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GM Announces Chevy Volt Paint Colors and Contest to Name the Signature Hue and Win a Test Drive
In the passing of another milestone, GM has finally announced the paint colors the Chevy Volt will be available in at the start of production: Black, Silver Ice Metallic, Cyber Gray Metallic, Crystal Red Metallic, a premium White Diamond Tri-Coat, and an unnamed Silver Emerald.
They have also announced a contest to name this signature exclusive Volt paint color which is the familiar silver with emerald hue shown in the photo above.
To enter the contest you create a unique name for the color and submit it at the link below. The contest starts today at 8:00 AM EDT and will run until November 4th at 8:00 AM .
From all of the submissions they receive, GM will choose three finalists “based equally on originality, creativity, and the ability to capture the innovation and spirit of the Volt.” Then, a public consumer vote will take place and from the three finalists a winner will be chosen. That vote will take place from November 16th at 8 AM to December 1 at 8AM also on this site.
The three finalists and their guests will get free all-expense-paid trips to the LA Auto Show on December 2nd. The paint color winner will be announced on December 1st and be given the exclusive opportunity to test drive a pre-production Chevy Volt.
Though not confirmed, it is possible that charge-sustaining (generator) mode will be included in the test drive.
“We want to invite consumers into the development process of the Chevy Volt and give people an opportunity to be part of our program,” said Maria Rohrer, director, global Volt and global marketing operations at Chevrolet. “We’re looking for a color name that captures the innovation and spirit of the Volt.”
As the Internet’s oldest and leading independent Chevy Volt fan site, right here on GM-Volt.com you have the opportunity to enter your name and the name you choose for the color by clicking the link that says ‘Submit Your Name Here‘ at the end of this post.
For what it’s worth, I have chosen Freedom Earth Silver, signifying freedom from oil.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 am
Why on earth is there going to be three shades of grey/silver?
What about a dark blue?
Oh, FIRST
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 am
Naming paint colors? Really…
I’d rather be reading about the range extender mileage numbers…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:11 am
Yeah, where the Transformer Jolt Blue that I reserved!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
I put in “Synergy Silver” so it’s all over. You can post if you want but it’s in the bag.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
Black… ’nuff said
What about the interior? Weren’t the door inserts suppose to have different colors?
(also , i noticed no yellow)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am
“Freedom Earth Silver Earth” – Is that second “earth” a typo, Lyle ? Nice try, regardless….GO VOLT ! GO GM !
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am
Electric Gray Mettallic
I am ready for the test drive
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 am
Well played on being first! Wave that flag proudly.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
Lyle,
I am assuming you meant Freedom Earth Silver Emerald instead of Freedom Earth Silver Earth.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 am
OK…Black it is.
I did like your photo-shopped yellow you showed us a while back.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
No Yellow, no green, no blue. There will still be more colors than for the Ford T.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 am
Everyone likes a contest. A very good idea (Mr. Lutz?). Saving Hawaii Blue & Sea Shell Yellow for gen 2?
=D~
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
Too late, I got ‘independence silver metallic’ it will probably win…..
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
Yea! Funny Quote from Henry Ford. ‘You can have it in any color you want, as long as it’s black.’
Man, we are spoiled……
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
Well, either way we both just got a free trip to the auto show. See you there.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 am
I don’t think “boring gray” is a prize-winning name, but that is what it is.
Give me electric blue!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 am
I want to take a few days at least to think. I’m wondering if exact current colors would help. I just need to see all the exact colors to get the right inspiration. Maybe if I go over to the Chevy Store today, and get a feel for what we are all talking about. (It would be really helpful if there were actual color samples on the top here.)
The type of light cast by the CFL bulbs over my laptop are not the “true color rendering” type, and, maybe that is what’s the influence over my laptop even for the picture above.
I’ll just submit something tomorrow or Saturday after I visit the Chevy Store today, once I get the true inspiration of the color.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 am
luminescent silver emerald
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
They could paint it baby poo green with hot pink dots for all I care. I want what’s under the hood!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 am
My entry will be….
“electrified-silver-gray-cloud-emerald-mist-hue-I still miss the concept-triple-coat-metallic-shimmer”
just gimmie black as to try to hide the silly door-moldings that they kept around in their feable attempt to hold on to the “spirit” of the concept design…
(sorry guess its a “wrong side ‘o the bed” type of morning for me)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 am
Good idea I commend GM and here is my Signature Hue color name.
Electric Freshaire Pearl
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
Have a seat…
http://garfwod.250free.com/volt_2010_front-seat.jpg
Example of the signature color in the foreground.
=D~
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
For all these lighter colors, perhaps it has to do with radiant heat reflectivity for reduction of heat loading and latent heat buildup for when the Volt is parked in the sun all day, versus for the AC excessive loading (thus range retention).
There are terrific things you can do with paint colors in this regard. It was truly hell here in Austin last Summer, with 68 days above 100 degrees.
This common sense being 100 years later as an opposite from Henry Ford’s “The customer can have any color he wants, as long as it is BLACK” (for the “tin lizzy”).
