Factory purple GTI

[barrym381]

I thought it was dearer on an Audi. I'm sure they have the price on the configurator unlike VW

not 100% on price as was just going from this ad but if they done it in 2003 for the tt im sure the price wont be too far away now and is that not a vw colour on the tt 

[p3asa]

Out of curiosity I went on the configurator, £2025 and its not a limitless colour choice to choose from.
I thought it would have been more or less any colour.

[monkeyhanger]

Out of curiosity I went on the configurator, £2025 and its not a limitless colour choice to choose from.
I thought it would have been more or less any colour.

Anyone VAG colour currently in production, they won't mix a unique colour for you. I'm presuming the additional cost is justified for the shipment of your body shell to the plant that gives that optional colour on the cars it builds there or its to pay for hogging a paint booth with your non-standard colour at the plant your car would usually be built at and paying for the cleanup of said booth.

[Mk7-GTD]

I would love to be able to get the colour I had on my Mk4 which was cherry red(I think) it was like a pearl red.

[fredgroves]

I've said before and I'll say it again... its crap the VW UK don't offer the same paint selection as that for the German market.

I suppose the only thing I can think of is that the RHD vehicles are built on a different line to the LHD ones and that the volume is significantly less that the tear down and clean cycle for the paint sprayers are justifiable for the volume of vehicles ever likely to be being built in "bile yellow" or "mint teabag".

If they let me choose from the German colour range though, I'd definitely have ordered something cheery

[barrym381]

I would love to be able to get the colour I had on my Mk4 which was cherry red(I think) it was like a pearl red.

they have a similar shade a on a mk7 in the photos here  must admit the blue looks nice

http://www.carscoops.com/2012/09/2013-vw-golf-gti-study-officially.html

[Mk7-GTD]

I would love to be able to get the colour I had on my Mk4 which was cherry red(I think) it was like a pearl red.

they have a similar shade a on a mk7 in the photos here  must admit the blue looks nice

http://www.carscoops.com/2012/09/2013-vw-golf-gti-study-officially.html

Yeah that looks like the same red. Stunning.

[monkeyhanger]

Is that "firespark red"? They had it on some of the early press shots and it was never seen again.

[barrym381]

Is that "firespark red"? They had it on some of the early press shots and it was never seen again.

google throws up these images for firespark and canyon red 
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vw+firespark+red&biw=1366&bih=599&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLuPauxeDKAhVFQhQKHXKoCA4Q_AUIBigB#

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vw+canyon+red&biw=1366&bih=599&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP5_jgxeDKAhUB2RQKHU5FBmgQ_AUIBigB

[clubsport]

We do seem to get a raw deal on colours available on the GTi in the UK. Solid black is now the only colour you don't have to pay up for! Even regular red & white are £260 extra according to the VW configurator.

Have a look at the VW Germany configurator, they classify the colours as "spectrums" of blue, brown, yellow etc...

http://app.volkswagen.de/ihdcc/de/configurator.html#colours/30300/36100/5G19UX/2016/1

It would be great to be able to spec some retro GTi colours like Lhasa green & Helios or Monza blue.