Check this gorgeous 599 in Avio Metallic at Ferrari Atlanta Is Avio Metallic a catalog color ? It looks darker than grigio alloy. http://www.ferrarimaseratiofatlanta.com/2008-ferrari-599-gtb-fiorano--c-114.htm
blue interior kinda ruins it for me but yes, it's a pretty color. it is listed as a standard color from the vintage (50's/60's) range.
Yes, a darker blue, like a Marine would be nice. Maybe in Alcantara..But the ext is gorgeous. I love that the diffuser is painted.
Its a great looking colour and I dont mind that interior either. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
We built three cars this way and each one is very different. This car also has a monochromatic rear diffuser as opposed to the flat black that is standard. This was done at the factory so makes this car somewhat special. Great color!
Doug- The car has had an HGTE retrofit, too. At the very least, it has an HGTE exhaust and wheels. Taz Terry Phillips
SS- You must live somewhere with really smooth roads and flat driveway approaches. If you do want a 4x4, I understand the 612 replacement may have it. Taz Terry Phillips
It has the full HGTE pkg, supposedly there is a GTO due for it's replacement. The 599 or Scud with all the goodies. I have learned after restoring a few cars it is way cheaper to buy someone else's toy.
This color (and others) do not render perfectly accurate on the computer screen. I bet it looks much better in person. Mike
It's stunning in person. The dealer photos seem to make the interior look more bright/raw than it does in person. The interior is a great complement to the exterior.
Stunning combination, even the blue interior looks great. There was one in the same colour with a nero interior down here, looked stunning!
I love Avio blu, but these pics of the 599 make the color seem a lot lighter... here's a fello Fchatters Scud in Avio...stunning. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Is it possible to drop a standard 599 to HGTE specs (lowered look) without changing to HGTE suspension parts? I mean..just by winding down the springs like in a 430?
Will be thinking of doing that. The 599 I have in mind cant be converted to HGTE. Late 2006 production car. Factory says cant be done. But having a lowered look would be nice.
Guys, that car is Azzurro Metallic, which is different from Azzurro California Metallic, and Avio Metallic. Avio is lighter. Azzurro Cal is a richer blue. Azzurro Metallic is different. And yes, it is a 50's/60's color, as is Avio.
CSLindzy took the words out of my mouth, though he has a better eye than me, because I was going to say, "isn't that Scuderia, Azzurro California, cause it looks like that to me." I guess I'm wrong though, but not very familiar with Azzurro Metallic, or the difference between Azzurro Metallic and Azzurro California? Any Thoughts? Azzurro California below on a Ferrari California which I'm sure you all have seen by now.... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Azzurro Metallic is a bit more "steely" (not sure what other word to use, dusty maybe?) than Azzurro California Metallic, which is a richer and deeper blue, but not as much as Monoco. Avio Metallic is a lighter shade than either. The Atlanta 599 (George's) is the only Azzurro Metallic Ferrari I have seen. It is a 50-60's anniversary color, where Californa is not. Azzurro Metallic really does look a lot more like the light blue metallic Ferrari's from that era, where as California seems like a more contemporary color (though I know it goes back a few generations on the V8 model line). I do not believe Avio is a 50-60's color. I think Avio was a new color for 08 that was introduced with the 430 Scuderia on the show car (to the best of my knowledge). So the only pics I have found of Azzurro Metallic are this 599 at Atlanta. Everything else is Azzurro California. I guess I am becoming the resident Ferrari blue historian (hoping to own a blue Ferrari one day & these are my favorite shades) ... hoping to possibly be at the Ferrari factory next month & plan to try to see these paint samples next to one another.