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:20 am
I’ve never thought of that silver emerald as anything other than gray. So we have black, white, and three shades of gray? Sheesh, makes me think that the red was a typo. C’mon! How about forest green and cobalt blue? Is GM making the Volt intentionally boring?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:24 am
I have a lock with ’static shock silver’. I can’t wait to test drive it 230 miles!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 am
Well if it does not come in a wonderful “Freedom Blue” I am not interested.
Take Care
Arch
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 am
No friggin plain jane cheapo white, WTF? Not much imagination in the other colors either, boooo.
Oil Implosion Silver
Greenback Silver-green
Jihadless Silver
but I like Lyle’s Freedom Silver best
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
I’ve got you all beat. I went ahead and submitted “Gray Number Three”.
Way to curb my enthusiasm GM.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 am
The contest to name the silver emerald color is a bit disturbing. It seems GM marketing may still consider this as a niche market for the “green” crowd.
If anyone at GM is listening, please know that for many people on this forum, perhaps more than half, saving the environment is not our top immediate concern. There are plenty of other reasons not to use gasoline.
For example, Iran is the world’s 4th largest oil exporter. They are enriching uranium and shouting “Death to America.”
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/31/iran.nuclear/index.html
Suicide bombers strike knowing their families will be set for life. Where does this money come from? Where did Osama Bin Laden get his money?
And when gas prices went over $4/gallon, we ended up in the worst recession in 50 years. Was that a coincidence?
We need to stop thinking of alternative transportation as just a “green” issue.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 am
Boooo! Americanites only on this competition! I had the winning name as well….
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
The contest is only for the US…. Canadians are not eligable..
I would pick Paul Revere Slate would be my choice. (Check your history about freedoms)
If someone wants to run with it….. Send me pictures of your drive..when you win… of course.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:50 am
no ‘zinc yellow’?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:51 am
I agree. A choice of six colors . . and three are variations of gray?? Come on, GM. Get hold of the person who designed the ‘new’ Malibu interior, and tell her to work on establishing some unique Volt paint colors. (She did a great job w/ the Malibus.)
Why not use some ‘earthy’ colors? A light green, a light blue, beige, ’sun’ colors (light yellow / orange).
Another gray car?? Don’t put a boring color on a unique machine.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
I can’t enter but here are some suggestions for you.
Flex Juiced Silver. (My Choice)
Fully Juiced Silver or Fully Charged Silver
Freedome Juiced Silver
Next Frontier Silver
Silver Juice.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 am
62.5mpg hwy cycle in CS mode, probably much less if you drive faster than that cycle.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am
it has a lot of green overtones
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
Oz Emerald Green Metallic.
Very wizard-like color!
If the premium White Diamond tri-coat is like the Caddy white pearl, then, that’s for me!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
That should be
Freedom Juiced Silver &
Silver Juiced Metallic.
Cleraly Metallic could be added to the end of any of them
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
In its pure metallic state lithium is a brilliant, shiny silver in color…. I entered “Liquid Lithium”.*
*This color would complement my Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle (”NASA BIKE”) ….in “Liquid Silver”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Silver-emerald? Is it silver, or is it emerald? I hate to sound like my wife, but can we get some color swatches here? Side note: I get that they want the car to be mainstream, but would one wild color really have killed it?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 am
It’s bad that the car will disappear on a grey day. Only the red saves it.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Independence (of foreign Oil) Silver
Probably won’t win, but I want that drive
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 am
Eclectic Electric Silver… Unbeatable.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Statik Silver?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Any customer can have the volt painted any colour that he wants so long as it is silver.
Original quote by Henry Ford
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 am
Not eligible as my father is a retired GM Employee. Not that I had a great idea for the name anyway.
BTW, while shopping for an Equinox (the curent car is not going to make it to til I can get my Volt), all of the dealers near me (central MA) think they have little chance seeing a Volt for test drives before summer of 2011
I did ask them to call me when they do
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
They were worried if others could enter Statik would name it “solvency? silver” or something of that ilk (sorry, not very creative today).
Good thing he also is not naming a blue hue … “Bailout Blue” lol.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
How about “Just get me a f*****g Volt-Silver”?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 am
I like the acronyms….
IOFO Silver
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 am
??? What happened to the “Jolt Blue” from the “Transformers” movie?
On top of that, with no “Victory Red”, they just killed a huge number of sales to City and County Fire Departments, who (under guidance from our current administration), would be some of the first to buy fleets of VOLTs… What’s up with that?!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:26 am
OK, I’ll step up like a good friendand help you. Just give me the name and i’ll be a nice guy and submit it for you.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
This is not related to the naming theme, but I saw an article on the USAToday website about trying to sell Plug-in/Electric vehicles to the public. The vehicle pictured was the Chevy Volt. That got me thinking about how well GM has sold the Volt as the “poster child” for these categories of vehicles. If anything, the “halo effect” that this vehicle was suppose to generate appears to be working.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 am
Herm, is that a guess or did you see something I missed? Got a citation?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
No Robin Egg Blue! WTF?! (heh heh, j/k)
Im sure they went w/what’s popular now, which is silver cars (no rust orange, and exotic colors like that). Black & white are shoe-ins ofcourse. The angle might also be to try to stick to hi-end colors, ones that you might expect to see on a Mercedes/Lexus/Caddy. Maybe because the cost for this car is 40K.
