Champagne Metallic

[evetsmd]

My wife wants the Genesis in this color with a cashmere interior.....closest one we can find is a 90 mile drive...did the forum ever do a poll on favorite colors?

Does anyone have this car, seen it or have an opinion about how it looks.....

Thick skin here so you won't hurt my feelings if you say it looks bad.......

Keep in mind the car is for my wife, not me!

Thanks

 

[socarwolverine]

boring color.

 

[homeofstone]

booorrrrring

 

[SullyC]

Sorry to disagree with the previous replies but its what we have and we love it. Personnally I'm sick of seeing the black and silver models!

 

[Gurkha]

My wife wants the Genesis in this color with a cashmere interior.....closest one we can find is a 90 mile drive...did the forum ever do a poll on favorite colors?

Personally that is the last color I would buy in just about any car!
But to each his own and if your wife wants Champagne Metallic then why not - who cares what others think as long as SHE likes it!
FYI: It's a color that is not available in the Genny's home market either! lol.

 

[BBQ Bandit]

Note the signature... neither one is silver/champagne.
And yes... I drove across state lines looking for them... 100 miles each.

Keep the Lexol leather cleaner/conditioner in the trunk.

 

[msitter]

That is the same color that GM calls Pewter. It is very popular among the blue hair set. When I worked at a GM dealer there would be an endless procession of Buick LeSabre and Cadillac DTS in that very color piloted by people no less than 75 years old wanting information plainly available in the owners manual had they taken time to read it. The color became to be known as "Our Lady of Eternal Rest Gold".

 

[tonygxp]

That is the same color that GM calls Pewter. It is very popular among the blue hair set. When I worked at a GM dealer there would be an endless procession of Buick LeSabre and Cadillac DTS in that very color piloted by people no less than 75 years old wanting information plainly available in the owners manual had they taken time to read it. The color became to be known as "Our Lady of Eternal Rest Gold".

no, it's not. it's gold mist metallic in Chevy's color. GM's pewter would be Hyundai's platinum, or titanium. But you are correct in the fact that it is popular with the over 65 crowd lol

 

[dg_moore]

no, it's not. it's gold mist metallic in Chevy's color. GM's pewter would be Hyundai's platinum, or titanium. But you are correct in the fact that it is popular with the over 65 crowd lol

Black/black is real popular with this member of the over 65 crowd!

 

[TJPark01]

I like the exterior color, but the interior is too similar to the exterior. I would let your wife choose one or the other, but not both. My understanding is the Champagne only comes in 1 interior trim.
1. Will be hard to sell this car in aftermarket assuming you're not leasing.
2. Happy wife, happy life.

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[tonygxp]

I like the exterior color, but the interior is too similar to the exterior. I would let your wife choose one or the other, but not both. My understanding is the Champagne only comes in 1 interior trim.
1. Will be hard to sell this car in aftermarket assuming you're not leasing.
2. Happy wife, happy life.

lol are you trying to make this guy go crazy?

 

[TJPark01]

lol are you trying to make this guy go crazy?

Nah, that's what wives are for.

 

[evetsmd]

Thanks all around for the inputs......we are the over 60 crowd so I guess it's OK for her to get Champagne Meatallic......or as some one put it "Our Lady of Eternal Rest Gold"

I think the choice of interior is limited to cashmere so no way to make a contrast ext vs int.......u right that would be a good option.....

her second long distance choice would be white with cashmere......anyway, we just need to sit tight until the 2012's start showing up!

Hope that will be soon since we just sold her car.

Enjoy the weekend.

 

[waveman]

Not my favorite color, but if it's going to be your wife's car, she should get to choose. If she's OK with white/cashmere, though, that might be a bit easier to sell a few years down the line.

 

[NOLa]

I'm not over 60 and my first Genny was the champagne color.

I thought it was elegant and I liked that the exterior and interior color were the same...in fact, that's what I most liked about it. The car was "dressy" when it had to be and casual when it didn't.

It didn't show dirt readily either.

NOLa

 

[Jerome Leff]

I have a 2009 Genny sedan in exactly the exterior and interior color you are mentioning and are looking for. Our Genny has tech package and 4.6 V8. My wife and I love it. It is easy to keep the exterior clean and really doesn't show rain marks. Like I said we love the exterior and interior colors. Another thing the inside and outside colors blend very well.

 

[Mark_888]

If she's OK with white/cashmere, though, that might be a bit easier to sell a few years down the line.

Only to someone who owns a carwash.

 

[waveman]

Only to someone who owns a carwash.

Not based on experience with my wife's white Sonata and on posts from owners of white Genesis models here. They're easier to keep clean than darker colors like my red car. But my point was that since white is probably more popular than champaign, it might be easier to sell.

 

[Mark_888]

Not based on experience with my wife's white Sonata and on posts from owners of white Genesis models here. They're easier to keep clean than darker colors like my red car. But my point was that since white is probably more popular than champaign, it might be easier to sell.

That may be true. It depends somewhat on where one lives. In areas where they spread sand on the roads in the winter time, white can be very hard to look nice, and not as popular. I had a white car many years ago, and it was not a big deal, but that was in a place where it never snowed or iced.

I don't think the champagne looks bad, and I would have considered it if it came with a dark interior (which it didn't). My Genesis is sliver with black interior, which I like because doesn't require a lot of car washes, and stays cooler in intense sunlight than dark exterior colors (my windows are tinted with ceramic film). If I lived in the north, a dark exterior color would be acceptable, and maybe preferable.

 

[woody9340]

I have a Sterling Blue Metallic 4.6 and it's a beautiful color, especially on a nice sunny day and we get those days a lot here in Florida.