RE: dakar question

[alex.fadeev@xxxxxxxxxxx]

jmiller@domain.elided wrote:
> 
> Honestly it's the best car I've ever owned. I would buy it again.
> I've had it for 2 years and I'll probably keep it forever. Dakar 
> yellow is definiety a european color. Americans buy non-color
> styles: Black, White, silver. Where as blue is the most popular
> color is Britain and France.

Ahem, Jay,
What's your source for the above statement?
I remember reading in one of the auto mags that the most popular color in
both Europe and US is silver, closely followed by shades of white and gray.
Than the preferences diverge with Europeans going towards 'electric' colors
while US still entrenched into basics {black, red, green, blue, etc}.
AFAIR, one of the least popular colors on both continents was yellow ;-)
 
> BMW still makes a yellow color which I believe is Dakar II.

Nope.
The current M3 puke-yellow color is called "Phoenix Yellow Metallic". IMHO,
that color rivals "Laguna Seca Blue" for the butt ugly award.
Non-M3 yellow is "Light Yellow Metallic". I haven't seen that one in person.
Neither one is anything like the old Dakkar Yellow I or II.
 
alex f
'95 M3 Avus Blue 

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