Blue Graphite?

[Rolfe]

There are pics of a show car online of a very shiny blue graphite one.

Do you have a link for that?

This is the best I found so far.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27678

The colour seems to vary a lot with the light.  Hmmm.  Pity about the 55^oN part....

ETA:  This one?

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/04/custom_1239223861391_3424191097_6fe08bcd9a_b.jpg

Rolfe.

[keelaw]

yup, the latter one is the one i saw.  i challenge you to keep it looking like that every day!  lol

[Rolfe]

yup, the latter one is the one i saw.  i challenge you to keep it looking like that every day!  lol

Not the proverbial snowball's chance.

It's a shame the photography is so precious - it's difficult to see the real car behind the dazzling reflections.  Still, it shows what it can look like "in the right light".

I'm pleased enough with the colour really.

Rolfe.

[Snoopy]

That second one is the american spec show car and its carbon gray not blue graphite 

[Rolfe]

That second one is the american spec show car and its carbon gray not blue graphite 

You reckon?  I can see it's not the same, and it's the first one that matches the colour in the brochure.  I thought it was more to do with the colour reproduction though, because the second one still looks blue-ish - maybe reflection of blue panels nearby?  It's the brochure colour and the first (Bahrain) pics that I like, though - it's just hard to imagine it on a whole car from the little bit of sample in the dealer's, which looks very dark.

Damn.  I'm going to have to change the wallpaper on my computer again.

Or maybe not, the very shiny one is actually quite an eyeful....

Rolfe.

[Snoopy]

I spend alot of time on the american forums so i have seen those pics many times.
The guys at the press launch of that car were told it was carbon, one of a restricted colour range available in America.

[Rolfe]

Is the car itself significantly different?  The front seems more aggressive or something, but I can't quite put my finger on it and I though it was just the absence of a number plate.

It does look sort of blue, but as I said, that could be reflection.  Is it different from the "Carbon Grey" in the British brochure then?

Rolfe.

[Snoopy]

I don't have any mk6 blue graphites only mk5s 
But i do have a 'normal' mk6 in blue graphite photo.

[Rolfe]

Yeah, I think I like it best of the colours on offer.  (I better - it's on order!)

Is the US spec car significantly different to look at compared to our specs?

Rolfel

[Snoopy]

Not really. Orange side markers, number plate are the main thing, the equipment spec is slightly different and theres is 200PS not 210PS due to emmisions and fuel octane ratings.