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Tag: Solar Orange

  • Market Find: Audi RS 5 Sportback in Solar Orange

    Market Find: Audi RS 5 Sportback in Solar Orange

    What: 2022 Audi RS 5 Sportback
    Color: Audi exclusive Solar Orange (Solarorange; metallic uni; LY2G; Audi)
    VIN: WUAAWDF50NA901256
    Mileage: 30,587 miles
    Price: $65,995
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Southern Select Auto Sales, Medina, OH
    Dealer listing: Link

    Also known as Glut Orange, Solar Orange is a long-running Audi exclusive mainstay that captures the primary orange vibe. According to the dealer who currently has it for sale in Ohio, it’s one of two that we’re guessing refers to RS 5 Sportbacks sent to the USA in the 2022 model year though they aren’t entirely specific on that.

    Specific or not, what we know is that Solar Orange looks great on an Audi RS car.

  • Market Find: Solar Orange 2023 Audi R8 V10 performance Spyder

    Market Find: Solar Orange 2023 Audi R8 V10 performance Spyder

    What: 2023 Adui R8 V10 performance Spyder
    Color: Audi exclusive Solar Orange (Solarorange; metallic uni; LY2G; Audi)
    VIN: WUACECFX4P7900618
    Mileage: 9,746 miles
    Price: $179,000
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: Link
    Location: Southeast Auto Showroom, Pompano, FL
    Dealer listing: Link

    Sometimes it’s hard to get an accurate read on colors based on photos. This very handsome Audi R8 V10 performance Spyder is a great example. While its orange paint looks on the darker side of a primary orange… more like a Gulf Orange, the listing shows it as Glut orange that is lighter and closer to traditional Signal Orange.

    Either would look amazing on an R8 Spyder so perhaps it doesn’t matter, but we draw attention to it because our experience with Solar Orange (also known as Glut Orange with same color code) is that it’s slightly different than what you see here.

    This car is beautifully specced with Pastel Silver leather interior and Rock Grey stitching.

    The only modification we’re seeing in the photos are the color of the brakes. The Monroney shows them to be red, though in the photos from the dealership they appear orange. We’re guessing a previous owner had them resprayed.

  • Market Find: 2019 Audi exclusive Solar Orange RS 5 Coupe

    Market Find: 2019 Audi exclusive Solar Orange RS 5 Coupe

    What: 2019 Audi RS 5
    Color: Audi exclusive Solar Orange (Solarorange; metallic uni; LY2G; Audi)
    VIN: WUAPWAF59KA905682
    Mileage: 41,229 miles
    Price: $45,991
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Palmer Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Roswell, GA
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    How quickly we find our way back to Orange. Audi exclusive Solar Orange was chosen for this RS 5, with the added bonus of Audi exclusive deviated stitching in a matching Signal Orange found in the interior. In no doubt aided by the bold choice in color, this mega-sticker Tailored Driver is currently on offer at a Stellantis dealer for the seemingly low asking price of $45,991. If we had to guess, we’d say that’s likely half off its original asking price.

  • Market Find: 2010 Audi exclusive Solar Orange S4 Sedan

    Market Find: 2010 Audi exclusive Solar Orange S4 Sedan

    What: 2010 Audi S4
    Color: Audi exclusive Solar Orange (non-metallic UNI; LY2G; Audi)
    VIN: WAUMGAFL7AA093077
    Mileage: 27,600
    Price at Time of this Writing: $20,000
    CarFax: N/A
    Window Sticker: Pictured below
    Location: Fountain Inn, SC
    Auction listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    Incredibly rare early Audi exclusive build in Solar Orange with impossibly uncommon Tuscan Brown two-tone seats, low miles and a 6 speed manual transmission… what’s not to love? Found on Cars and Bids, this Tailored Driver represents an easy (and maybe cheap!) way of getting into something unique while not suffering the parts availability issues that come with proper rarity. Imagine not springing the extra $2,500(!!!) for an exclusive build on your new Audi back in 2010… couldn’t be us.

  • Market Find: Audi exclusive Solar Orange RS 5 Coupe

    Market Find: Audi exclusive Solar Orange RS 5 Coupe

    Let’s start by getting this out of the way- it’s October, Halloween is just days away, and the combination of Audi exclusive Solar Orange (Y2G) and Black Optic package bears some resemblance to a pumpkin. But this isn’t just any squash, and it certainly wouldn’t fall victim to any Halloween eve antics.

    Currently found for sale in the Facebook Marketplace classifieds, this Audi exclusive Solar Orange RS 5 Coupe (VIN: unknown) was purchased by its owner just a few short months ago at Porsche Austin before life sent them in a different direction. One of just 22 Audi RS 5s that hit our shores in 2014 wearing Audi exclusive paint, this example has covered just under 59,000 miles and seems to be in quite good shape.

    While Audi exclusive Solar Orange paint may be the headline, the high-rev 4.2 liter V8 under hood is nothing to scoff at either. At an asking price of $36,000, this Tailored Driver is an incredibly interesting proposition, and one we’d be more than happy to call our own.

    See the full listing with additional information, here.