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Tag: Aubergine

  • BMW Individual Aubergine on Purple E39 540i Appears on Marketplace

    BMW Individual Aubergine on Purple E39 540i Appears on Marketplace

    What: 1997 BMW 540i
    Color: BMW Individual Aubergine (aubergine; non-metallic UNI; 348; BMW)
    VIN: unknown
    Mileage: 115,000 miles
    Price: $11,000
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Fair Lawn, NJ
    Listing: Link

    We’re fond of tone on tone cars, wearing the same color on the inside as they do on the outside. White on white was popular in the 80s, blue on blue isn’t that uncommon, F40s were red on red, and green on green happens. Purple on purple though, that’s almost never seen… and yet here one is in the form of a 1997 BMW 540i that is purple inside and out.

    Technically, this color is Aubergine, the BMW version and not the Porsche version that appears to be darker. Some quick research shows remarkably that this wasn’t the only one built to this spec. Even still, it sounds like two or three may have been sold here in the USA. Even that begs the question on how two or three buyers would have landed on a color combination so unique. They all appear to be 540i configurations, though not all have automatic transmissions as does this car.

    Is there more to the story? We haven’t found it yet, but suspect there is. In the meantime, this car is an excellent example of an affordable tailored driver. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a car this unique at an approachable price, but they happen and this purple on purple E39 is proof positive of that.

    Bonus points to the seller for both knowing the paint name and sharing a photo of the factory decal confirming it.

  • Market Find: 2024 Porsche Paint to Sample Aubergine 911 Carrera S

    Market Find: 2024 Porsche Paint to Sample Aubergine 911 Carrera S

    What: 2024 Porsche Carrera S
    Color: Porsche Paint to Sample Aubergine (aubergine; non-metallic UNI; 025; Porsche)
    VIN: WP0AB2A93RS221858
    Mileage: 660
    Price at Time of this Writing: $239,995
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: Link
    Location: Glen Cove, NY
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    Paint to Sample offers an incredibly wide array of colors, yet somehow we really only ever see the same 15-20. So when a great vintage-inspired build like the one represented by this Tailored Driver shows up in our searches, it provides perhaps a bit more excitement than we’d care to admit. Porsche Paint to Sample Aubergine is decidedly a heritage play having been available on 70’s 911 models, and hounds tooth inserts on the seats and door cards do a nice job of continuing the theme. In all, we’d give it an A+ grade, and hope the next owner of this Tailored Driver actually uses it.

  • Singer Shares Austin Commission in Aubergine

    Singer Shares Austin Commission in Aubergine

    This week on Singer’s social media channels, the California-based re-imagineer of Porsche 911s shared photos of the Austin Commission. The car is one of their so-called Classic builds and it’s painted “Aubergine” that appears to be one in the same as the classic dark purple hue more common on Porsches of the late 1960s and 1970s.

    Singer shares that, in addition to paint-to-sample Aubergine, the owner also specified electrically adjustable touring seats trimmed in Platero and featuring an asymmetric leather weave design. To our eye, their off-center striping seems to hark the striped seats of the 991.2 GT3 interior, though in a distinctly more classic Singer way.

    Check out more on the Austin Commission plus the social media post with these photos HERE.