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Old May 24, 2019 | 12:20 PM
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I put together a summary of colors actually ordered for the first 489 cards headed to the US (information gathered from VIN Analytics). Every available color was ordered at least once. What does this say about the average 992 buyer?

Color Qty
Gentian Blue Metallic 57
GT Silver Metallic 57
Jet Black Metallic 54
Aventurine Green Metallic 51
Black 47
Carrara White Metallic 46
White 36
Chalk 31
Dolomite Silver Metallic 30
Agate Grey Metallic 23
Night Blue Metallic 17
Guards Red 16
Carmine Red 8
Racing Yellow 5
Miami Blue 5
Lava Orange 3
Lizard Green 3

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Old May 24, 2019 | 01:01 PM
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It says to me they're hungry for more new colors if the strong Gentian and Aventurine numbers are any indication (though I'm one of the surprising number of Chalks).
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Old May 24, 2019 | 01:40 PM
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This is pretty awesome. Gives me hope I will find one in an interesting color this time next year. Gentian blue, GT silver and Aventurine Green are all great colors.

The only thing that does disappoints me is the low volume of my favorite color: Carmine Red.
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Old May 24, 2019 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Ms95207x
I put together a summary of colors actually ordered for the first 489 cards headed to the US (information gathered from VIN Analytics). Every available color was ordered at least once. What does this say about the average 992 buyer?

Color Qty
Gentian Blue Metallic 57
GT Silver Metallic 57
Jet Black Metallic 54
Aventurine Green Metallic 51
Black 47
Carrara White Metallic 46
White 36
Chalk 31
Dolomite Silver Metallic 30
Agate Grey Metallic 23
Night Blue Metallic 17
Guards Red 16
Carmine Red 8
Racing Yellow 5
Miami Blue 5
Lava Orange 3
Lizard Green 3
This says the majority of buyers pick boring colors
My previous cars were gray -> black -> silver, and the last thing I want is another silver/white/black/grey car. I'm quite tired of it

Mine will be Guard's Red or Miami Blue - still undecided (leaning Guard's Red because $$)
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Old May 24, 2019 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by iliveoncaffiene
This says the majority of buyers pick boring colors
Mine will be Guard's Red or Miami Blue - still undecided (leaning Guard's Red because $$)
Those were my two favourite colours as well. My SA persuaded me that Miami Blue would be a bit much for a daily driver (and more of a GT model colour) so I went with the more subdued Guards Red (matches my Alfa Stelvio).
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Old May 24, 2019 | 09:38 PM
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OT - but what do you think of your Stelvio?
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Old May 25, 2019 | 12:28 AM
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It bums me out they don't do the Graphite Blue anymore. Loved that color.

This says the majority of buyers pick boring colors
I don't like to stand out, so I'd never pick a yellow or lizard green, each to their own.
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Old May 25, 2019 | 08:56 PM
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Does this include the dealer optioned release models? They typically have lots of options, that I believe are a Porsche requirement, and probably have a more mainstream assortment of colors since they aren’t ordered by customers.
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Old May 26, 2019 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by YoungTurk
OT - but what do you think of your Stelvio?
Sorry for this OT post:
Stelvio is really good for a low-cost small SUV - I needed this to carry my dog. I have the Ti Sport model with Performance Package (LSD, active suspension) which cost $44k (max option $55k less $11k discount)
PROS: best handling/steering vehicle I've had in a decade (better than my BMWs) - even wife notices the dynamics, good acceleration (0-60 in 5.4), nice sound, excellent seats, perfect fixed paddle-shifters
CONS: hesitation from standstill (tiny 2.0 liter with big turbo), materials not great, terrible nav screen colours/resolution (use CarPlay to make it bearable), unknown reliability (got 2 year/30k miles lease)
SUMMARY: Due to massive discounting from Alfa this costs only $5k-$10k more than a fully optioned RAV4/CRV/CX5 and is infinitely more fun to drive, pretty quick, and 80lb Golden likes the cargo area



Now back to our scheduled programming...
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Old May 29, 2019 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by moomin
It bums me out they don't do the Graphite Blue anymore. Loved that color.
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