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I actually like the non-blackness of the steering wheel.Lovely rich colour (slightly reminiscent of 944 interiors?), though I think I'd prefer the steering wheel and most of the plastic elements in a more neutral black or dark grey...a shame that the 2-tone blackberry & slate grey has almost the opposite assignment of colour.
I think my aversion stems from a CLS that was a complete beige-out (I got a bit sensitive to the ageist ribbing..."hearing age beige" ...though not enough to stop me paying to have beige seatbelts in my beige Cayenne interior).I actually like the non-blackness of the steering wheel.
Me too! (J.Clarkson, "they all look like the interior of a German's wash-bag"...no offence intended and I expect that the last laugh will be had at trade-in time)For a very long time now almost every sporty version of every car I have wanted has only come with a deadly boring black interior, or dark grey for my Sierra RS500 so I am thrilled the Taycan has a fairly wide range of actual colours available!
Yes disappointing that there's no option to replace the black plastic seatbacks that come with most leather choices.The least black are the chalk beige - which also has a pale back to the front seats which will be so much nicer for back seat passengers IMO, Blackberry and Truffle brown.
I can relate to that, I've recently come around to wanting red (having previously taken the mick out of others for making that same choice), so it's the black & red for me...then I saw 2 Frozen Blue demonstrators (neither with red interior) and I've put my brave pants on and combined those colours, though I felt they need as much black as possible to tone things down a little.I am still vacillating amongst those 3. The other colour choices are more small splashes of colour in a black interior so not for me in my quest to have decades of black interiors banished .
Current build (if don’t change again before lock..) is Gentian with the Bordeaux (red) seats for a little less “washbag”. Assuming you’ve seen them in the flesh but my test drive was in a black car with the bordeaux, they are way more understated than most photos show them (they seem to photograph garish red in most pictures I’ve seen though it may be people having their phones set to oversaturated Instagram defaults…)I think my aversion stems from a CLS that was a complete beige-out (I got a bit sensitive to the ageist ribbing..."hearing age beige" ...though not enough to stop me paying to have beige seatbelts in my beige Cayenne interior).
Me too! (J.Clarkson, "they all look like the interior of a German's wash-bag"...no offence intended and I expect that the last laugh will be had at trade-in time)
Yes disappointing that there's no option to replace the black plastic seatbacks that come with most leather choices.
I can relate to that, I've recently come around to wanting red (having previously taken the mick out of others for making that same choice), so it's the black & red for me...then I saw 2 Frozen Blue demonstrators (neither with red interior) and I've put my brave pants on and combined those colours, though I felt they need as much black as possible to tone things down a little.
After the agony of choice, I just hope I'm not waiting so long for a build slot that those colour options get discontinued.
Lovely combo (it was my original- and safer, but still exciting- choice . It's certainly worth seeking out real-world cars to inform colour selection- as you say, many pictures have over-saturated or otherwise unnatural hues added when taken and/or when viewed, presumably to make them more instagrammable. I was fortunate to not to have to travel to far to view a Frozen Blue, though I had to make do with holding a small black/red sample against it.Current build (if don’t change again before lock..) is Gentian with the Bordeaux (red) seats for a little less “washbag”. Assuming you’ve seen them in the flesh but my test drive was in a black car with the bordeaux, they are way more understated than most photos show them (they seem to photograph garish red in most pictures I’ve seen though it may be people having their phones set to oversaturated Instagram defaults…)
On the configurator the carpets and headlining look Blackberry too. The dash displays and steering column surround are the only black/grey bits as far as I can see.I imagine that the lower contrast of Blackberry with black is best judged sitting inside an example, to see how it works with all the shades of black and dark grey of the other materials (plastic, headlining etc.). Though I appreciate that might not be practical due to rarity.
That Neodyne trim really lifts the opulence of the Blackberry (have you managed to see it in real life?)...and even better, it includes the chrono dial which alone if red or white would be a £245 option. Did you try the other seatbelt colours (well, Blackberry or Slate Grey)? I must consider the personalised loadspace mat for my own build...it seems like a relative bargain considering the free choice of leather trim and stitching!On the configurator the carpets and headlining look Blackberry too. The dash displays and steering column surround are the only black/grey bits as far as I can see.
I have gone for Aurum bits to brighten it up a bit
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I haven't seen Blackberry "in the flesh" at all. I considered the seatbelts but the standard go well enough to save some money.That Neodyne trim really lifts the opulence of the Blackberry (have you managed to see it in real life?)...and even better, it includes the chrono dial which alone if red or white would be a £245 option. Did you try the other seatbelt colours (well, Blackberry or Slate Grey)? I must consider the personalised loadspace mat for my own build...it seems like a relative bargain considering the free choice of leather trim and stitching!
Oh, and though it's not my preference, I must say that Mamba Green seems to really wear the various matt and gloss black trims well.
Well you could go even further on the personalisation with a custom colour- the list of colours approved for the Taycan includes around 10 shades of green including BRG and an approximately close Forest Green Metallic. That said, I think that the Mamba Green does look great and is a damn sight more cost effective and readily available. I went through the list looking for likely blues, should my preferred Frozen Blue get discontinued by the time I get a build slot...though I'm not sure I could bring myself to take the financial and time hit for a custom colourGreen is my favourite colour but not often offered in a shade I like (or at all!) The last green car I had was in 1992, a TVR Griffith in BRG. Loved that car and wish I had not sold it...
The dealer is slightly bemused but keen to see a car specified for an owneres own pleasure without any consideration for resale
I did the same and alighted on forest green but the cost was too high for me and I like Mamba anyway.Well you could go even further on the personalisation with a custom colour- the list of colours approved for the Taycan includes around 10 shades of green including BRG and an approximately close Forest Green Metallic. That said, I think that the Mamba Green does look great and is a damn sight more cost effective and readily available. I went through the list looking for likely blues, should my preferred Frozen Blue get discontinued by the time I get a build slot...though I'm not sure I could bring myself to take the financial and time hit for a custom colour