Sapphire Blue - What is the latest?
02-07-2014, 10:22 PM
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Sapphire Blue - What is the latest?
What are the latest news or rumors on the Sapphire Blue? I am holding my order for this color, I am buying a Porsche and I am tired of the white/silver/gray mass of vehicles I see every day. 
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02-08-2014, 04:18 AM
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Sebis Sapphire blue will show up in configurator in march but this colour goes in production in october 2014 so expect earliest deliveliers december 2014
also make sure that you have seen this colour on the street without photoshop walpapers and sun blinks beacause it is just blue colour.
2nd negative fact about sapphire - there will be very very much sapphire blue macans - do you really need this colour? it is not mexican blue - exclusive rare colour!
every second macan will be blue!
also make sure that you have seen this colour on the street without photoshop walpapers and sun blinks beacause it is just blue colour.
2nd negative fact about sapphire - there will be very very much sapphire blue macans - do you really need this colour? it is not mexican blue - exclusive rare colour!
every second macan will be blue!
02-08-2014, 11:17 AM
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Sebis Sapphire blue will show up in configurator in march but this colour goes in production in october 2014 so expect earliest deliveliers december 2014
also make sure that you have seen this colour on the street without photoshop walpapers and sun blinks beacause it is just blue colour.
2nd negative fact about sapphire - there will be very very much sapphire blue macans - do you really need this colour? it is not mexican blue - exclusive rare colour!
every second macan will be blue!
also make sure that you have seen this colour on the street without photoshop walpapers and sun blinks beacause it is just blue colour.
2nd negative fact about sapphire - there will be very very much sapphire blue macans - do you really need this colour? it is not mexican blue - exclusive rare colour!
every second macan will be blue!
02-08-2014, 04:40 PM
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02-08-2014, 06:06 PM
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My dealer doesn't have any 911 or Cayman in Sapphire Blue but I saw today a BMW in Estoril Blue and it looks gorgeous. While not the same color, some posters on the 987-981 forum claim to be really close but a bit darker than Sapphire Blue.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
02-08-2014, 07:21 PM
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I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
By limiting the number of colours it generates buzz, just as this forum is experiencing.
The marketing aspect is as the product life cycle goes on, you know they will add and delete colours.
Look at the Cayenne and see the trend of which colours have come and gone over the most recent generations life cycle.
If you wanted a red Cayenne you had to wait till 2013 to get one.
Auburn is gone, replaced by Mahogany.
When the demand is this high, they can play colour games as much as they want.
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02-08-2014, 07:52 PM
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I agree with half of this. Its marketing. They are marketing the Macan as a sports car and thus showing it everywhere in the sapphire blue as a primary advertising color. Its no accident because sapphire blue is already available in all of the Porsche sports cars, 911, boxster and cayman and at dealerships. So by association with the sapphire blue sports cars we see the Macan from the outset as one of those and change our perspective a bit about suvs by emphasizing the sports side over the utility.
The local dealer told me today that they expected to see the sapphire blue coming to the Macan around October as part of the second allocation. In the meantime worldwide the first allocation of Macans are sold out into the Fall. Obviously they didn't need the sapphire blue to sell that first allocation.
The local dealer told me today that they expected to see the sapphire blue coming to the Macan around October as part of the second allocation. In the meantime worldwide the first allocation of Macans are sold out into the Fall. Obviously they didn't need the sapphire blue to sell that first allocation.
02-08-2014, 10:47 PM
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I agree with half of this. Its marketing. They are marketing the Macan as a sports car and thus showing it everywhere in the sapphire blue as a primary advertising color. Its no accident because sapphire blue is already available in all of the Porsche sports cars, 911, boxster and cayman and at dealerships. So by association with the sapphire blue sports cars we see the Macan from the outset as one of those and change our perspective a bit about suvs by emphasizing the sports side over the utility.
The local dealer told me today that they expected to see the sapphire blue coming to the Macan around October as part of the second allocation. In the meantime worldwide the first allocation of Macans are sold out into the Fall. Obviously they didn't need the sapphire blue to sell that first allocation.
The local dealer told me today that they expected to see the sapphire blue coming to the Macan around October as part of the second allocation. In the meantime worldwide the first allocation of Macans are sold out into the Fall. Obviously they didn't need the sapphire blue to sell that first allocation.
02-08-2014, 10:51 PM
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I think it is a combination of 2 forces - forced rarity and marketing.
By limiting the number of colours it generates buzz, just as this forum is experiencing.
The marketing aspect is as the product life cycle goes on, you know they will add and delete colours.
Look at the Cayenne and see the trend of which colours have come and gone over the most recent generations life cycle.
If you wanted a red Cayenne you had to wait till 2013 to get one.
Auburn is gone, replaced by Mahogany.
When the demand is this high, they can play colour games as much as they want.
By limiting the number of colours it generates buzz, just as this forum is experiencing.
The marketing aspect is as the product life cycle goes on, you know they will add and delete colours.
Look at the Cayenne and see the trend of which colours have come and gone over the most recent generations life cycle.
If you wanted a red Cayenne you had to wait till 2013 to get one.
Auburn is gone, replaced by Mahogany.
When the demand is this high, they can play colour games as much as they want.
02-09-2014, 02:48 PM
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My dealer doesn't have any 911 or Cayman in Sapphire Blue but I saw today a BMW in Estoril Blue and it looks gorgeous. While not the same color, some posters on the 987-981 forum claim to be really close but a bit darker than Sapphire Blue.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
I find it really hard to believe that dealers will order it on Macan's they configure as they typically dont play with colors like that as it narrows the potential market.
02-09-2014, 02:50 PM
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My dealer doesn't have any 911 or Cayman in Sapphire Blue but I saw today a BMW in Estoril Blue and it looks gorgeous. While not the same color, some posters on the 987-981 forum claim to be really close but a bit darker than Sapphire Blue.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
I still don't understand why the limited colors nowadays, the factory where the Macan is build has the latest technology in paint robots and they could swap a color in matter of minutes.
I am also puzzled of why there aren't any non-metallic colors other than white and black available. I know the sports cars from Porsche have also red and yellow, but I would love something like Mexico Blue without having to pay PTS prices.
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02-18-2014, 01:13 PM
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.1GT3 came in Cobalt blue, and .2RS came in Aqua blue.
I have never seen this blue in any Porsche before. Otherwise, I would have one in my garage already...