However, for those who want to make a bold statement with their EV, you can always get a custom paint job (or just plaster it with bumper stickers and a personalized plate).
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
I like the colors but there could be more in the first round of offerings….a blue? a green? On the ‘other’ volt site a video there on the color selection process mentions that ‘consumers are bored with the black, white, silver, and greys and want more color.’ They sure answered that concern by offering red (but no blue, green, yellow etc..) to go along with those 3 grey/silvers that consumers are bored with. I want mine in blue…..now starting to think I may be waiting longer before I decide to buy my volt. I love this car otherwise.
By the way I entered ‘Emerald Charged Silver’
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Careful what you wish for!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
That’s got my vote!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am
“Sobbing-Like-A-Little-Girl-Oil-Shiek-Silver”
Hoo-Ahh!!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am
I don’t enter contests that require creativity, i’m “challenged” in that arena. I’m always a big loser at them….lol
So, someone go put in “Proton Silver” and see if you win.
See, I told you I suck.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am
Sorry ’bout that, to all you Canadiaerians, Britonomotrons, and Europolonians.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 am
AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
Good one!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Actually, it does look like primer gray with a clearcoat on it. They should really re-think this.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Ooops…
That can be read as…
In Otherwords Fuk OFF
nevermind.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:41 am
Electric Green Metal was mine. I don’t know if it has the ring to it I was hoping. I was hoping for a play on “Gun Metal” but still have the word green it. I bet Lyle will win just for being Lyle, lol. I like his better than mine anyway
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
kdawg:
Good catch on the door inserts. It looks way better, IMHO.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
Dave – Great point – you captured my mindset precisely!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:45 am
Given various levels of Canadian government are providing $10.5B of bailout money to GM, you’d think they’d open the contest to us Canucks.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Dan:
True that. Anybody who ever worked in construction will only drive a white pickup for sure. There’s a reason why 99% of the commercial light “work” trucks on dealers’ lots are white. And it’s not because it doesn’t show the dirt, LOL.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Herm:
Man I sure hope so. Might as well be optimistic. Good for you. +1
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Great, white will be a $1000 option. Why can’t they offer the standard GM Bright White? I have that 3 stage white on my SRX and while it’s nice, it shouldn’t be the only white offered.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Nice!
I wish there was a spot to include comments with the name submission, the definition of eclectic really seems to hammer home the way the Volt is architected with their EV/ICE generator configuration IMHO.
Eclectic – Adj. – Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
I cracked up when I read your “Jihadless Silver”, +1.
“Taliban Butt Kicking Silver”
“Anti Al Qaeda Silver”
“Mujahidin Doesn’t Go To Washington silver”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
CMull:
Please, it’s “statik”.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hey Arch, “King Of The Links”. Where have ya been man? Welcome back. Bring us some more of those entertaining and highly informative links, do you hear me?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 am
The Volt is a HUGE first step in weaning us off of imported oil.
How about “Trade-Surplus Silver”? There’s definately a hint of green there!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 am
Take a deep breath, Dave and count to ten. I don’t see it as an either/or scenario, and certainly your motivations for supporting the Volt are no less valid than you seem to think they are. The ‘green’ motivation is important; so is diminishing the power oil has over the world. Isn’t it great the Volt addresses both?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Mine too. +1 to the both of you, LOL.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Where’s Dirty Dawg Rob, aka “MuddyRoverRob”?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Darn, I was hoping for a 24k Gold……..
How about a polished metal like the Delorean?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
Yeah, I like that one too, hahaha. +1
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
How about “Pay Back our Bailout Silver”
Sorry, had to go there.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 am
Yeah, good one indeed.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
I hate to say it folks but, by the time we have a sniff at getting our hands on a Volt, we’ll be taking whatever color the dealer has in stock and liking it.
Unless of course they do the smart thing, and let GM-Volt.com bloggers put up a deposit and order in advance.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
Looks like 8 year; 100,000 mile warranty on the battery pack.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
StevenU:
Summer of 2011? Sounds about right to me. Or maybe even a little optimistic, alas.
Oh, I almost forgot for today:
LJGTVWOTR!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 am
I think you can safely bet they won’t be selecting that name.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 am
I can’t enter the contest either.
What about “Electric gray” …
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 am
YES, us first PLEASE
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Britonomotron?? i like it! sounds like I’m some kind of crazy tea drinking robot!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Can anyone detect even the slightest green tint in the “silver emerald” Volt above?!? I can’t!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 am
Plug-in Platinum
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Très drôle.
Just for the record, I’m tickled pink Robin’s Egg Blue is not a choice…apparently my work here is done. (=
It is also nice to see that greatest color/non-color for any vehicle, is a option for the Volt – Black. Special bonus for black is that GM has decided that no fancy tertiary adjectives are needed to describe it.
Fair Disclaimor: I did vote.
