It's gray (with a dash of orange)!

[raymond]

WIRED on Martin's P2: His Roadster has a custom matte gray paint job [...] with an orange racing stripe. "It's really cool," Siry said.

 

[tonybelding]

WIRED on Martin's P2: His Roadster has a custom matte gray paint job [...] with an orange racing stripe. "It's really cool," Siry said.

Matte gray? Yeah, I imagine it's really cool. . . at first. I've heard those matte finishes are really hard to maintain. (For sure you don't wax it!)

Looking forward to photos.

 

[siry]

i meant flat, not matte

 

[TEG]

Driving accessories:

 

[TEG]

Luggage:

 

[TEG]

 

[tonybelding]

i meant flat, not matte

With paint, "flat" and "matte" are synonymous aren't they? What's the difference?

 

[jsnable]

Perhaps Darryl means "solid" (non-metallic). I've seen that on the TT myself...

Jay

 

[Albern]

With paint, "flat" and "matte" are synonymous aren't they? What's the difference?

I believe there is a distinction between FLAT and MATTE.

A flat colour would generally refer to a paint scheme that would generally have very little depth - like the standard / common Mercedes Benz silver or white. The colour is usually lighter and you can't see far into the reflection being generated by the surface. A good standard of comparison would be that of a mirror if we can assume in this example that it would have a 100% reflectance rate.

Matte on the other hand could be characterized as having nearly 0% reflectance and it doesn't have a clear coat (unlike all paint finishes found on modern road-going cars today). You also cannot apply wax since there is no smooth surface to bond(?) to.

Autoblog

WorldCarFans.com

 

[Tin-Chicken]

Take a look at Martin's profile for a sneak peek ;-)
Tesla Motors Club Forum - View Profile: Martin

TC

 

[TEG]

 

[TEG]

 

[TEG]

How about this? :

I wonder if the lower lip will have stripes. Or if the wheels will be orange.

 

[vfx]

Damn!

I was going to make my futtre Tesla in matte black.

 

[doug]

Apparently Martin wasn't too happy about the leak. But the cat's already out of the bag, so I guess it's ok for me to repost this here:

 

[TEG]

Hmm. My mockup wasn't too far off!

Looks nice! It has a lot of personality.