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Tag: Graphite Blue Metallic

  • Market Find: 2018 Porsche Paint to Sample Graphite Blue Metallic Macan GTS

    Market Find: 2018 Porsche Paint to Sample Graphite Blue Metallic Macan GTS

    What: 2018 Porsche Macan GTS
    Color: Paint to Sample Graphite Blue Metallic (graphitblau; metallic uni; M5G / A7; Porsche)
    VIN: WP1AG2A50JLB61999
    Mileage: 60,140 miles
    Price: $32,985
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Mercedes-Benz of Pleasanton, CA
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    A modern Porsche, in Paint to Sample Graphite Blue Metallic, for $32k. Say what you will, but that’s a compelling statement. Graphite Blue Metallic was one of the more interesting standard colors from the 991 generation of Porsche’s 911, appearing nearly Nardo Grey at first glance, but with just enough cyan to have a clear differentiation. Applied here to a Macan GTS, it’s subtle enough to not require a card carrying extrovert as owner, but certainly will stand out from the other Macans you see around town. We’d happily add this to our stable as a daily.

  • Market Find: 2018 Audi exclusive Graphite Blue Metallic S4 Sedan

    Market Find: 2018 Audi exclusive Graphite Blue Metallic S4 Sedan

    What: 2018 Audi S4 sedan
    Color: Audi exclusive Graphite Blue Metallic (graphitblau; metallic UNI; M5G / A7; Porsche)
    VIN: WUAC4AF45JA142578
    Mileage: 60,604 miles
    Price at Time of this Writing: $32,500
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: Pictured below
    Location: Wichita, KS
    Facebook Marketplace listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    The Audi S4 is a damn fine sports sedan, and we feel it represents a fairly good value in the used car market- even when Audi exclusive paint has been applied. What’s more compelling for this particular example is that of the roughly 80 pre-approved Audi exclusive hues available to customers in 2018, Graphite Blue Metallic was not one of them. The original Tailor at Walter’s Audi in Riverside, CA who spec’d this car worked with Audi exclusive directly to get this Porsche-specific color approved, and the result was well worth the effort. Graphite Blue Metallic is quite subtle in nature (see darker images below) as a vibrant grey with hints of blue, putting it somewhere between Nardo Grey and Kemora Grey in the Tailored Driver color spectrum.

  • Market Find: 2020 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S in Porsche Graphite Blue Metallic

    Market Find: 2020 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S in Porsche Graphite Blue Metallic

    What: 2020 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S Estate
    Color: Porsche Graphite Blue Metallic (graphitblau; metallic UNI; M5G; Porsche)
    VIN: WDDZH8KB0LA714387
    Mileage: 6,990 miles
    Price at Time of this Writing: $103,882
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: see gallery below
    Location: Audi Plano, Plano, TX
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    Cars like this S213 E 63 Estate are next level on the if-you-know-you-know factor. Some will scratch their heads over the idea of spending money on a custom order (a.k.a. “PA1” inside Mercedes) and then choose a subtle color like a grey tone. We see that as the signature of a connoisseur though, not needing to be noticed by everyone. It goes further though. This isn’t just any grey, but Porsche’s Graphite Blue Metallic, meaning you have to be a specific level of brand color aficionado to pick up on what’s going on with this long roof.

    Or… maybe it’s much simpler than that. Maybe the original owner just wanted to match his Porsche. Whatever the case, we love this car shared by @designomanufaktur via @winglessGT3 on Instagram.

    The car’s got other sought-after options too including carbon ceramic brakes, AMG Night Package, Acoustic Comfort Package, Multibeam, 20-inch twin 5-spoke AMG wheels with black accents, and (a nod to autobahn burners of the past) it’s debadged.

    Check out more via the dealer’s listing, and frankly even more as identified by Mercedes experts including @wongnathan01 via the @designomanufaktur Instagram post embedded above.