“Polished e-coat gray” – all the pre-production Ivers we have seen to date (that aren’t black) are actually finished with what GM calls, ‘e-coat gray without paint’. I think it is pretty catchy. /truth in advertising
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
Electrum Silver has a en electric thing to it.. lighter colors make a car look bigger, like you are getting more for your money.. I dont know what silver or gray does for a car.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 am
Aww–C’mon! Don’t mark me down! The color in the photo above is not the most awe inspiring color GM has come out with… gimme a break.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Gastax Bile
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
______________________________________________________
Silver Volt Classic
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
The winner is!
“Silver Joule”
Thanks for coming….
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
“electric stormcloud grey”
rolls off the tongue nicely, it has a chance! haha
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm
For some reason, I don’t think it would be in GM’s best interests to have a promotion citing Iran’s oil production and ties to terrorism as a reason to buy the Volt. People don’t like to be scared into buying a car.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
How about “Suck on this OPEC Silver”…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
“Stainless Steel Silver”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Silver Unicorn
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Words from ex-CIA Director James Woolsey:
“So, what we need to do, I think, is take steps to destroy oil as a strategic commodity, to destroy its monopoly, 96% or so, over transportation. …There’s a pretty good analogy here that has been invented by my friend and sometime co-author, Anne Korin. She and I wrote it up in an op-ed a couple of years ago called, “Turning oil into salt.” Anne’s observation is that until a little over a hundred years ago, for millennia, salt was a strategic commodity. It was the only way to preserve meat… It had been true for centuries that if your country or region had a salt mine, it was a big deal. [T]hen, 110 years or so ago, as the electric grid came into the US and Europe, refrigeration and freezing turned out to be superior to salt and a more affordable way to preserve meat. [With]in relatively few years, salt was destroyed as a strategic commodity. …Now, we still have salt [but], do we know where it comes from? …Are we salt independent? Nobody really gives a damn unless they’re in the salt business. Salt is actually kind of boring. It’s just a reasonable commodity that is bought and sold in international commerce. We need to do that to oil. We need to make it boring.”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Actually, in that same vein, I went with “Iridium”–according to some sources the rarest metal on the Earth’s surface…and it is silver.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
These color choices are downright gloomy. I want Electric Yellow. Where’s the Blue? Where’s the Leafy Green? If this car’s supposed to making a bold statement, where’s the bold colors? Why are there three variants on concrete?
Name this color? Clean Slate. But my real choice is to keep Black, White, Red and start over.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
How about
The new color of Independence – Independence green
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
The Black color should be ‘Statik Black’ .
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
“GM has decided that no fancy tertiary adjectives are needed to describe it.”
No, it’s the “New Black Gold!”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
SilVolter GreenEL
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I got you….
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
EESilver!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Maybe if the U.S. ever apologized for Teddy Roosevelt’s grandson Kermit running a CIA coup d’etat that toppled their first elected Prime Minister (Time Magazine Man of the Year for 1951, Mohammed Mosaddeq) and installing the murderous Shah, they wouldn’t be so quick to shout “Death to America”. Besides, American lawmakers talk about invading/destroying other regimes all the time (”should we assassinate Hugo Chavez and save the cost of an invasion ?”).
Blowback sucks. Too bad short term gains like Operation Ajax usually lead to long term problems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
Too bad the NPT allows nuclear enrichment, as Iran points out all the time. And they are fully open to the IAEA, which would immediately detect if they are enriching beyond the amount necessary for power generation (which allows them to export more oil and natural gas, by the way. Why NOT use their own uranium resources to generate nuclear power, like 40 other countries are doing ?)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
What silver or gray does for a car is make it impossible to see behind/beside an 18-wheeler in the rain. (White too.) Best to have a darker color for visibility in this scenario.
or, turn your dang lights on!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
My Name for the Volt silver paint is electric silver metallic.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
IMHO, the only colors should be Red, White & Blue.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
How about Independence Day Red.
Independence Day White, or
Independence Day Blue.
No other color can be ordered until after the second year of production.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
It is obvious that GM did not run these colors through a focus group. How energy efficient is Black? Your car will suck much more power from the grid trying to keep the interior cool or run your battery down. Light colors reflect more radiant heat. My vote is for a emerald blue-green. Can we custom order our own color (within reason) if we place a down payment? Lyle why don’t you help GM out by putting up some sample colors that have been popular in the past beside these proposed colors and we can vote on our preferances. If there colors lose out substantially they still lhave time to reconsider.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I don’t know if anyone got the “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” pun. Oh well.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Electric blue underglo lights would be impressive:
http://pwnedautos.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/an100.jpg
It looks like it only costs about $66 aftermarket:
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Underglow-Underbody-Neon-Light/dp/B000V8QLQ8
Probably doesn’t take much power, since it is LED’s.
And PATTERNS: STAND ALONE, PULSE, CHASE, ZIG ZAG, RANDOM, & MORE
on a brand new Electric Blue car, these would look great.
I wonder if anything came of that idea to add sound effects out a speaker for the slow, silent creep (to alert blind people) – a nice UFO hovering noise would go nicely with these lights.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Except that the roof is always black.
Maybe they could always do a WHITE roof, instead. Then you could get a black one with the white roof and it would be cooler. Although it might look like a Mini. Or a panda. Or police car.
