Carmine Red Taycan GTS - what colour interior?

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Good afternoon. Ordering a GTS in Carmine Red. I don' like the racetex seats and so will be choosing a leather interior. What colour would you recommend?

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Leather interior in Black/Chalk.
 
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Good afternoon. Ordering a GTS in Carmine Red. I don' like the racetex seats and so will be choosing a leather interior. What colour would you recommend?

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Get over your phobia and get the GTS Racetex interior in Carmine Red!
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Good afternoon. Ordering a GTS in Carmine Red. I don' like the racetex seats and so will be choosing a leather interior. What colour would you recommend?

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I was once like you.

Then I came to my senses.

It's a GTS. That means the GTS Race-Tex interior.
 

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Good afternoon. Ordering a GTS in Carmine Red. I don' like the racetex seats and so will be choosing a leather interior. What colour would you recommend?

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Black (assuming you have the panoramic roof).

Std GTS interior is actuality quite the thing but if Racetex not your thing then extended leather it is.

Crayon / black might work but I'd seriously consider not getting Carmine Red in the first place (I have the same dilemma for my GTS ST) as I find it disappointing in real life and not worth the price premium.
 
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(not a carmin red fan at all. If red, i’d go with cherry red….but even before cherry, there are at least five or six other colours…)
 

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With Carmine red, I’d go with a black leather interior, but add in some red accents (seatbelts, clock face, stitching of you have budget). Keeps it in-line with the GTS theme.
 

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Black (assuming you have the panoramic roof).

Std GTS interior is actuality quite the thing but if Racetex not your thing then extended leather it is.

Crayon / black might work but I'd seriously consider not getting Carmine Red in the first place (I have the same dilemma for my GTS ST) as I find it disappointing in real life and not worth the price premium.
Totally agree.

I was always set on CR from day, but... Did a total 180 last week.

Was at the PEC and saw multiple CR cars, from Taycan's to Macan's.

What I saw in pictures and videos just doesn't replicate IRL. It was sunny with clouds and strangely, CR just seems muted/dull. It does not pop as you would expect of a deep red even in medium light.

In bright light it looks great, but even then, park it up under shade and it goes back to looking like a "dirty" dulled red.

I'm now in a dilemma as I don't like any Taycan colour other than PTS for the ST body shape. I don't mind paying for PTS, but I do mind another 6+ month wait unless I luck out with an earlier PTS build slot, which is also possible.

I really like Grigio Telesto or Bronze Gold Metallic. Basically something a bit different, with wide dynamic range.

Friend who joined me at the PEC agreed about CR. Didn't like it and was far more keen on silvers/greys. I now worry if I did go CR, I would always have a hanging sense of disappointment with how it looks in dull British sunlight.
 


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Totally agree.

I was always set on CR from day, but... Did a total 180 last week.

Was at the PEC and saw multiple CR cars, from Taycan's to Macan's.

What I saw in pictures and videos just doesn't replicate IRL. It was sunny with clouds and strangely, CR just seems muted/dull. It does not pop as you would expect of a deep red even in medium light.

In bright light it looks great, but even then, park it up under shade and it goes back to looking like a "dirty" dulled red.

I'm now in a dilemma as I don't like any Taycan colour other than PTS for the ST body shape. I don't mind paying for PTS, but I do mind another 6+ month wait unless I luck out with an earlier PTS build slot, which is also possible.

I really like Grigio Telesto or Bronze Gold Metallic. Basically something a bit different, with wide dynamic range.

Friend who joined me at the PEC agreed about CR. Didn't like it and was far more keen on silvers/greys. I now worry if I did go CR, I would always have a hanging sense of disappointment with how it looks in dull British sunlight.
Original GTS colour (904 GTS) was Signal Red so don't be fooled by the modern marketing.
 

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Original GTS colour (904 GTS) was Signal Red so don't be fooled by the modern marketing.
Agree and that is just it: marketing.

All the recent press shots of the Taycan are in CR... under 5k studio lights. Any colour would look incredible in those condition. IRL it's very different.

But then that is also another thing that's now putting me off CR. If I go with that colour, plus the other GTS exclusive options, I basically have a "stock" GTS that is the same as in all the marketing materials.

That doesn't seem particularly unique or interesting at that point.

I'm going to explore PTS options with my dealer. First Porsche, my first (owned) car and I want it to be special, unique and bespoke.
 

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Good afternoon. Ordering a GTS in Carmine Red. I don' like the racetex seats and so will be choosing a leather interior. What colour would you recommend?

Thanks
Easy. Bordeaux. Satan would be proud. And on a cloudy dull England day. See the ☁ in the reflection
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PTS / PTS+ your heart out and enjoy!
There's a marked lack of reds already approved. Who's going to be the sucker leader that puts up to get Guards Red added to the list (do Porsche really need a feasibility study for a colour that's currently a "free" choice on a different model)?
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