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  • Market Find: “Nimbus Green” Audi TT RS Final Edition

    Market Find: “Nimbus Green” Audi TT RS Final Edition

    What: 2013 Audi TT RS Final Edition
    Color: Nimbus Grey Green (unknown)
    VIN: TRUB3AFK3D1901450
    Mileage: 76,348 Miles
    Price: $37,995
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Private Collection Motors, Costa Mesa, CA
    Listing: Link

    There’s a funny thing about the 2013 TT RS Final Edition. It was supposed to be Nimbus Grey, the same color that adorned the original Audi TTS concept and was a staple in the early years of the TT. As the folks at Audi prepared to sunset the Mk2 Audi TT RS, they planned a limited run of 30 cars in the same specification.

    Said specification was intended as something that would speak to TT enthusiasts. In addition to Nimbus Grey paint, it got black leather with red leather accents, sport exhaust, titanium-finished 19-inch “rotor” design wheels, heated seats and Technology Package that included adaptive xenon headlights and 12-speaker BOSE audio. That was all well and good, but when the TT RS Final Editions started showing up, you couldn’t miss the obvious. They weren’t grey at all. In fact, they were green. In person, they look like Nimbus Grey if you tinted it with a green more on the cyan side of the green spectrum.

    It’s funny, when you see these cars listed they are often listed consistently with their window stickers, like this example on Bring a Trailer listed as Nimbus Grey. Park it next to a real Nimbus Grey car though and the difference is immediately obvious.

    Whether that makes these cars more or less desirable is of course in the eye of the beholder. Regardless, this one appears to be a well preserved example with decently low miles.

  • Market Find: Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey e-tron GT

    Market Find: Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey e-tron GT

    What: 2022 Audi e-tron GT
    Color: Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey (nimbusgrau; pearlescent UNI; Z7X; Audi)
    VIN: WAUDJBFWXN7006115
    Mileage: 13,726 miles
    Price: $62,991
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Los Angeles, CA
    Link: Audi Downtown LA

    Audi’s e-tron GT is divisive amongst enthusiasts for one simple reason- it happens to be powered by electricity. But move past what goes in the tank, and it’s an objectionably exciting experience with style for days. Adding a bit to that excitement is Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey, a hue that traces its way back to the original Audi TT. Flashy it is not, but perhaps it will lend some ‘cred to whoever pulls up in this Tailored Driver to the local Audi Club meet.

  • Market Find: 2014 Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey RS 5

    Market Find: 2014 Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey RS 5

    What: 2014 Audi RS 5
    Color: Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey (nimbusgrau; pearlescent UNI; Z7X; Audi)
    VIN: WUAC6AFR3EA901309
    Mileage: 70,957 miles
    Price at Time of this Writing: $32,709
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: Pictured below
    Location: Nissan Thousand Oaks, CA
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    The B8.5 generation of RS 5 was a pretty rowdy car, with it’s incredibly high-revving V8 and subtle box flares, wrapped in a package that is aging incredibly well. Not many left the factory with Audi exclusive paint, so this particular example finished in Nimbus Grey is not only cool, it’s also quite rare. Your guess is as good as ours as to why it’s at a Nissan dealer, but we feel this may be a great case of a Dealer not really knowing what they’ve got. If you’re interested, act fast.

  • Market Find: 2017 Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey R8 V10 plus

    Market Find: 2017 Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey R8 V10 plus

    What: 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus
    Color: Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey (Pearl Effect; LZ7X; Audi)
    VIN: WUAKBAFX8H7903497
    Mileage: 19,527 miles
    Price at Time of this Writing: $192,500
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Muscle Motors, Reno, Nevada
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    Audi exclusive Nimbus Grey, a supercharged V10 nestled behind your ear, and carbon bits sprinkled throughout… what’s not to love? This R8 has clearly been enjoyed based on mileage and mods, both of which we’re happy to see. Personally, we’re intrigued by the Audi Sport Performance Parts rear spoiler, QuickSilver exhaust, and the VF Supercharger kit which raises total output to a claimed 830hp and 610tq. Rather than blabber on, we’ll just let the selling dealer’s video do the talking.

  • Color Check: Audi RS 6 performance in Nimbus Grey

    Color Check: Audi RS 6 performance in Nimbus Grey

    With Audi having most unfortunately ended production on all of its coupe, the TT, R8 and now A4 and all their variants now cut from the lineups, the brand is getting a bit short on cars that represent in-your-face passion over sensible upright people movers. We’d wager the Avant embodies some place in between – sensible yet passion-inspiring when built to the right specification… like say… an RS 6 performance in an Audi exclusive color.

