Lucerne colors

[CreativeVision]

Can anyone post some real world pics of the 2007 Lucerne so we can see the colors accurately? I was just on their website and unfortunately they are not true to life depictions. My local dealers don't have much other than white, black, and silver. LIke to see the sagemist metallic, Ming Blue, Dark Claret, and the sandstone(?) darker beige color.

Also I didn't see this on the Buick site, but can the interior be had with anything other than the woodgrain trim?

[Flybrian]

You can select from different tones of woodgrain, but you're stuck with woodgrain.

As for photos...

• Goldmist
• Ming Blue
• Platinum
• Dark Garnet
• Onyx
• Sharkskin
• Sandstone
• Quartz
• White

...are what I could find.

[CreativeVision]

I really like the Sandstone. Elegant yet cool(or maybe I'm weird).

The Dark Garnet is nice, but my current car is a dark burgandy/purplish, need a change for the next car. I think I may have seen a Ming blue in another thread, also a nice color, but boy does it look black in the photos above. I'm sure at night that's how it will look as well. Also worried about darker colors for showing rock chips on the front end. My current car is looking bad and I take care of it well. Just effects of driving it.

[HarleyEarl]

I wonder when color will come back. It just seems alot of various degrees of grey and tan. So safe, so vanilla.

[VenSeattle]

Well, just about every paint color available is a premium metallic. That's a dramatic improvement and something I've been requesting for quite some time.

[Paolino]

You can select from different tones of woodgrain, but you're stuck with woodgrain.

201051[/snapback]

Well, not exactly... you can only get the darker woodgrain with the black interior. The other colors come with the standard fugly faux wood not shown in many of the photos on Buick.com.

[Intrepidation]

Black is all ya need

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

Dark Garnet=Maroon, Ming Blue=Navy Blue, Light Quartz is a type of lavender I think, probably their nicest metallic. Sandstone is actually Bronze.

[CreativeVision]

Paolino:

I saw in another Lucerne thread that you like the Sagemist...any pics of it?

[CreativeVision]

I wonder when color will come back.  It just seems alot of various degrees of grey and tan.  So safe, so vanilla.

201110[/snapback]

I agree, but when you consider Silver is the number 1 color choice it seems to make sense that auto manufacturers are trying to stick with that (and varying shades).

I would love to see a nice green. There doesn't seem to be too many greens that are attractive on cars. I don't want something that pops too much and becomes gaudy to look at every day, but your right it should shows signs of life. How about a Lucerne with the purple from the Grand Prix or the green/blue they had? I would buy it!

For me it is a matter of striking a balance between classy and sporty. Hard to pull off depending on the stigma associated with certain cars. Good example: The bright true red on the Envoy. Does not compliment the vehicle at all IMO.

[Tailfin61]

Sagemist is a really nice color in person, especially with the chrome wheels (don't they all look better with the chrome wheels?) local dealer says they can't keep them in stock, sell right away.

Jury's still out on the Sandstone. It looks very different on a sunny day versus cloudy day. Looks rather muddy/dull on a cloudy day. IMO.

[Drew Dowdell]

Well, not exactly... you can only get the darker woodgrain with the black interior.  The other colors come with the standard fugly faux wood not shown in many of the photos on Buick.com.

201178[/snapback]

all cars come in black, the rest are just factory errors.

[Paolino]

Paolino:

I saw in another Lucerne thread that you like the Sagemist...any pics of it?

201231[/snapback]

I will post later--I think I have a picture of it. A friend's neighbor got one, and it's GORGEOUS! If I can't find one, I'll have to carry my camera next time I go to my friend's house. It's like a light silver-green... very faint, but you can see the sage in it. I like it with a cashmere interior.

[caddycruiser]

Here's a Sagemist. Bad image quality, and looks a little darker than it really is, but you get the idea:

It's one of my favorites too, and one that dealers don't seem to ever have much of. White Diamond is probably my favorite, along with the '06 Sharkskin (now discontinued).

