About to do Atelier on GTC4, some thoughts on colour

I saw GTC4lusso while I was at the factory recently in a few colors, but Bianco Italia or Avus looks best to me. Elegant, understated, works with your other cars and you can't go wrong with launch colors..

Good luck to you.

 

Go TDF. The latest set of review pics is stunning. And my F12 in TDF rarely gets attention because of color, only because of sound and stance $)

 

I went Grigio fero and ciocolato with mine. Not sure if Grigio fero is an up charge

 

I was told , unsolicited, that yellow is only saleable with the triple layer. As I was not looking to buy, it was not a sales pitch. Others may have real car experience of it. Grigio Ferro is proving very popular on 488 and GTC. I actually think you could consider inverting your option choice, as the 488 Spyder is in demand and 2 years wait, so will withhold a higher option hit. GTC will always be price sensitive, and the only bit I have heard is that TDF, Black and Silverstone will all be very saleable. I don't think any of those will cause a problem, the roof though as you say, is an option you will need come resale. They are just launching the carbon packs for GTC, though, for the first time, the standard interior is already very very smart.

 

Whilst I agree the standard interior is very smart, I do feel it needs either carbon or an alternative finish to lift it.......

 

Not if I was buying it off you it wouldn't. I'd be beating a path to your door. I can't be the only one. Think of it this way, if you get a traditionally saleable colour, then so will have a lot of other people so when it comes to sell you'll just be one of many available. But if you go for something like the yellow then people like me, of which I'm sure there must be many (you included...), will have a much smaller pool to choose from so, in fact, you'll have a higher potential for a sale because you're the only game in town.

Grigio Ferro would be a problem for me on the Lusso. Too sporty, not classy enough. Now, if it were Silverstone, you could sell both cars to me at once.

 

I think there is a risk that carbon has been done and overdone these days. The Cali T needs it as it is so plain and a little low rent, when I saw the GTC4 at the Atelier, I was impressed at how a lot of surfaces were leather covered . The aluminium sometimes looks plastic on Ferrari (as does Carbon on the non super sport cars) , though again it looked classy within the overall context of the car I saw. It did not look like a car that needed at all costs to have carbon . They tried that Alutex stuff for a while but that was short-lived. Be interesting to see the first cars, as in time the F12M will follow the same route. Other manufactures are going for complex finish woods (don't faint ) but I guess from a tooling up perspective you have a choice of Aluminium, carbon or painted aluminium. Unless you try Tailor Made, but then on a GTC4 that will take into a new orbit.

 

Carbon is out of place on such a classic car.

 

I would lean toward GF or GS for the GTC4 because they are fairly easy colors to maintain and look good.

 

Dont understand why people put so much of this decorative carbon tat into cars nowadays (esp given what manufactuers charge for it) - to me it has no real place in a car like the FF/GTC4 and even F12 - a car that is not made of carbon / carbon tub - looks and feels worse than aluminum to me (basically feels like plastic)

 

Not sure how to edit - what happened to my edit:

Regarding colour: how about argento with a dark blue interior (blue medio?) and dark grey carpets and seat belts, grey stitiching. Wheels finish in some kind of gunmetal colour, silver calipers , no shields , no window tint

 

White sits very well with RM. as would argento. Could add a TDF and Avus and show them as a Union Jack! 8^)

SV

 

I have a 612 OTO in Grigio Ferro/Iroko and CF trim. I think I would have preferred Silverstone but I didn't ever see a Silverstone with the interior I preferred and settled for GF. I have a Pewter CL 55 and I really like that color on that car. It is easy to maintain in that color as. DD, I think Silverstone would be also. The GF does show more dust than Pewter so is slightly less advantageous as a DD color IMO.

Also on my 612 the GF was an up charge but I don't think Silverstone is? I was at the museum last week and it appeared that Silverstone was one of the current standard colors. I guess that is both good and bad - less cost but perhaps more common on resale? If you are considering a custom color look at what ever is close to Merc 03 Pewter color you may like it and easy to maintain and richer looking than a silver IMO. But I don't think you can go wrong with Silverstone.

 

I was not into CF either until I saw it with Iroko and grey carpet, I think it looks better than the aluminum, which appears closer to plastic or too flat IMO.

 

Pretty sure you're correct. The Ferrari sales staff told me the same, and my 2015 Grigio Ferro F12's window sticker reads "SPECIAL / EXTRA" under Color, whereas my 2009 612 OTO's sticker specified Grigio Silverstone. I think you scored to get the EC upgraded color.

 

I'd say Giallo Modena is a good choice to park next to the Speciale. Definitely a good colour for a sunshine car.
If you want grey for the Lusso, I'd go with a lighter shade than Ferro - I'd go with Grigio Ingrid. It's a super classy warm-ish grey that will compliment the other two cars very well.

If you don't want to spend too much on the options for the 488, may I suggest the LED steering wheel wrapped in leather. I prefer all carbon or no carbon inside and this way you still get the LED wheel which many people seem to like, but without the mismatch of some carbon only. This will look very clean and nice.

Just my take on it.

 

By other finish than carbon, I was thinking of possibly a different colour rather than the slightly plastic like aluminium colour, dependent on your leather choice. A darker grey looks smarter for instance IMO with some leathers and say a Ferro exterior?

 

I'd go silverstone. Easy maintenance, not too expensive, sits well with Rosso Marranello and shows the lines the best

 

I think you are right, Silverstone is a good colour for a GT. I did like TDF in the videos though. Seemed brighter than normal.

 

Beautiful combo!

 

for some reason grey is the way to go on these - i'm currently torn between a grey and a black - hoping that my visit to the Atelier in the fall will "fix" that