Model S Paint - factory custom?

[ElectricTundra]

I like the burnt orange. And both blues. Orange the most though. Wish I could have gotten mine in that color.

 

[rdrcrmatt]

The lime green was a prototype P85D test car from what I've heard.

 

[Kofi]

Thanks Dennis for the pics. Hopefully the light blue one surfaces that Dwdnjck spotted. I'll ask TM for a custom color on behalf of members. What color would you request?

 

[dennis]

I took delivery of my P85D on Friday. My request for a custom color was approved in late December just before Tesla decided to end the program. My assumption is that doing custom painting was slowing production, although I never got confirmation of that from Tesla. Hopefully when the new paint shop comes online later this year Tesla will decide to again offer some form of custom paint.

The color is called Terracuda Pearl. The paint was developed by hot rodder Chip Foose as part of a line of 24 custom colors he did in partnership with BASF automotive finishes.

 

[Kofi]

Absolutely stunning and a very rare build. Could you share more pics?

 

[breser]

Absolutely stunning and a very rare build. Could you share more pics?

He posted some more over here:
Tracking P85D delivery thread - Page 464

 

[frosken]

It seems Tesla have three new colors in the pipeline for this year. This is from the service catalogue (credit goes to Cookie Monster on the Norwegian EV-forums).

Obsidian Black (Metallic Black)
Ocean Blue (Metallic blue)
Titanium (Dark Silver Metallic)

 

[JST]

It seems Tesla have three new colors in the pipeline for this year. This is from the service catalogue (credit goes to Cookie Monster on the Norwegian EV-forums).

Obsidian Black (Metallic Black)
Ocean Blue (Metallic blue)
Titanium (Dark Silver Metallic)

View attachment 74428

Awesome--ocean blue sounds promising.

But do we really need another silver?

 

[eco5280]

So they have silver, dark silver, and grey. Talk about diversity! I'm so glad you didn't say brown. I would be apoplectic if they announced brown right now.

PLEASE more pics of the Terracuda, Dennis! I'm in heaven. My favorite color on a car, hands down. Any car.

 

[frosken]

But do we really need another silver?

Silver, Titanium, Dolphin Gray and Steel Gray. Only 46 shades to go!

 

[Phil K]

Titanium sounds very interesting.

 

[dsm363]

If ocean blue is lighter that could be a great addition. Titanium too.

 

[jerjozwik]

well thats a let down...

 

[mhpr262]

Titanium sounds very interesting.

Really? Titanium is a dark grey ...

well thats a let down...

Indeed. The palette may be new, but sounds as bleak and boring as ever. Come on Elon, enough balls for the Roadster, Model S, Model X, Model ≡, Gigafactory, SpaceX, but not enough for a single bold colour on our favourite car???

 

[CHGolferJim]

Interior variety, too, please!!'

 

[dirkhh]

The palette may be new, but sounds as bleak and boring as ever. Come on Elon, enough balls for the Roadster, Model S, Model X, Model ≡, Gigafactory, SpaceX, but not enough for a single bold colour on our favourite car???

Let's look at the most popular car colors in North America in 2014 (source: White dominates America's car paint palette as brown makes inroads) In North America, white remains most popular (23 percent), followed by black (18 percent), gray (16 percent) and silver (15 percent).
That's 72% for in essence "shades of gray". And I'm reasonably certain the ratio would be even higher if you restricted things to "large sedans".

Tesla has one non-boring color, though
(hint, look at my avatar)

 

[breser]

That's 72% for in essence "shades of gray". And I'm reasonably certain the ratio would be even higher if you restricted things to "large sedans".

Yeah just compare what Mercedes Benz offers on the S class:
Mercedes-Benz - Home of C, E, S, CLS, CL, SLK, SL, R, GLK, M, GL, G Class

It is all basically shades of gray.

 

[jerry33]

Let's look at the most popular car colors in North America in 2014 (source: White dominates America's car paint palette as brown makes inroads) In North America, white remains most popular (23 percent), followed by black (18 percent), gray (16 percent) and silver (15 percent).
That's 72% for in essence "shades of gray".

Some of that is due to people buying cars off the lot, and that's what the dealer orders.

 

[breser]

Some of that is due to people buying cars off the lot, and that's what the dealer orders.

I think you're at least partially right but the real answer is that's what manufacturers make. I don't believe the dealers get to spec out vehicles exactly to their choice. Some colors are only available with some option packages and so on. A lot of this is to limit the possible combinations and also to try and make some options easier to sell. But I'm pretty sure the manufacturers are in control of this.

 

[dirkhh]

Yeah just compare what Mercedes Benz offers on the S class:
Mercedes-Benz - Home of C, E, S, CLS, CL, SLK, SL, R, GLK, M, GL, G Class

It is all basically shades of gray.

Excellent find. That makes the Tesla color palette look positively aggressive!