    What you see here is a mix of public relations photos dropped by Audi in Germany of the current RS 6 performance model, but here painted in Nimbus Grey (nimbusgrau; pearlescent UNI; Z7X; Audi exclusive), a paint that is a throwback to the earliest days of the TT, and has paired that with wheels in neodym gold finish. Those wheels reveal a new facet to the decades old and familiar Nimbus Grey Pearl paint that we really appreciate.

    Back in Audi Sport’s Le Mans era, factory drivers would get their choice of company car and virtually all of them chose the RS 6 Avant. Even back then with the R8, TT RS or RS 5 to distract them, most preferred the have-it-all mentality of an RS 6 Avant. Several would order Audi exclusive colors like Lucas di Grassi who’d ordered Vegas Yellow as a hat tip to his Brazilian Heritage. However, that year, we most appreciated Andrea Lotterer’s choice – Nimbus Grey Pearl. That would have been the full previous generation RS 6 (C7), so we have to credit Andrea for having the idea to pair a classic TT color with the RS 6 Avant. We’ll take it though, and we’d encourage anyone ordering a new RS 6 Avant to consider doing the same.

  • Color Check: Updated Audi RS e-tron GT in Nimbus Grey

    Color Check: Updated Audi RS e-tron GT in Nimbus Grey

    Though the updated RS e-tron GT is a fully forward-facing modern EV, the paint chosen for these launch photos of Audi’s updated electric autobahn stormer is a bit of a throwback. You see, Audi’s Nimbus Grey Pearl (nimbusgrau; pearlescent UNI; Z7X; Audi exclusive) first debuted back in 1995.

    It’s subtle color to be sure, a medium grey with an equally low-key pearl undertone that won’t sear out eyes or cause jaws to drop at the local Cars & Coffee, but it is handsome, teutonic and will draw an nod of appreciation from knowing Audi aficionados.

    So, when Audi chose to paint a new RS e-tron GT in this color, many may have been hard pressed to recognize a difference from the ubiquitous Daytona Grey already offered on the pre-facelift model. However, there is a difference and we certainly appreciate it both for its most excellent appearance and its draw to Audi’s rich color heritage.

    Audi released video of this car that we’ve also added to our YouTube channel. We’ll embed both that video and the photos below.

    PHOTO GALLERY:

  • Color Chart: Audi TT (Mk1) Launch Palette

    Color Chart: Audi TT (Mk1) Launch Palette

    Back in 1999, the arrival of the Audi TT was nothing short of momentous. Audi had shown concept car versions of the car, an Auto Union inspired sports coupe with clean Bauhaus design and Porsche 356-like proportions, and in five years brought it largely unchanged to production based on the Volkswagen Group’s transverse so-called A-architecture. The car very quickly garnered instant design icon and rockstar status, so bringing it to market successfully was key for Audi. It’s in that context we consider this color chart.

    What you see here are scans from one of the U.S. market launch year catalogues for the TT. Even with the catalogue, the TT creatively broke from the normal and traditional catalogue designs of the Audi brand and tried something fun, with a sketch of the front of the car on the cover and pierced with large holes where the launch color palette could be seen.

    Nowadays, there are more popular colors in the Audi exclusive range, but some of them like Nimbus Grey still make an appearance in current models. Interestingly, though perhaps the best known of colors or shades on those early Audi TT models since it was featured on the TTS concept and often paired with iconic baseball glove stitched leather seats, Nimbus Grey is not seen on this color chart.

    And, for those seeking significant yet obscure historical colors as they finalize their specification on a new car, we wanted to bring each of these to the fore.

    MY2000 launch year colors for the TT seen here include:

    Brilliant Black

    Lake Silver Metallic

    Denim Blue Pearl Effect

    Amulet Red

    Trapper Yellow

    Talisman Green Metallic

    Desert Green Pearl Effect

    Aviator Grey Pearl Effect

    Raven Black Pearl Effect

  • Video: Audi Nimbus Grey on 2025 RS e-tron GT

    Video: Audi Nimbus Grey on 2025 RS e-tron GT

    It appears Audi has reintroduced Nimbus Grey on the updated RS e-tron GT. First introduced on the TTS concept and then later popularized on TT models, the first-generation TT in particular, it’s a great-looking mid-to-dark grey.