- When it comes to your dream cars
whether it's exotic, hyper, like myself,
classic, muscle tuner, off-road, ultra luxury, sport,
whatever that car or cars may be,
you're probably not sitting there
imagining your dream car painted in silver.
Why?
Because colors matter.
Colors can make or break the look of a whole car.
A red Mustang,
usually looks rental spec straight off the herd
V6 clocked here,
an automatic transmission,
and is also probably convertible,
but got to have a green Mustangs.
That shit stands out and really makes a statement.
It's not always because it's good,
but usually it's because these special colors
are unique and rare themselves.
So strap up that thinking cap boys,
because today we're going to dive into the world
of rare paint colors that will make you flip
next time you see one in person.
Starting off with a JDM legend among JDM legends.
The FD RX7 is undoubtedly one of the most popular
JDM sports cars in the world.
And they have one particular color
that represents the holy grail of all FD RX7S.
And that's Competition Yellow Mica.
But in this particular example,
the paint itself,
isn't necessarily special (engine revving)
on its own.
It's quite literally,
it's yellow.
But the color did
represent something
more than just what it looked like.
You see all US market FD RX7s in this color
came with the R1 sport package.
The R1 package had a ton of desirable stuff like
different suspension, additional coolers,
for all kinds of other random things.
These were all non center cars
and they got more aggressive front lips.
And well, let's call it an era appropriate spoiler
among suede with the seats as well.
But here's what makes it rare.
Only 350 were ever imported into the US in 1993,
the only year that this one was available,
so these cars are specifically limited in production
to 350, only offered for one model year
and represented the top tier performance package.
It's a pretty slick combination right there.
I suppose that's why they're decently expensive
compared to normal FD turbos.
And good god,
these cars have some of my favorite factory wheels
of all time.
They're like the JDM equivalent of a C401 wheel
and I love it.
I don't know why nobody makes a larger diameter
or wider version or replica of the OEM FD RX7 wheel.
Anyway, I thought this was cool
because the color became popular on the car,
versus most of the other cars on this list
are going to be cool because of the color,
so, yeah, yellow FD RX7s,
rare and neat, let's move on.
The 1990s was a weird time.
It's when I was born,
"All That" was still on Nickelodeon,
GranTurismo, launched simulation racing
on gaming councils and ton of cars
were experimenting with weird combinations
with paint and graphics and multi-tone themes,
and even putting woodgrain vinyl
down the side of everything.
But then in 1996, Ford took things to a totally new level.
The 1996 SVT Cobra was the first production car
ever to be offered from the factory
with a color shifting paint option.
For just $815 you can get one of the most controversial
paint colors of all time,
with the mystic metallic Cobra.
This mystic metallic paint shifted from shades of purple
to green and teal,
and there was even some gold and copper in it.
It's a really wild color.
Now I don't know as if I particularly like this color,
but, oh my god, do I want it.
Unfortunately it was a 1996 only color,
and it was pretty controversial so
there aren't really a ton of them around anymore,
but maybe even cooler than that
is the 2003, 2004 mystic chrome SVT Cobra.
And this thing absolutely took this paint too far,
maybe for the better, maybe not.
The newest variation of the color changing paint option
had a more tropical feel to it, if you will.
The colors were a little bit lighter.
They were more fun.
They were easier to distinguish from one another.
And again, with the purples and the teals and golds,
even this kind of dark brown root beer kind of color
in certain light.
Anyway, they all fade in and out of each other.
But the part that really blew my mind
and made it one of the most unique color combos ever to me
was the matching color shifting leather inserts on the seat
and on the steering wheel.
I have no idea how they did that,
but man is it cool.
Almost equally as strange
as the mystic and mystic chrome cobras,
the Harlequin Golf
has gotta be one of the craziest color combos on any car
of all time.
Now I know it might look a little goofy to you
non enthusiasts, but these cars are so fricking sick.
The Harlequin Golf was a 1996 model,
your only option just like mystic cobra, oddly enough.
Anyway, making a long story short,
in the 1960s Volkswagen had this print ad
where the Beatle had different color panels on it,
from different years to promote its biggest flaw,
but as a feature.
And that was really where they haven't changed much
over a long period of time.
So they flipped the script
and they hit their target market perfectly.
Hey!
