Colour Removal no more Blue

[Spivvy]

Cupra have officially pulled Blue and Green from thre colour options since yesterday

 

[Nathan penney]

Let me guess, to be replaced by two more shades of grey?
Just to add to all the other spectacular shades of grey that Cupra offer?

 

[Spivvy]

Let me guess, to be replaced by two more shades of grey?
Just to add to all the other spectacular shades of grey that Cupra offer?

black,white,white, red or grey, grey or matt grey or mat blue thats yuor choice now

 

[Seriously?]

And everything apart from solid white will cost: from £595 up to £1935

 

[Nathan penney]

What costs £1935???

 

[Spivvy]

the matt Colours for that price it would be cheaper to get a white car and get it wrapped or plasti coated

 

[SRGTD]

And everything apart from solid white will cost: from £595 up to £1935

I might pay £595 for a metallic paint colour (indeed I have done in the past), but £1,935 for a matte finish? . Sorry, that’s just too much IMHO.

For anyone buying rather than leasing, when the time comes to sell I doubt a Cupra dealer would offer a more generous part-ex price for a Formentor with matte paint finish than they would for an equivalent solid white one. However, they’d very likely price a used matte painted car at a higher price for resale, on the basis it was ‘special’. If so, then IMHO, spending nearly £2k on matte paint is only really benefitting the dealer’s profit margins.

I like my solid white car - doesn’t show swirls, easy to touch in stone chips so they can’t be seen, an easy colour to match if its ever damaged and needs repairs / new paintwork. The same probably can‘t be said of a matte paint finish.

 

[Seriously?]

I know that Cupra is trying to distance itself from SEAT as an upmarket brand, but I find it kind of cynical that if you buy a SEAT Leon you can get Desire Red as a no-cost option. Buy a Cupra Leon and pay £870 extra for the exact same paint.

 

[Nathan penney]

I know that Cupra is trying to distance itself from SEAT as an upmarket brand, but I find it kind of cynical that if you buy a SEAT Leon you can get Desire Red as a no-cost option. Buy a Cupra Leon and pay £870 extra for the exact same paint.

Really? That’s shocking.

 

[SRGTD]

Cupra / Seat brand issues aside, the painting process for solid and metallic colours is the same (primer, base colour coat and clear coat). AFAIK the only difference is the few grammes of metal flake particles in the metallic paint which can’t cost more than a few pounds at most. So IMHO there’s no real justification for charging hundreds more for a metallic colour over a solid colour, but the majority of car manufacturers do (it’s not just Cupra that does this).

With a matte paint finish, I’m assuming there are additional processes involved in painting the car that can help explain / justify the significant price premium.

 

[nwithyman]

Cupra have officially pulled Blue and Green from thre colour options since yesterday
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Petrol Blue has survived then!

 

[Seastormer]

I know that Cupra is trying to distance itself from SEAT as an upmarket brand, but I find it kind of cynical that if you buy a SEAT Leon you can get Desire Red as a no-cost option. Buy a Cupra Leon and pay £870 extra for the exact same paint.

I complained about that to my dealer that if I bought the SEAT the paint cost was included, but extra with the CUPRA. After a few visits to decide what to buy to replace my 280 he eventually gave in and gave me the paint for free.

 

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Cupra / Seat brand issues aside, the painting process for solid and metallic colours is the same (primer, base colour coat and clear coat). AFAIK the only difference is the few grammes of metal flake particles in the metallic paint which can’t cost more than a few pounds at most. So IMHO there’s no real justification for charging hundreds more for a metallic colour over a solid colour, but the majority of car manufacturers do (it’s not just Cupra that does this).

With a matte paint finish, I’m assuming there are additional processes involved in painting the car that can help explain / justify the significant price premium.

Same with anything, if it's more desirable then it costs more. Regardless of whether it costs more to produce. Designer clothes, branded groceries etc.