Actually, that wouldn’t be so bad.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Where we’re going, we don’t need…oil – Silver
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
“Stick it in your tailpipe Silver” works too.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
+1 for you there my friend.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Don’t bother submitting the best color name, I already have:
-Lithium Charged Green-
I also liked Prius Slaying Silver,
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Well since this is only open to U.S. residents I can’t throw my suggestion in there but if anyone is looking for an idea how about AMPED Silver … Amped is an acronym for Alternate Mode Propulsion, End Dependancy (of foreign oil)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Ok where the hell is the Blue. How are they supposed to have commercials with Red, White and Blue volts driving around fueled by American Power.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
stuart22:
Well said. Thanks. +1
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
All colors should be preceded with “e insurrectum”.
“e insurrectum” Red
“e insurrectum” White
“e insurrectum” Blue
And if Silver has to be a choice
“e insurrectum” Silver
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Emerald City Silver
Ben Franklin Silver
Kilowatt Silver
Energy Freedom Silver
Energizer Emerald
Feel free to use…I’ll be out of the country on Dec 2nd.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Troy:
The top headline story in today’s LA Times reports that Iran and the U.S. are just about to finalize a deal to ship Iran’s current stock of low grade enriched uranium to Russia and/or France for further processing for peaceful uses.
if true, it seems like a huge step in the right direction. It is pretty amazing. If you reach out to people and treat them with dignity instead of threatening them, sometimes there is a positive response. What a concept!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Heck, I like “Neutron Flux Metallic.” Not a bad monicker you chose there. Uh, if I win, do I have to share the prize with you?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
omnimoeish:
I hope Lyle does win. Nobody more deserving.
I live about 30 minutes down the 110 freeway from the Convention Center, if I miss the rush. Or take the bus from San Pedro, LOL. So I hope some of you right coast folks win, and get to take a trip you wouldn’t otherwise get to take.
Maybe I’ll get to see some of you guys there, which would be very cool
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Electromotive Metallic.
Give it up guys. This is it (already entered, heh heh).
Oh by the way, I don’t think “62.5 MPG combined Hwy Cycle Metallic” will be among the finalists…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Not bad: That will be among the finalists! But will it stand up to Electromotive Metallic (my entry)!! See you in the finals….
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
CorvetteGuy:
OK, I got your back. That’s one you owe me, LOL.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Captain:
Yeah, really. Maybe he went walkabout with Tagamet.
Which reminds me:
LJGTVWOTR!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Brian:
I like it! You’re on a roll. Keep ‘em coming. +1
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
old man:
I like it. I think it has real possibilities. I’ve been having fun reading the humorous suggestions, but this one could actually fly. Well done.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
This is gonna be a TOUGH contest to win. You guys are all on a roll here. My finger is sore from hitting the +1 button, LOL. I love it.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Electric Mercury! I win!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Argentum Oxide Superconductor.
My wife says it’s too long and can’t possibly win. We’ll see.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I dongetit.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Hi stuart22,
I’m actually breathing pretty easy, and I do feel that green motivation is an important part.
My main concern is that GM marketing doesn’t see this as an either/or scenario, and pigeon-hole the Volt as GM’s “green” offering.
For example, there’s a ton of resentment built up against the oil companies. This is widespread. Many people who could care less about the environment wouldn’t mind sticking it to the oil companies if they had the chance. If GM marketing could somehow tap into this feeling, they could have a gold mine.
And then there’s the convenience factor. Many people hate going to the gas station, which is something the Volt largely eliminates. A lot of people would buy the Volt just for that alone.
Bottom line: There is potential broad appeal for the Volt. So if GM marketing decides to pigeon-hole the Volt as GM’s green offering, this would be a huge mistake.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I can’t either, nasaman. Likely it has some tint of green, which I would love, but, I just can’t see it here.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Like Bender from Futurama…. but you drink tea and have a different accent.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
That’s really far better in a close up for the door pillar in order to get the color through for us. Are there any of this quality imaging for the whole Volt?
This looks like ***exactly*** the color I want want want!!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
kdawg asks: “What about the interior?”
Good question. Sure, an exterior white looks good. Combine an exterior white with just a single light choice of interior, like salmon, and we have a problem. Complimentary interior color options should add to the appeal of the exterior. When is doubt go darker on the interior or be willing to do a lot of cleaning.
=D~
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October 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
It could be worse, I could have said “UK-ranians.”
*edit: Disclaimer, this comment was not meant to disparage Ukrainians, the vast majority of whom are fine individuals.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
+1 for the chuckle factor.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
how about color blind silver?
neutral feeling inducing silver?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Deep Cycle Cell?
Spectrum Galvanic?
=D~
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
If “Cyber Gray Metallic” is like a gun metal gray put me down with that one, if not then Black.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
GFO EM. Silver
GFO-Get off Foreign Oil, EM.(Emerald/Electromagnetic)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
I’ve heard of those proposals before. The main reason Iran wants to do in-country enrichment is so their domestic electricity industry is not hostage to future “sanctions” from the West, for yet another complaint from their old masters (Mossad claims to have evidence linking Iran to some rocket in Lebanon ? Lights out in Tehran…)
If they get all their fuel from Russia and/or France, it will be easy for a future US-led Security Council to “withhold” needed enriched uranium until they “comply” with some demand. Few countries want to be at the mercy of other countries, especially hostile ones.