Yeah, these things have gone unchanged for a while,
but that's how we pass those savings on to the consumer.
Even though it was all based around the fact
that an unchanged design equals interchangeable parts
that are maybe more importantly, more cost-effective
and it worked really good.
The old Beetle is basically like the new Chevy Spark,
which is basically just a Daewoo with some shared parts.
And they made a bajillion of these damn things.
And they're one of the cheapest brand new cars
you can buy and maintain
just like the Beetle used to be.
Anyway, he Harlequin Golfs are pretty rare.
You don't see them a whole lot.
And they're just absolutely super fun to look at.
I absolutely have one of these
on my bucket list of cars that need I need to own.
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You know,
one of the rarest car colors of all time
wasn't even paint, at all, actually.
It was just straight up bare metal.
In 1981, John DeLorean would introduce the world
to one of my least favorite cars of all time,
with a whopping 130 horsepower.
The DeLorean was able to reach a top speed
of 109 miles an hour.
And would dash to 60 and a blistering 10 and a half seconds.
You guys, the DeLorean sucked, I'm sorry.
And I hate to sound like such a hater,
but like, what the hell, man?
This thing may as well have been designed
by a cocaine fueled gentlemen
who had more money and drugs than he knew what to do with,
and that's the only reason
why this car could end up being a slow turd.
Oh, wait.
That's exactly what happened.
Anyway, they did knock one thing out of the park.
And that was the looks.
This thing was basically from the fricking future.
You know what I'm saying?
But maybe even bigger than its movie feature was the color,
or rather the lack there of.
The DeLorean is literally fricking brushed aluminum
except for its bumper covers.
Those were painted because they were plastic.
To the best of my knowledge,
this is the only mass produced car
to leave the factory unfinished,
making it pretty dang rare in itself,
especially, you know,
after the company failed,
only being able to produce these cars for a couple of years.
But, what happens when a young successful
cocaine ravaged American engineer and inventor
stumbles across an opportunity
to partner his new crazy automobile company
with a nearly $200 billion financial corporation,
American Express.
That's right, baby,
we're talking about 24 karat gold DeLoreans.
You literally cannot make this (beep) up, guys.
The DeLorean American Express project
was supposed to be a big time promotion
that planned to sell a hundred units
of 24 karat gold plated DeLoreans for $85,000 each.
to its gold members.
I don't know if you've ever
used an inflation calculator before,
but $85,000 in 1981 is over $250,000 in 2021.
Now I don't know about you guys,
but I don't think he'd even pay $5,000
for anything with 130 horsepower.
But only to wherever officially sold.
Parts to build a third gold DeLorean
were produced as replacement parts, in case one was damaged.
And then two more were actually custom commissioned,
but that's about as crazy and rare as it gets.
And lastly, closing off with the JDM legend
that you probably thought I was gonna be talking about
when I showed you a yellow RX7
at the beginning of this video.
Let me introduce you to the alpine silver Toyota Supra.
I'm just kidding.
Of course, we're going to talk about
the frigging midnight purple R34 GTR, all right?
Midnight purple really became famous on the R33 GTR though,
with the original midnight purple color.
It was pretty dark and was quite simply
just a shade of purple.
I mean, when I say it like that,
it sounds kind of lame, but it was,
it was a really good at color,
but it's just not quite as pronounced as the later version.
Anyway, the purple was an absolute hit.
People who are ordering midnight purples R33 GTRs
left and right, with production numbers
ending with about 2,500 units
of that midnight purple R33 GTR.
For 1999, however, midnight purple
would become a little bit lighter
and (beep) change colors.
From certain angles,
the whole car would even appear completely blue,
which everyone thought was wild
until midnight purple three came along.
Midnight purple three took this to a whole new level.
The purple, it was more purple and the blues more blue
and each color individually was more distinguishable
from each other,
really highlighting its ability to color shift
with this crazy expensive paint.
But even with two different variations
of midnight purple for being R34s,
less than 550 units were produced,
making these bad boys pretty dang rare
and extremely desirable.
They demand huge money to this day.
Now I'm sure you're screaming at your screen
about a ton of other cars and crazy colors
that I may have missed.
So please leave those in the comments.
Let me know what they are.
I'd love to see what you guys come up with.
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Thank you so much for watching, peace.
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