Were there Alpina- and Amazonitgreen coupes? Any pics?

[johanaxelson]

I am still going through my process of choosing color and am (at the moment) considering green.

I have just seen these two pics of those colors so I am am looking for more to get a better idea of them. The googles tell me very little.

Alpina green : http://www.bmw-cscoupe.com/images/alpinagruen.jpg

Amazonit : http://www.bmw-cscoupe.com/images/amazonitgruen.jpg

Needs to match interior which looks like below.


Thanks,

Johan

 

[deQuincey]

if i give you my sincere opinion, johan, there is no other horrible colour but green, very seventies, and so on ,but, no, please do not paint it in green

 

[ccr2002]

Green

I love both of those...very seventies. Taiga is now my favorite...

 

[HB Chris]

Those look like e24 or later colors, especially the Alpina green, very olive drab in person, I know of two B7 e24 Alpinas in that color. The second looks like what you might find after drinking way too much the night before.

 

[DougE]

panel welting

That's a great idea attaching the welting directly to the door panel rather than gluing and screwing it to the door.

I am still going through my process of choosing color and am (at the moment) considering green.

I have just seen these two pics of those colors so I am am looking for more to get a better idea of them. The googles tell me very little.

Alpina green : http://www.bmw-cscoupe.com/images/alpinagruen.jpg

Amazonit : http://www.bmw-cscoupe.com/images/amazonitgruen.jpg

Needs to match interior which looks like below.


Thanks,

Johan

 

[Jellobmw]

I vote for Amazonit. All BMWs of that era should be distinctive colors. My first 2002 was Golf, and my e9 is Granatrot.

 

[Arde]

Isn't the Alpina green the color of the coupe in BMW's Munich museum?
And is that car in the museum because they could not sell it when new?

 

[gjensson]

The Amazonit is awesome me thinks.

But, the route I´ll most likely be going, is Taiga, has become by far my favorite color and will suit my project perfectly.

Great color IMO.

 

[johanaxelson]

Well, I have not fully decided on green. Although it can be very nice on a car like this.

I was just curious about these two colors as I found them here : http://www.bmw-cscoupe.com/farben/farben.html
Amazonit is 063


Googling told me very little, the only things I found about Amazonit was this :
http://e9coupe.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1873.html
www.e9coupe.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-4950.html
And that did not help too much.

Arde - I think the one I saw in the museum was Fjord.

GJenssen - That is indeed a beautiful Taiga pic. Think I have to move it up the list. Other taiga pics I have seen have been more bland. Sorry Quincey

Quincey - I did say consider so it is not sure I will go with green.

HB chris - the Alpina green is pretty drab, was just curious of it really existed.

 

[Bennett]

Mintgrun (Pastel Green)

There is a Mintgrun 3.0 (1974) that I see often in my neighborhood. It is pretty cool.

 

[Luis A.]

Taiga

FYI, I have plenty of Taiga pics in my '76 3.0 Si thread in the E3 section.

 

[deQuincey]

ha, ha, johan
it is your car, so you choose the colour
and again, i do not like green, probably IMHO no car looks good in green, or say it this way, there is always a better colour for a car than green

 

[Fstede1]

You want a nice presentable e9 paint it one of the standard colors. Want your car to have an attitude go Taiga or Amazonit. Look at those 5 e9's lined up at that Houstin shoot, very nice ,in fact exceptional cars. But ask yourself what car jumps out at you. The Taiga green one.

 

[johanaxelson]

Yeah Fstede, that is the question isn't it? Have a classic discreet look or stand out? Not an easy choice, easier to get tired of a car that stands out with a more "extreme" color. But I want to show off the car

Did not quite understand your post at first. Did not know the Taiga pic came from another thread but I found it: http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12276&highlight=houston

Beautiful cars....

 

[couttsdesign]

Mintgrun coupe

There is a Mintgrun 3.0 (1974) that I see often in my neighborhood. It is pretty cool.

Would you mind taking a pic and posting. I've always wanted to see mintgrun on a coupe. It's one of my favorite colors on a 2002 for sure!

 

[johanaxelson]

There is a really small mint pic on this board : https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/...5BWrHyb-2YVAd8hmiont9hG9JpXjlZuWHJyT9VAtJiyrA

 

[vince]

A quote from the most interesting man in the world:

"I don't usually like green cars; but when I do, I prefer Taiga!"

 

[Arde]

A quote from the most interesting man in the world:

"I don't usually like green cars; but when I do, I prefer Taiga!"

Brilliant!

 

[Yannick]

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[johanaxelson]

I could be wrong, I dug it out from here with googles wayback machine : http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5324&page=2

So worry if it was wrong.