORIGINAL: LordChrisofSith

I have the electric blue, I think.  Kind of a bright darkish blue. 

Sorry James, but your grey mica is everywhere.  They are 10 to 1 on all the dealer lots.  Still, it's a great color.  My friend commented on liking the carbon grey alot when we were at mazda/guelph on Sunday.  But, my young friend.  Thats all the dealer had.  Nothing else, just Carbon Grey.  It felt like a rainy day.  I've seen a red 3 zippin around my neibourhood.  Not too bad.  I really liked the dark red in the pictures above.  Yellow was cool too.  If I can only find a picture of a m3 sedan with blue so I can have it as my desktop.  Anyone?

well compare the colour of your car to the colour of my car. mine looks better.. not bashing the electric blue but that thing just stuck out like a sore thumb its soo bright here compare



compare you know i think mine looks good. yea i went to the one in guelph before. but i didnt buy mine there (bought it at achillies motors in acton) and yea there are alllllllllllooooooooooot of them. alot of GS's


Thumbnail Image

Once you go grey, you have no say.
 
Once you've had blue, it's all true. 
 
Can you find me a blue sedan for my wallpaper.
 
I know you bought in Acton.  We've had this chat. 
 
Like the Rock says.  It dosen't matter what.........did I just say that out loud. 

compare that toooo my car. and it looks a little better

mines in winning blue!

quote:

ORIGINAL: Lev

The lava orange i know was only for the five door and the car looks hot in it.

It was available in 4 and 5 door in 2004.

quote:

Well shut my mouth. I did not know that. Why are they not offered on the 07 and 08 models? Those are great colors; I like yours a lot. Wanna sell it to me for 10K?.....is worth a try...sorry. Great reply tho! Thanks

Not really sure.  The yellow (in my opinion) really wasn't as dynamic a color as the other ones.  I'm pretty sure it was a flat color without metallic flakes to give that sparkle and color shift like you see with the lava orange and copper red.  The nordic green actually looks fantastic in person.... pictures really can't do it justice as it just looks black. 

10K?  No way.  $15k sounds about right. :)

We actually just bought a sedan in phantom purple and it looks really good. My wife has an obsession with purple, but I actually think the car looks really good in the phantom purple, especially after we get the windows tinted.

quote:

ORIGINAL: kevinlamar

I want either the True Red or the Galaxy Grey. I don't know why the Purple is even available...it doesn't match the personality of the car at all.

Some colors that I would love to see the 3 in that aren't available are Dark Red, Yellow, Burnt Orange, and Forest Green.

For the 2005 model year, the color of new cars sold in North America breaks down as follows:
 
26%  Silver
16%  White
14%  Natural (Gold, Copper, Champagne, light shades of brown or yellow)
13%  Red
12%  Blue
11%  Black
5%  Green
3%  Other
 
Globally, the break out was:
 
37%  Silver
14%  White
13%  Blue
11%  Black
9%  Red
9%  Naturals
4%  Green
3%  Other

Rally White, and (Texas) proud of it too.
 
 

ya know what i wanted to get white... but i realized that when winter time comes... im not gonna be able to find my car . but the carbon gray looks good. i had my friends tell me that this colour was the best looking colour for the mazda3. and i said i dunno cuz i really like the true red... there is one at my dealership for 16K its an 04 GT i was like oooooooooooh. but then again its out of warranty so screw that lol.

quote:

ORIGINAL: icspots
Not really sure.  The yellow (in my opinion) really wasn't as dynamic a color as the other ones.  I'm pretty sure it was a flat color without metallic flakes to give that sparkle and color shift like you see with the lava orange and copper red. 

 
I have to agree w/you again. (Stop doing that!!  )  The yellow was kind-of-a disappointment and coulda'/shoulda' been hotter color.  Blazing Yellow of the MSP's comes to mind. 
And you're right again, Mr. Spots.  Solar yellow was a monotone color, which is really OK by me had it's tone/hue been better for the car. It's the rarest of colors for the 3 series and most that I know of were man-u-matics too, though not all.
 

quote:

ORIGINAL: mhaner

We actually just bought a sedan in phantom purple and it looks really good. My wife has an obsession with purple, but I actually think the car looks really good in the phantom purple, especially after we get the windows tinted.

I've only seen one up close and personal, but I have to agree w/you.  It's a strange kinda' purple but not w/o merit.  Being in the hot Texas sun though, I don't think it would be my color of choice for around here.  I have a hard time understanding why black cars/trucks are so popular here.
I had a burgundy micro-van before my 3, and that sucker got HOT in the summer sun.  The A/C, when working, was more effective than the 3's too, but never again will I get a dark colored car 'round these parts.

 

well duh the average temperature in texas is like 25 degrees celcius which iunno in ferenheight.but ur wife has a burgandy saturn... is that not bad? or is it half decent

Am I the only one in the forums with a Phantom Blue Mica paint job? lol...i may be the only one in eastern pa with it too i think ive seen 2 other ones and 1 was on a dealer lot

i've got a 04' 4-door in solar yellow...and its manual. With the black leather interior I think it's extremely sharp...but i do agree that it could have been better if it were a bit more flashy.

 
Please don't take what I said wrong, Razz.  I like the yellow ones and they are very, very rare.  I too was looking for my hatch in yellow inspite of the "color could have been better" comment.  My wife however has some deep seeded, psycological problem w/yellow cars, so even if I had found the one I wanted, she would nopt have allowed it.
By the "near" end of the model year, the only one I found had the man-u-matic and leather, neither of which are for me.
But it had the CD changer and sun/moon roof, which certainly are, and I got neither in my current ride.
 
 

your wife had psychological problems with yellow cars. wow well that does incredibly sucks cuz that car looks good in yellow i must admit. however the thought of every morning sun shining and go out to your car. get a huge ass headache from the colour being sood amn bright, you know what i mean?

quote:

ORIGINAL: jaimie08mazda3

your wife had psychological problems with yellow cars. wow well that does incredibly sucks cuz that car looks good in yellow i must admit. however the thought of every morning sun shining and go out to your car. get a huge ass headache from the colour being soo damn bright, you know what i mean?

 
My car is white!  How much damn brighter could yellow be?  Think about it.             
Her problem w/yellow cars stems from a previous boy friend that had one, but she won't tell me exactly what that has to do with anything.
 

uhh mann the yellow is so much brighter i remember friends of my parents used to have a yellow matrix. that car would give em headaches
you choose which is brighter




Thumbnail Image



Thumbnail Image

or even better compare



you choose. the white, the yellow or my car the carbon grey :D



Thumbnail Image



Thumbnail Image



Thumbnail Image

2007 White Pearl Mica



Thumbnail Image

quote:

ORIGINAL: virgin1

 
Please don't take what I said wrong, Razz.  I like the yellow ones and they are very, very rare.  I too was looking for my hatch in yellow inspite of the "color could have been better" comment.  My wife however has some deep seeded, psycological problem w/yellow cars, so even if I had found the one I wanted, she would nopt have allowed it.
By the "near" end of the model year, the only one I found had the man-u-matic and leather, neither of which are for me.
But it had the CD changer and sun/moon roof, which certainly are, and I got neither in my current ride.

 
lol.. makes u wonder if she would ever get into a new york yellow cab. so bright! SO BRIGHT! and just this year, they got a little bit brighter!!!

I just got a 07 Phanton Purple Mica Hatchback, and so far I have got nothing but comments on how good it looks, as for the purple, so far it is the only Hatchback in that color I have seen in the area