Blue 430 AT FCA National Meet in Virginia

I believe it is Grigio Alloy or maybe an Azzuro California which is a liitle bit darker.

 

Bright blue? Given the number of different blues and different possible interpretations of the word bright, a pic would be mighty helpful in trying to identify the colour...

Guess it wasn't the smurf blue one - IIRC that ones in NorCal

 

I believe he's talking about the "Smurf blue" Apple iPod F430 that was there, S/N 146026 (see below)... I have no idea what the color is called, but pictures just don't do it justice... It is striking in person...
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Donger, yes, it's a California car, but the owner brought it to the Annual Meet in Chantilly, VA...

 

I know the owner of this car and I agree with Carb, Pix do not do it justice!

BTW, "Smurfs" are French, I'm sure the Italians use a different word to describe the color so I will see if I can get the Italian translation for you!

or maybe the owner will chime in... never know who is lurking out there.

 

You mean like this blue?
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Looks a lot like BMW's Laguna Seca blue from the E46 M3's, or the electric blue seen on a Diablo or two (Monterey edition?).

 

Audi had a blue called Nogaro blue, limited to the S4. It was a pearl color, very similar to that, and very eye catching. Pictures don't do it justice, it was an unusual blue. It looked something like this (because of the pearl, the pictures never look quite like the real color):
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It's called Mexico Blue from Porsche.

 

No problemo.

 

can anyone elaborate on the relationship between apple computer and this particular f430? license plate frame says apple computer on it. i was just wondering if it was an obscure one-off co-branded f430 (though one would think it would be flat white, if that was the case), or if the owner is just an apple executive of some sort.

 

I think the Ferrari world calls it Azzuro Dino. Porsche May call it Mexico Blue though.

 

Wow - that's a long way - or do people in the US have their cars trailered to and from events more than we in the UK (who onl have short distances to cover)

Mazda also did a blue called Laguna Blue which was popular on the original Miata/MX5 - not sure if it is the same as the BMW one, but from pics I've seen, I'd say the BMW one has more of a green tint than either this F430 or the Mazda one

Can't wait to see that

I've heard of/seen pics of cars in Azzuro Dino too - are all these colours the same - is there some way of finding out, such as PPG (?) codes, etc or do paint codes vary from manufacturer to manufacturer?

 

the top of the frame says "Employee [something I can't read - numbers?]"

my guess is an executive.

 

This blue color looks like a 1971 Ferrari Daytona color (one Daytona was crashed but there were at least two examples FACTORY new). There was also a Dino 246 at a show in Australia wearing the 'blue' shade. It was pictured here some time ago. The 246 owner would not respond to questions about it...not sure if his was the original color.
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That is definitely not Azzuro California.

I do know that color.

The photos below are true Azzuro.
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I know the owner of that 430. He special ordered that color, do not know the name. He is not an executive, just a stock option cash in. Real nice guy I might ad as well. I will call him and ask the name of the color.

 

It's a Miata color from a few years ago, I don't remember the name though.

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I just happened to be browsing at FoSF one day when the owner of this car was picking it up. Definitely a brave soul. A total "in your face" blue!
By the way, could someone please tell this ignorant soul what IIRC means?

 

Love the color and those wheels.