[PTS] 226 / Chartreuse / Light Green (lindgrün) approved!
12-17-2015, 04:51 PM
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[PTS] 226 / Chartreuse / Light Green (lindgrün) approved!
After almost 14 months since we submitted one of my all-time favorite PTS colors for feasibility review, I finally received confirmation that 226 / Chartreuse / Lind Green (lindgrün) is fully approved and will be available the next time a PTS window opens!
It's been 3+ years since the 991 generation was introduced, and I'm really happy that we're finally able to get this classic color back.
Looking forward to getting an upcoming 991.2 GT car in this color.
Many thanks to Brett Payne at Sonnen, and Melissa Witek at Porsche Exclusive, for the assistance in getting this pushed through.
@Heads up to Eduardo!
It's been 3+ years since the 991 generation was introduced, and I'm really happy that we're finally able to get this classic color back.
Looking forward to getting an upcoming 991.2 GT car in this color.
Many thanks to Brett Payne at Sonnen, and Melissa Witek at Porsche Exclusive, for the assistance in getting this pushed through.
@Heads up to Eduardo!
Last edited by GreenLantern; 12-17-2015 at 08:31 PM. Reason: Correcting translated name from Light Green to Lind Green, thanks to Eduardo's explanation below.
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12-17-2015, 05:47 PM
#9
Very cool. For a minute there I was scared you were referring to that awful mint green I've seen recently. That color should never have made it out of the mascara factory.
12-17-2015, 07:08 PM
#10
Big congratulations! Your patience has been rewarded. Hopefully we will see a few chartreuse cars coming now! Also thank you so much for letting us know about this new colour. Now that they've restricted circulation of the pts approved list for internal use only there is no way for others to know about new approved colours apart from news like yours here. Much appreciated!!
12-17-2015, 07:44 PM
#14
'Lime Green/Chartreuse'...
After almost 14 months since we submitted one of my all-time favorite PTS
colors for feasibility review, I finally received confirmation that 226 / Chartreuse
/ Light Green (lindgrün) is fully approved and will be available the next time a
PTS window opens...@Heads up to Eduardo!
colors for feasibility review, I finally received confirmation that 226 / Chartreuse
/ Light Green (lindgrün) is fully approved and will be available the next time a
PTS window opens...@Heads up to Eduardo!
It's too bad it has taken that long to do the feasibility
study on this color...but it's now finally approved and
for that we can be thankful!
The color was first used by Porsche in the MY1972/1973
in the 911. Back then, it was most often called 'Lime Green',
not 'Chartreuse', in our English-speaking Porsche markets.
It was last used for PTS in the .2 997. This 4.0 Limited Edition
example was custom ordered & continues to be owned by one
of our own Rennlisters here in this forum & a fellow R Gruppe
member from NYC (the fellow that posted above!):
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As a small aside GreenLantern, 'Lindgrün' doesn't translate into German as
'Light Green'. The latter designation is reserved for 'Lichtgrün', although we
know it in the English-speaking market as 'Birch Green' because that was
the historical name associated with it (Lichtgrün) in early Porsche advertising
& marketing materials back in its day.
***
'Lindgrün' is today officially translated as 'Lind Green' by Porsche.
The early Porsche literature it was mostly referred as 'Lime Green',
rather than 'Chartreuse' or 'Lind Green'.
***
Once we started drinking more wines from Gaul & appreciating the delicious
cheeses of Normandy & other fine regions in that country, Porsche aficionados
started calling this 226 color by its proper French name - 'Chartreuse' - simply
because it made it sound, well,... 'je ne sais quoi'!
***
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
