Strippo:"Kendahl: 'There is a silver/red first generation Miata in our neighborhood. The silver has a lot of silver in it, not just a glossy gray. The red is wine rather than bright red. The top is the same red as the interior. It is one sharp looking car.'
That would be the ‘95 Merlot Mica M Edition. I’m not usually into M Editions, but it’s the only Miata I still gawk at with lust when I see one. It is the most mature-looking of all first-gen Miatas, and I guess I’m getting old."
The Merlot Mica M Edition was, well, Merlot. Kendahl is talking about a silver Miata with a red interior and a red top.
Such a car was never sold by Mazda in the US.
I'm thinking that what he saw must be a 1993 Limited Edition Miata. It was the only Miata offered in the US with a red interior, but it only came with black paint and a black top.
However, the car could have easily been resprayed silver and given a red aftermarket top. I'm sure certain Miata purists would be disgusted by that change, but after 16 years it would be time for the top to be replaced, and for the paint to be resprayed if it wasn't well cared for.
The black with red interior Limited Edition Miata is still my favorite color combination, but the Ice Blue/Saddle Brown 2008 Special Edition comes in second.
The Merlot Mica M Edition was, well, Merlot. Kendahl is talking about a silver Miata with a red interior and a red top.
Color me dyslexic. It never occurred to me that anyone would be stunned by a silver Miata. I just assumed the red seats were aftermarket.
The black with red interior Limited Edition Miata is still my favorite color combination, but the Ice Blue/Saddle Brown 2008 Special Edition comes in second.
I'm ambivalent about the ice blue, but the saddle brown interior is far superior to Mazda's other offerings to my eye. I'll take mine in a Copper Red saddle tan ragtop configuration.
I walked in to my local Porsche dealer just last week, and lo and behold, there was a Boxster RS 60 Spyder. You couldn't not be drawn to it. Alongside all the other otherwise very fine silver and graphite Boxsters, Caymans, and 911s, this stood out like a perfect D-FL diamond. It is absolutely gorgeous; really, really stunning, far more so in person than in picture. So much so, that given the price they're looking for (used), I'm seriously trying to figure out how to justify buying it.
But, I've always been a fan of red interiors in silver cars; well, at least Porsche silver/red.
My S2000 has the red/black interior with graphite exterior. Very tasteful I think. What makes it work is that the red is carried through in the carpeting and the base of the center console, which unifies the whole design, unlike the Beetle above, which looks disjointed. I think because the red in the seats isn't picked up anywhere but the doors, it feels like two different interiors mashed together.
The red MINI Clubman can come with a bunch of silver plastic around the rear doors. It looks stupid. Pair that up with a silver roof, like the one I spot in the neighborhood, and it is pretty ugly. But the more I see them, the more I think it is hard to find a good color combo for those cars.
Red and silver can be done well, but usually it isnt. But please dont go with burgundy and silver, or burgundy and anything. I liked that color for a week back in 1974, and have been sick of it since.
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I walked in to my local Porsche dealer just last week, and lo and behold, there was a Boxster RS 60 Spyder. You couldn't not be drawn to it. Alongside all the other otherwise very fine silver and graphite Boxsters, Caymans, and 911s, this stood out like a perfect D-FL diamond. It is absolutely gorgeous; really, really stunning, far more so in person than in picture. So much so, that given the price they're looking for (used), I'm seriously trying to figure out how to justify buying it. But, I've always been a fan of red interiors in silver cars; well, at least Porsche silver/red. My S2000 has the red/black interior with graphite exterior. Very tasteful I think. What makes it work is that the red is carried through in the carpeting and the base of the center console, which unifies the whole design, unlike the Beetle above, which looks disjointed. I think because the red in the seats isn't picked up anywhere but the doors, it feels like two different interiors mashed together.
The red MINI Clubman can come with a bunch of silver plastic around the rear doors. It looks stupid. Pair that up with a silver roof, like the one I spot in the neighborhood, and it is pretty ugly. But the more I see them, the more I think it is hard to find a good color combo for those cars. Red and silver can be done well, but usually it isnt. But please dont go with burgundy and silver, or burgundy and anything. I liked that color for a week back in 1974, and have been sick of it since.