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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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http://www.chevrolet.com/byo/selectC...d=030&x=12&y=4

LOl!

Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic?
Lemans Blue Metallic?
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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those are just names of race tracks. Technically the Z ripped off the names of datyona and lemans
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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I think the corvette had those names before the Z did.
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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I love how every name has two parts, except just plain "black".
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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I'm sure those names have been used time and time and time again.
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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They put the names ***-backwards so they don't seem like their taking the names. Every car company has to put a cool name to the paint color, it's a great marketing tool. I think it's cool that car colors are named by tracks. I wish the Z came in Laguna Seca Blue like the M3. I love that color for some reason. Look on the brightside if you ever talk to a guy with the new Z06 you could tell him where they got the ideas for the paint names.
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by h8rain
I love how every name has two parts, except just plain "black".
super black
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by scrbz6913
They put the names ***-backwards so they don't seem like their taking the names. Every car company has to put a cool name to the paint color, it's a great marketing tool. I think it's cool that car colors are named by tracks. I wish the Z came in Laguna Seca Blue like the M3. I love that color for some reason. Look on the brightside if you ever talk to a guy with the new Z06 you could tell him where they got the ideas for the paint names.
+2, I love Laguna Seca blue... saw an LSB E46 at Best Buy yesterday and contemplated painting the Z sometime... not sure it would look right on the Z, but its a cool color.
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by plumpzz
those are just names of race tracks. Technically the Z ripped off the names of datyona and lemans

thats besides the point that they are real race tracks, the corvette mysteriously seems to suggest name jacking from the Z haha

fruits...I LOVE the Z06 C6 btw....it own3d the 350Z
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rockinbboy
I think the corvette had those names before the Z did.

You are correct. I owned a 1998 C5 Corvette prior to buying my Z and Lamans Blue was a standard color. Daytona Orange however is a new color they came out with in 2005 when they changed the body of the Corvette and went from a C5 to the new C6.
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by kourosH
super black
next one.. Super Duper Black
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by scrbz6913
I wish the Z came in Laguna Seca Blue like the M3. I love that color for some reason.
A SMURF BLUE Z???!!!

The penalty is death!
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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I love the Laguna Blue on the M3, it looks exotic. Mid 90s Porsche has that color too. My favorite 06 Z color is the Interlago Fire, awesome color changes from direct sunlight to non-direct sunlight. Speaking of Corvette colors, Millennium Yellow is the same as Ultra Yellow, only difference is the sparkle in the UY on the Z.
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Armitage
I'm sure those names have been used time and time and time again.
Heh yeah I'm sure, it is kind of funny that in this case they're just switched though. Switch around orange and blue (Go Gators ) and you have the Z names.
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