I think the negotiations are about enrichment to 20% for medical uses (tracer isotopes). I don’t think Iran would allow their low-grade fuel enrichment to be outside of their control. They aren’t happy about France either, which has been pressured by the US in the past to break contracts with Iran. They might agree to a Russian deal, for the medical isotopes…
Other nations with their very own “national interests”. What a concept…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
The Model T was available in Red, Blue, Or Gray until 1913…
http://www.modelt.ca/background.html
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Volt Nation 2008 is what initially caught my attention. Followed by monitoring of the development of the Volt through gm volt dot com.
Had no idea who Rick Wagoner is. Sharing opinions, ideas, and insights with bloggers concerning the ongoing financial drama in the world.
Who is this statik guy who keeps chopping GM off at the knees? Having several of my posts censored (for good reason). And now, in October of 2009, voting on car colors.
A few quotes from Lyle Dennis:
“I’m basically just a regular guy.”
“…daily driving without using a drop of gas.”
“…harmful effects of oil politically, socially, financially, and environmentally.”
You do good work Lyle.
=D~
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I don’t see much emerald green in that picture … but how about “photonic silver”?
I thought maybe a Star Trek-ish, futuristic sounding color might be kind of cool. They do have lasers that shoot out lots of emerald green looking photons you know.
http://focus.aps.org/files/focus/v24/st11/freq_doubler.jpg
Maybe you can only see the greenish shade of this paint when you look at it from a particular angle … like with those holographic stickers they use for security. Maybe “holographic silver” might be a better name.
http://www.hologram.name/images/hologram.jpg
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
No Victory Red??? What a bummer.
Note to self: Wait for two door coupe, a’ la CR-Z….
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October 22nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
The model T came in green, red, and blue and gray. Till 1913…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 pm
you mean Bailout Blues
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Wasn’t that the Geico Gecko?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Good Colors,
Those were the colors initially available on the Miata…
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/1990-to-1998-mazda-miata.htm
/and look what happened to that car…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Dang, where do you guys see the green?
lol
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Ditto,
I think they may being, ah nevermind…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
No Blue???? Are you kidding me?????
OK, here are my entries:
Sapphire Silver Green Metallic
and
VOLT – Viridian Oyster Lustrous Tri-Coat
I was trying to get EREV, but I can’t quite get it to work. I have Electric Royal ” ” Viridian and Emerald Regal Electric ” “, but I get stumped at that point……
Good luck to all!!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Actually it is a reflective silver, like a movie screen. They will just shine lights on it to change color…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Bit scared myself…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Wrong Make?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I guess they are trying to avoid the Red White and Blue thing because of the bailout. WAG. So they may being trying to take a more refined style, (no beige?) so in an effort to reach the other side I came up with…
Emerald Séance
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Sounds like a Harry Potter spell….
“Expecto Patronum!”….
lol…….
Serious though, what is it?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
PriuSaurus Silver!
AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I would have to pass on the signiture Emrald Se’ance and go with the Crystal Red Metallic. I have been looking at pictures of Corvettes in that color, and guess it is a nice color. I wonder if they could do a black chrome option on the Volt? I think that would look good, especially if the did those black painted areas under the windows…
Cheers
Red
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I don’t consider myself overly creative but I like my submission, “E-sprit Energy”.
BTW, I got to sit in a Volt yesterday at the “Business of Plugging IN” exposition and talk to Rob Peterson. It WAS very exciting. That car was grey, don’t know which of the three if any, but it looked good. Someone noticed that the PPV’s did not have lens colors on the road trip. Per Rob, they will not build proper head lamps until the last moment possible because the first lamps can cost as much as $250,000 and they want to get them just right so they don’t have to redesign them. Also, the PPV’s “are not painted”, “because we know how to get that right, but don’t want the expense of putting good paint on something that might end up in a crash test”. He said to say hi to Lyle, he is a fan! They did not have a car out in the parking lot to drive like some of the other exhibitors. “It just would not do justice to the Volt by limiting it to 5 MPH in a parking lot.” Plus they are VERY hard to get ahold of one. The one in the exhibit hall was probably an IV’er? He did get nervous when anyone started moving controls around (they are much more fragile than a production unit). The interior controls had a distinctly “apple-like” quality. The two LCD screens were impressive, but I expected at least one of them to be bigger (they are 7″). The interior seemed VERY comfortable, but the center “console” (battery) was good sized and isolated you from a passenger. The trunk seemed fairly spacious.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
“Electric ReVolt or Rebel” as translated from the latin..
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Pure Black
Peace Silver (contest color)
Crimson Red
Silk White
Midnight Blue
Deep Forest Green
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October 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Earth-organic-energy-eco-sustainable-planet-recycle… Silver
no way it can lose.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Nice report. Thank You, I do not expect to see the head/tail lights till next year.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
latin…
lemme goole a bit.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
You little…
Nice. I won’t be on the voting panel, but if I was, that would be it!
