Zeus

Eduardo, I stand corrected. The correct name of the the color is 'Liquid Metal Silver' without the added 'Chrome'.

I wish I remembered where I saw the newsbite... Some time ago, I was looking for pictures of this specific paint color on the internet, and one of the articles I came across mentioned that the 918 that was making the rounds at all the car shows was painted this special color for "maximum effect under the spotlight." Could have been an unconfirmed report, or just some journos' assumptions. And I suppose I assumed it as well. Sorry if I threw out some bad info there if I did.

I guess that says something about both paints if you can't tell them apart very easily? But as they say, lighting is everything.

br911

There was no one knowledgeable that I saw at the Porsche area at the auto show, but maybe it was dinner time. I think that was GT Silver on the 918. If not, we are talking about $63K thrown away, imho. I managed to get to the show on preview night, so I was able to spend quite some time around and inside the GT3. Really nice interior, with a combination of Alcantara and CF (if one wants to see a really tasteless use of CF, check out the RS7 at Audi). No red stitching. First time I saw the PDK shifter in Alcantara - nice. Paddles feel a lot harder than what you get in non-GT3's, so definitely a different feel there. Porsche tends to use silver as the predominant color in their stand and maybe this is why there was a (rhodium I guess) silver GT3 there. Nice engine cover in CF. I tend to agree that silver looks perhaps a little refined for GT3, but this could be "fixed" with yellow seat belts, for example (with PCCB's), or red (w/o PCCB). Regardless, overall, apart from the 918, the GT3 was the star of the Porsche stand, so congrats to those who secured an allocation. GT3 called a lot ore attention than the white cabrio with red interior right next to it.

As a quick side note, a lot of attention to Macan - they will likely sell lots of those, and soon we might have to wait in line to get one attention a the Porsche dealer.

CAlexio

Did the car have full leather and carbon package? Did it make a significant difference from normal? I like the look of the aluminum trim but would spring for the cf if it made a big difference.

doubleurx

I love the new CF from Porsche. We got it in our Cayenne GTS and it looks really good. I ordered it with full leather on my GT3. If you search GT3 on youtube, look for the Geneva show. That car had full leather, red stitching and CF interior. Looks really great IMHO.

br911

I saw a lot of cars on that evening, but I am 99% sure it was full leather. The combination of carbon fiber and Alcantara is the best I have seen. I have aluminum on mine, but it seems that cf and Alcantara reinforce each other. I would not think twice, but maybe my opinion is biased since I've had aluminum and leather for quite some time now. I agree that the new Porsche cf is awesome (there was a Cayenne Turbo S with full cf package that was stunning as well, but at $188 K msrp, however). I was surprised to see the cf in the engine compartment when I opened it - very nice. Overall, for what I saw, I would go for the options I really want to make this a (more) special car. I have been following the threads and magazine articles on this car, and I felt it was better in person than what I expected (and I did not even hear the engine running...).

Mike in CA

Based on the interior pics on page one of this thread it's full leather. You can see the tell-tale stitching on the dash and doors, and extra alcantera on the lower dash and door panels.

Drifting

Anyone have a picture of an actual GT3 interior that has the red stitching and the CF package?

I finally decided to get a Guards Red GT3 and opted for the deviated red stitching and red seat belts. The red stitching looks great and appropriate for a special car like the GT3 in the photos I've seen. However, I'm debating about adding carbon fiber to this. It almost looks too busy, with too many things going on to have black leather, red stitching, then carbon fiber trim, then alcantara glovebox.

I think the CF would look nice with the leather and alcantara (without the red stitching package), but I think there are too many contrasts if you have 4 different colors and textures next one another if you get the leather interior, which has lots of alcantra, the red stitching, and CF.

If anyone has an actual picture of all of that together, I'd love to be proven wrong.

997TTMeteor

Here is one....

Mike in CA

I know this is heresy to some, and totally subjective, but I'm glad I passed on the red stitching....

Drifting

Not heresy, but why did you pass on it? Particularly, with a guards red exterior like you ordered your car? I have red deviated red stitching on the seats of a previous Guards Red boxster with a black interior, and it gave the car interior a nice extra pop, and brought the exterior into the car, causing the interior to feel more special.

I don't think I would have ordered the red stitching with just any exterior color.

Drifting

Thanks for that pic. It confirmed my suspicions. CF + leather + alcantara + red stitching is too much

Do you have a pic of the GT3 interior using the red stitching, but no CF?

Now mike is making me reconsider my decision.........

By the way, where did you find this last pic. When I google this all I can find are the pics from Car and Driver, etc. Unless I missed it, I don't think one of those is a photo of the standard leather interior with red stitching.

silverrules

I went back and forth on red stitching and finally removed it. The STD grey looks perfect. I also played around with leather trimming on doors and center console but after visiting the dealer again and seeing the Alu finish on some of the cars I went back to the STD Alu trimming. It breaks up the leather. To upgrade toCF trimming on the doors and center console the cost was $2100 but it does look really nice. I saw the CF trimming on a 991 TTS and it was perfect but based on my previous experience with CF lifting after couple of years I decided not to go the CF route. This is a known issue with CF. After a few years they start coming loose and replacement cost is not cheap.

doubleurx

I love it. That is a picture from the Geneva show I mentioned above. I love the combo and ordered it exactly

http://youtu.be/XTO9fsDRUFc

Mike in CA

Aside from being concerned about matching the seats if I got aftermarket sport buckets, I just felt the red stitching made the interior a bit busy and didn't compliment some of the other design elements. To me, deviating red stitching seems more appropriate to an Italian or even English car than a serious German one, especially a GT3. Seeing the pic above reinforced my feeling.

It's completely subjective and I wouldn't question anyone's choice to get the red stitching, but it just didn't quite do it for me.

Drifting

Interesting. I agree this looks more Italian. The standard Ferrari 458 interior is basically done like this, but without the alacantara.
The standard and advertised 458 interior has black leather with red deviated stitching and CF accents.

If my business continues at its current path, I may get a 458 in a couple years, and I personally love the look of the 458 interior.

I think Porsche could learn a few things about style from Ferrari and Ferrari could learn a lot about reliability from Porsche.

Regarding your 2nd to last sentence. I don't want to think of my incoming GT3 as serious. Guards Red is playful and intense, but not serious.

If I got a serious color like one of the silvers, then I would not have opted for the red stitching.