Edited October 4, 2006 by caddycruiser

[HarleyEarl]

This and many cars would look so good in rich, vibrant colors. With the return of chrome, color please come back. We miss you.

[Tailfin61]

Thanks for posting CXS in sagemist! Love it!

That color is trendy now. Toyota and VW (Mercury too I think) are offering similar versions. I like GM's best as it seems a bit "brighter" than the others. Drive by a dealer's lot and that sagemist really pops out compared to all the grey/blue/beige/silver colors.

I'm disappointed that BUICK dropped the blue/shale interior. There's not much difference between cocoa/cashmere and cocoa/shale. I'd rather have seen black/shale similar to LaX CXS.

[ponchoman49]

I wonder when color will come back.  It just seems alot of various degrees of grey and tan.  So safe, so vanilla.

201110[/snapback]

We can thank Toyota and Honda for that. They are the masters of souless blah colorless appliances.

[GMman]

I don't know what the name of this color is, but it's awesome!!!

[Satty]

Gray

[HarleyEarl]

I detest grey interiors of any hue. As President, it would be my first law passed. NO GREY INTERIORS. If infractions occurred, the convicted would be banished to a tiny, mouse-hide room forever.

Truely a blight on cars for so long. My mood just droops every time I get into a mouse fur car.

Edited October 7, 2006 by HarleyEarl

[GMman]

We can thank Toyota and Honda for that. They are the masters of souless blah colorless appliances.

201706[/snapback]

Well maybe, but those little guys sure do have cool designs.. :rotflmao:

[CreativeVision]

I don't know what the name of this color is, but it's awesome!!!

202428[/snapback]

So is that wood grain black or a grey? Didn't see it on the Buick Website when building my own Lucerne. Is it not available anymore, or only on certain colors?

[VenSeattle]

White Diamond is probably my favorite, along with the '06 Sharkskin (now discontinued).

201326[/snapback]

I don't believe Sharkskin has been discontinued. I actually think my dealership has an 07 Lucerne in Sharkskin. Buick's website still shows it's available and it has been updated for 07.

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

No, thank GM for that since they discontinued the colors, not Toyota and Honda! How about another, real red on Lucerne-that Deep Ruby/Sonoma Red Metallic, perhaps? And get rid of boring Navy Blue-replace it with that new Midnight Blue.

[buickguy]

That '07 Camry is ugly in person, but that close up you posted is 100% hideous! Thanks for that. It's kind of Mazda looking.

[Drew Dowdell]

Well maybe, but those little guys sure do have cool designs.. :rotflmao:

202475[/snapback]

Is that lower bumper thingy just glued on? It doesn't look integrated at all.

[CreativeVision]

Is that lower bumper thingy just glued on?  It doesn't look integrated at all.

205453[/snapback]

Usually it is applied by 3M tape all the way around with some support screws attached to the wheel well area. Its actually a pretty strong setup, but yeah not much for integrated look.

[Flybrian]

In person, the Camry is very, very blunt-nosed, an extremely unattractive design for such a car.

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

Funny we're talking about this-I just saw a grey 2007 Camry LE, I was paying close attention to the front end in particular-I actually like the Camry design-not Design of the Year material by any means, but it looks sleeker and less heavy looking than the previous model, and the front end, blunt nosed up front, semi-sloping headlamps/sides, reminds me of some later 1960's-early 1970's Mercury's.

[hunter]

i'd love to see some non-metallic colors other than red, black, and white...it seems like everything is metallic these days, and the color doesn't stand out as well unless it is in the sun

[CreativeVision]

You haven't noticed the new Lexus colors then...Those metallics are HOT!!!

[AM6_Cutlass]

I wonder when color will come back.  It just seems alot of various degrees of grey and tan.  So safe, so vanilla.

201110[/snapback]

Agreed, I like color. I really feel like my blue Impala sticks out in a sea of silver and beige cars.