mauijim

Dubai911, yes, the interior color and design is primary - exterior color is secondary - exactly for the reason you noted. If my goal was to impress someone else (beside myself) with the color, I would want to impress the person I invited to ride with me, not some stranger gawking at my car while parked or at a stop light. Find the interior color and design options you want, and the exterior color will follow.

And why waste money on exterior color to sample? Porsche has 99% of the good colors covered already - that's why Porsche Marketing Dept. is paid the big bucks. I have yet to see a color-to-sample that was better than "interesting, but I'd get tired of that in a week."

IMHO, focus on the interior for long term satisfaction. BTW, GT Silver/Cocoa is a great color combo.

tmc

meteor gray with black top, two-tone interior, full leather

Dubai911

Now I'm back to Macadamia with Natural full leather interior with Carrera Sport wheels. Very rich combo, unique, and I think it elevates the perceived value of the car.

Charlie C

What color is Macadamia? Is that an exterior color? I don't see it on the Porsche web site.

Dubai911

It's not on the configurator yet. It's a dark brown metallic, same color as the turbo cab release pics, look at page 1 of this post, I posted a pic of it. Available on 08's saw it at my dealer on his configurator.

designman

Ever consider Ascot Brown with the GT Silver? Must be seen in person. As you can see there are color variations among the photos.

Le Chef

Why can't 987/997 interiors look as good as this? Stunning! Let's hope Porsche take a leaf out of their own book when they design the 988/998 interiors.

Dubai911

Ascot is nice but not available on 987.
How about Macadamia and Cocoa, all brown, with red seatbelts and red dials?

Le Chef

...that would like mobile diarrhea. It couldn't get much uglier.

Renn 951

Well, there is the matter of the $400,000 price difference!!

Dubai911

To Le Chef
Ok agreed Macadamia and natural leather?
With body color rear console and aluminum shifter and handbrake

Le Chef

I still think it would look a little brown. With Macademia I would do a black interior with more aluminum. You want to try and get some contrast between the inside and the outside.

Dubai911

Le Chef, on the German configurator they've fianlly uploaded all the 08 colors for the Turbo Cab.
Macadamia is available there, tried it with cocoa, agree it's too brown, I like it with natural, very rich (don't forget here in Dubai tan interiors are appreciated because of their light color and the heat)
Black is interesting, but too dark ? No

Le Chef

Depending on how much time and money you have to spare you might consider Sand Beige with Macademia contrasting stitching rather than Natural Brown - it's a little lighter. Or consider older Porsche interior colors like Linen.

Dubai911

BTW I like brown