GL
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
______________________________________________________
I like!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Thank God get rid of that shitty grey.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Ray – nice gesture, I’ll fire back with silver maple leaf.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Mike, WAG.. but some good stuff has been worked out from official GM statements..
Read the first post in this thread:
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2541
correctly predicted the 230mpg number back in february.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
If people don’t like to be scared into buying a car, perhaps the Al Gore should calm down on his chicken little hysteria. Millions of people will die, famine, floods, wars, monster hurricanes, etc. etc. Even the poor polar bears are trotted out to warn us.
Be green or die!!!!!!!
I have reason to believe Al Gore is an idiot. The idea of keeping money out of the hands of those sworn to kill us seems more reasonable than Al Gores rhetoric.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Errr… I actually have more days of the year I run the heater (and heated seats) than the airconditioner.
Wouldn’t that make black the better color for me?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Troy,
I would suggest that you study Islam and the prophetic beliefs of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Our country is wise to be very careful with these people.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Lets get ready to rumble.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I like it. Although having worked with real lithium, the actual “color” doesn’t really resemble lithium. (Its nearly impossible to see in most of the computer images floating around)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LithiumPelletsUSGOV.jpg
Sadly, I think it would confuse most people.
I went with Live Juniper Metallic
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Errr… I am thinking the reduction in color choices is because the car is not going to mainstream.
IE, if GM makes 100,000 worldwide, you think they will even pass 1,000 yellow cars? or 1,000 Dark/Medium Green?
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Had to see it again, and, YUP, that’s exactly the color I WANT!
Hope it’s ok to place another entry.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Shockingly Cool Silver Emerald.
Keys, please.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I have some gray (or is it “grey”) metal shelves that look as bad their choice. Also, silver (metallic or satin) doesn’t do anything for me.
Call me vanilla, but I like a bright white paint job.
On the other hand, a lightning blue like the warp core in ST:TNG wouldn’t be bad either.
Engage…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
gray… color (US)
grey… colour (Europe, Canada)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“TRON Silver”
End of Line…
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I’m lovin’ the CR-Z. I wish the VOLT had looked like that.
(Sorry GM Designers…. Still friends?)
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Yes, great report. I wish we could get a few more of this type of informative report.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
We did do bad in 1952, but that was a long time ago, still Iranians dont need much provocation.. and meanwhile the quality of life in Iran is worse that it ever was under the Shah.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
its very apparent in another green car website, I cant post the link or it will get moderated.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thanks for your comment “I like it”! However, the link you provided shows a photo of oxidized lithium pellets, not the liquid silvery color of metallic lithium as shown here…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lithium_paraffin.jpg
“Liquid Lithium” remains my choice.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Or, Oil war avoiding banknote green, treasury bullion electric silver.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm
This has got to be a record. 200 responses!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
There is no reason for Iran to build nukes. They are sitting on all the energy they need for hundreds (even thousands) of years. They are probably flaring gas because there is no way to use it all!
They’d be better off to use all that cash for domestic/social services and plan on some solar for when the oil runs out.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Greenback Sliver Dollars
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
That picture makes the color look like a battleship grey
It looks nothing like Emerald silver
Maybe they should try Metallic Mint Green like back in the 60’s
Ok instead of 3 silvers how about 3 greens – dark green almost black always a head turner, electric green – or opel green, light silvergreen or mint green
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
How about “Commission Paycheck Silver”…
You know…very little ‘GREEN’ in it.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
my suggestion for name
- Liquid Aluminum Metal
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 am
Perhaps then, LJGTVWOTR silver?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 am
Insurrectum sounds like insert into rectum.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 am
You’re VANILLA! Hey everyone, this guy is VANILLA!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 am
Yeah man, i think you’re gonna win totally! You’re the coolest person alive, BTW.
Autograph?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 am
Anyway, that’s still less than the 6 of the Volt.
Even the Dacia Logan has more colors available.
Is The Volt doomed to be a discreet car?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 am
we dont talk about the onstar a n a l core temperature probe.. its just checking to see if the driver is still alive.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 am
I’m not that creative. I have no idea what to call the gray color.
But no matter what the name, it will still be gray.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 am
I knew the speech was quoting someone else, but I didn’t remember who. Excellent analogy!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 5:18 am
I’m sure this is going to be this morning’s post but here’s some numbers from Tony Patzwal (sorry to butcher it) as to what the Range extender numbers will be. Apparently someplace between 32 MPG and the prius
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569217,00.html
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October 23rd, 2009 at 5:25 am
Here’s how the article ends:
“A flex-fuel plug-in hybrid that gets 100 mpg and, when it needs liquid fuel, uses only 15-percent gasoline, is approaching a utility of 500 mpg. Other oil-breaking technologies are coming. When Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the newly-independent Americans asked their band to play “The World Turned Upside Down.” Get ready for a reprise. “
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October 23rd, 2009 at 7:32 am
Electrifying Silver Emerald
It’s ESE (easy) on the eyes.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 7:46 am
Dang it!! I’m Canadian so I can’t enter. Oh well, here’s a good name if anyone wants to use it.
Lithium Silver
The battery technology played a big role in making this car.
