Body Color and Appearance: Is maximum brightness really the best?

Concept24 · Mar 11, 2023

I've been thinking about this for a while now. On one hand a bright yellow, red, or some other not-so-common color is great for getting attention at a cars & coffee event, but when you decide to stop by a restaurant, Home Depot, or other type of store, do you really want anyone within 100 yards drawn to your car?
I am attracted to the dark Verdant because it really doesn't "project" its exotic car-like shape unless the sun is hitting it at a steep angle. In other words, most of the time it may not be nearly as noticeable as a bright yellow Emira.

Thoughts?

Cachaco131 · Mar 11, 2023

I think the looks/shape overpower the color. Even a black/dark blue will draw the onlookers. If you want something discreet, the Emira is not that!

kitkat · Mar 11, 2023

Why are you going to Home Depot in a sports car?

virtualmacho · Mar 12, 2023

kitkat said:
Why are you going to Home Depot in a sports car?

To get duct tape.

R1272 · Mar 12, 2023

I've thought about this too. Nimbus is certainly more under the radar than the Seneca I chose. But I'm not man enough to take a car like this and park it in a restaurant parking lot anyway, so I went for what in my opinion is the most "fun" color. I love them all.

Citizen · Mar 12, 2023

Wtf the colors not work like that

If I put pink on a 5K$ Hyundai it won’t convert to an exotic car

The shape is what people will say amazing car and the emira is , whatever the color you choose

nelly111s · Mar 12, 2023

I’ve always thought that sports cars should be bright colours, ever since I saw a green Miura as a kid. Surely that’s the point? They’re fun. Not practical.

action_turtle · Mar 12, 2023

Flash said:
I've thought about this too. Nimbus is certainly more under the radar than the Seneca I chose. But I'm not man enough to take a car like this and park it in a restaurant parking lot anyway, so I went for what in my opinion is the most "fun" color. I love them all.

Not man enough? I don’t get it lol

Porter · Mar 12, 2023

nelly111s said:
I’ve always thought that sports cars should be bright colours, ever since I saw a green Miura as a kid. Surely that’s the point? They’re fun. Not practical.

As the guys at Everyday Driver like to say, sports cars should be in Skittles colors.

I mean think about it... If Lotus had used this as their available color palette (and replace the pinks with a grey, white, and black) people would have been delighted.

MIGZ · Mar 12, 2023

I would have selected berry punch

Porter · Mar 12, 2023

MIGZ said:
I would have selected berry punch

100%, me too. Purple sports cars are next level.

kitkat · Mar 12, 2023

nelly111s said:
I’ve always thought that sports cars should be bright colours, ever since I saw a green Miura as a kid. Surely that’s the point? They’re fun. Not practical.

There’s quite a large group of people that have a reservation on the Emira that think the Emira is going to be their practical everyday car.

I’m sure as hell not one of them but I guess they can go bring their dog to the groomer or bring home some lumber for a project or whatever.

Porter · Mar 12, 2023

kitkat said:
There’s quite a large group of people that have a reservation on the Emira that think the Emira is going to be their practical everyday car.

I’m sure as hell not one of them but I guess they can go bring their dog to the groomer or bring home some lumber for a project or whatever.

It's for projects like building a small birdhouse, with very short bits of plywood and pint-size cans of paint.

Trips to the grocer will cover a max of 2 dinners, and just enough eggs for the week.

Full size pizza boxes need not apply. That's an extravagance that they don't need their "daily driver" to fulfill.

GetawayDriving · Mar 12, 2023

As someone who has driven two lotus across the US, one black and one silver, I can confirm the cars get constant attention everywhere despite a lack of color.

eriegz · Mar 12, 2023

Let me put it this way: sit next to a busy road for a few minutes, watch a thousand cars go by, and then tell me which colours the world needs more of.

kitkat · Mar 12, 2023

eriegz said:
Let me put it this way: sit next to a busy road for a few minutes, watch a thousand cars go by, and then tell me which colours the world needs more of.

I’m glad you’re getting Magma too!

Concept24 · Mar 12, 2023

kitkat said:
Why are you going to Home Depot in a sports car?

I asked the guys in an Evora forum, what "stops" were off limits. The majority were perfectly okay with stopping at a Home Depot or grocery store. Most would NOT parallel park. They all parked away from other vehicles.

Concept24 · Mar 12, 2023

Citizen said:
Wtf the colors not work like that

If I put pink on a 5K$ Hyundai it won’t convert to an exotic car

The shape is what people will say amazing car and the emira is , whatever the color you choose

I once rented a 2015 Corvette with a tinted mirror wrap. Believe me, that car got as much or more attention than the McLaren 570S I rented. And really, C7 Corvettes are fairly common.

virtualmacho · Mar 12, 2023

Porter said:
Full size pizza boxes need not apply. That's an extravagance that they don't need their "daily driver" to fulfill.

I'll use the supercharged pizza heater behind the cabin.

Nova · Mar 12, 2023

The Emira's design is accentuated by colors that contrasts with the black rocker panels and black roof, forming a thin pinched waist design that is very pleasing to look at. The brighter the color, the stronger this effect. Really the only two colors that don't show this effect are the Dark Verdant and Shadow Grey. A lot of cars look great in dark colors, but it's a poor fit for the Emira, in my opinion.

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