Ford release a new orange colour: Octane - Page 3

**Professor Farnsworth** · 08-09-2006, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by REDXR8BLOKE

Well as mentioned in my first post, i was back at Ford this morning and saw two BF utes, one an XR8 the other XR6 in the rear carpark. This time they were painted in a colour similar to "everglade" in the E series, any one shed some light?

Sure it wasn't DeJaVu ? The chamelion colour ? It's basically a deep green with tinges of menace on different angles.

For those interested, i saw a BF XR6 N/A in octane tonight at the shops.. same place i always see weird/pre-release cars! I like the images posted ^^ up there of the GT and typhoon, but i must say the standard BF XR6 N/A didn't inspire me at all in the colour. Looked (as i said earlier from seeing the above photos) like a Brisbane ex-taxi. Image is awful since it was night time and i used the camera in my phone, but here it is anyway:

SpoolMan · 08-09-2006, 09:33 PM

1/3 of the cars at FPV yesterday were octane, the other popular color was bionic.

08-09-2006, 09:36 PM

I hear you - I love orange cars to! Blood Orange is off the chain. Don;t get to see many Orange cars in England unfortuntely.

buickman · 08-09-2006, 10:05 PM

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QUOTE=rushing on acid]there is another new colour oming out with the bf 2 i done know the name yet but a friend of mine took a photo of it in the car park at ford ( he works for them ) and it looks like a slightly darker version of the old teal glow colour the xw and xy's had

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I think it might be the new colour called Breeze a teal type colour coming next month. I was wondering when the colour Menace was being deleted

**Professor Farnsworth** · 08-09-2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by buickman

I was wondering when the colour Menace was being deleted

not soon enough!

jimmy_c · 08-09-2006, 10:11 PM

The only thing missing off that car is the yellowcabs stickers.

http://www.yellowcab.com.au/images_s...p-mainpic1.jpg

I wish they would make some nice metalic colours. the Chromaflare is being deleted :(

XR8GRL · 08-09-2006, 11:15 PM

I saw Octane yesterday, I personally think it's horrid. I haven't been keen on these pastel colours ford seem to be releasing.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 08-09-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by XR8GRL

I saw Octane yesterday, I personally think it's horrid. I haven't been keen on these pastel colours ford seem to be releasing.

it has potential with stripes/black wheels though - the same way rapid did, and to a lesser extent bionic. Menace was just a pure mistake.

outback_ute · 08-09-2006, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SpoolMan

1/3 of the cars at FPV yesterday were octane, the other popular color was bionic.

Not to mention Ego (charcoal colour) which looks fantastic.

Octane is a love-it-or-hate-it colour, a bit of an acquired taste. I don't mind it myself, it looks best with the GT stripes or black Typhoon wheels to give a bit of contrast. As a solid XR it is verging on being "too much" - some people want that though!

Breeze from the colour sample is like the old EB/ED greens, perhaps a bit lighter

chich · 10-09-2006, 04:12 PM

*yawn* yet another boring, limited lifespan colour from Ford that looks like something my God-daughter leaves in her nappies.

Its funny how Ford stopped producing taxi pack XTs for the cabbies but happily churned (literally) out taxi yellow XRs and GTs for those who wanted to be 'different'...

Falcon Freak · 10-09-2006, 10:15 PM

If I select an XR8 for my next company car, then Octane is one of the prime candidates for choice of colour.

FF

b2tf · 10-09-2006, 10:32 PM

There's an Octane GTP in a holding yard here (TOLL yard so its on its way somewhere), looks pretty good but that was from about 100m away.

I dont think Id buy it but I certainly dont hate it.

10-09-2006, 11:26 PM

I'll take a pic of the one we have on Monday.

XR8GRL · 11-09-2006, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fantz

it has potential with stripes/black wheels though - the same way rapid did, and to a lesser extent bionic. Menace was just a pure mistake.

Maybe the F6, it might have potential. I never liked Rapid, but theres something about an F6 and I like them in Rapid too.

12-09-2006, 11:39 AM

Forgot the camera yesterday.

A comparison with Rapid and Mandarin:

It's a cloudy day so it doesn't really show the colour at its best. Although I'm not really a fan of it either.

b2tf · 12-09-2006, 01:01 PM

I'm still a sucker for Mandarin though, I reckon that was one of the best colours Ford brought out.

Brute6 · 12-09-2006, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by b2tf

I'm still a sucker for Mandarin though, I reckon that was one of the best colours Ford brought out.

I'm the same. I reckon its beaut!! Even though its been gone for a while, I still agree with you b2tf, one of the best.....

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sfr rob · 12-09-2006, 06:33 PM

i drove past a dealership today, and i almost crashed my truck in disgust!
The color is horrible, it looks like the old Telecom cars!

sfr rob · 12-09-2006, 06:34 PM

Oh, i also agree with b2tf ... MAnderin is a great color!

Genghis · 24-09-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by chich

*yawn* yet another boring, limited lifespan colour from Ford that looks like something my God-daughter leaves in her nappies.

Its funny how Ford stopped producing taxi pack XTs for the cabbies but happily churned (literally) out taxi yellow XRs and GTs for those who wanted to be 'different'...

I don't mind being one of the 'different' ones!!
Give me an Orange car anyday. I'm over the whole "it looks like a taxi" thing and actually (and fondly) refer to my car as the Taxi or V8Supercab.....