Cheers,
Peter
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October 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 am
Perhaps you need to step back further from Mossadeq and the conditions that permitted his election. The previous officeholder was assassinated to clear a path for this “man of the people”.
While I agree it is a mistake to get involved in Iranian politics, it is also a mistake to step away once you have become involved.
If we refuse to do anything about energy indepence our choices are:
Distorting our democratic values to support a strongman of our own choosing who will do business with us at the cost of our soul as he inevitably begins to rely on the use of force.
or
Paying an even higher price in money to a homegrown nationalist thug who’s regime is financed and kept in power by our need for strategic material. And then still sell our souls for doing nothing of the people held captive there are kept in line by the use of force.
Instead of composing an apology we should be doing more to solve the technical energy problem that has led to so many social problems.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
I went ahead and submitted “Baby Poo Green” for you. I’ll let you sit shotgun on the test drive when I win…
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October 23rd, 2009 at 9:46 am
Yep got it. Just wasn’t that funny. Shoulda stopped while you were ahead. Taliban Butt Kicking Silver was your best work…
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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I think an issue is that many of the pictures are the “wrong” color somehow. IE, I can see any sheen of green at all on most pictures
Check out these shots that I think show the subtle color they are talking about…
http://www.gm-volt.com/v/volt7.jpg
http://www.treehugger.com/bob-lutz-gm-chevy-volt-photo34.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2840668988_aa78d193b0.jpg
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/chev-volt-exec-08.jpg
Looks to me like a 20% opaque mint on a solid silver background. Personally, I hate the color. Reminds me of Saab’s Dolphin Grey
http://www.edmunds.com/media/roadtests/roadtest/03.saab.93/03.saab.93.linear.f34.500.jpg
except green instead of blue
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October 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I couldn’t agree more. 3 shades of gray. That is crazy. Give us a dark blue, green, and maybe yellow. Who needs more than one gray to choose from? I want mine in dark blue. I might just have to get a prius so I can get the color I want.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 pm
The conditions that permitted Mossadeq’s election was his passionate speeches urging Iran to nationalize the oil industry which had been controlled by Britain since 1913 (the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, later named British Petroleum, or BP). Signing a contract at gunpoint is usually not considered legal. The British could have calmed the Iranians simply by giving them a better royalty on the oil they were stealing, but greed has a way of leading to one’ ruin.
The previous “Prime Minister” was a general, chosen by the Shah, and assasinated by a soldier loyal to the Shah, because he was getting too powerful.
You should learn more about the oil industry. The U.S. doesn’t get oil from Iran, and trying to guarantee oil supplies from the other Perisan Gulf countries costs $100’s of billions in military operations. The U.S. would be better served spending those $100’s of billions on domestic windpower and solar PV arrays, and electrifying its vehicles, the biggest users of petroleum.
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October 24th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Hm. Suicide bombers don’t just do it for their families. They do it for themselves. For every man with four wives, three men won’t have any wives. But they are promised 70 virgins in heaven…
Btw, my opinion: those colors are disgusting. You know how the same songs play over and over on the radio, and the next time you hear it again, you just want to gag? That’s kinda how this is. From the video: “Customers are sick of the blacks, whites, silvers, and grays.” So what do they pick? Black, white, silver, gray of course (plus the Christmas colors).
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October 25th, 2009 at 12:39 am
With a ground breaking car, colors shouldn’t be bought off the shelf. I remember in the 70’s Volkswagen came out with bright colors. Why not try bright colors. I’m not going to buy a new car at your price with your “same old choice” colors, I’d like to choose from a wide spectrem. Call then electrified or some name that reflex on electric.
What do you think we are office bound geeks with dull office taste for color?
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October 26th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Let’s try EV Silver
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October 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
To me it is a FOGGY silver, nothing innovative here. I agree with every one on th post. My word t GM: If you are in an innvative phase, please innovate !!!
Anyway, I do want to try such a car and submitted a name that might capture the “innvation and spirit” of the car: IKAROS SILVER
In mythology, IKAROS, or Icare in french, was the son of Dédale who built him a pair af wings using wax and bird feathers to escape and return home. That is for Innovation. Spirit will come from pronouncing Icare in french (Ee-car (e-car)) get it ?
See you on the road
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October 28th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Silverback Green
Aspen Silver
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October 29th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Government Gray???
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A NAME. HIGHWAY SKYWAY GREY
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
( FUTURE HORIZIONS SILVER EMERAL ) IS A PAINT NAME THAT MATCHES THE VISION, INSPIRATION AND TECHNOLOGY OF A VOLT.
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October 31st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I have an excellent name for the color, but GM doen’t even pay for meals if I win. Why should I enter?
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Viridian Joule!
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November 17th, 2009 at 5:52 am
The signature color of the Volt (Viridian Joule?) looks good in person. And it picks up on the ambient colors in the area. The Alternative Vehicle Show of 2008 in Santa Monica had the Volt in a darker area with spot lights. The green shade came out. The Volt looked much more blue at the L.A. Auto Show of 2008 in the bright neutral lighting.
We’ve come a long way from the Malibu Volt mule Canada test car in burgundy.
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