Sumatra v Pewter Grey

albertz33 · Post by **albertz33** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:07 pm

looking good

have you seen it in bright sunlight? does it change colour slightly?

squareeyes · Post by **squareeyes** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:17 pm

I picked the car up today, so no chance of bright sunlight until next year!
It is a very similar colour to my A3 that this replaces, which I think was lava grey, I couldn't park them next to each other otherwise I would have taken a picture. It does change quite a bit depending on the light and does look lighter the brighter the light gets but there is a depth to the finish that is really good in the flesh/tin that photographs don't really capture, as you would expect with a metallic finish. The worst representation of the colour is the one on the Volkswagen website, when I saw that I thought what have I done, it was not there when I ordered the car but I guess it puts a lot of people off. I'll get a few peoples opinions in the next few days and let you know what they say.

bazil · Post by **bazil** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:00 pm

squareeyes wrote:I picked the car up today, so no chance of bright sunlight until next year!

Why don't you come to Greece for a journey? We have bright sunlight almost every day. So, you will see it under sunlight, and I will have a chance to see how this really rare colour seems...

drnick · Post by **drnick** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:44 pm

Saw one yesterday in Sumatra at the dealer which supplied my car - it looks really good even with truffle! The colour really suits the car, i'd recommend it having seen it in the flesh.

shooms · Post by **shooms** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:55 pm

Well my 2 months delay & seeing these pics have put me in a tizz whether to change my order from candy white to sumatra.... it does look gorgeous...

shooms · Post by **shooms** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:26 am

Just changed my order to Sumatra

Thanks for the pics on this thread - they really swayed me

Gornash · Post by **Gornash** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:49 am

Greetings from Portugal!

I always liked sumatra and the photos posted are really great, tho on direct sun the car really looks more brown than these photos posted sugest. im about to order mine... but havent decided the colour... either black, rising blue or sumatra.

gossa · Post by **gossa** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:14 pm

Once you've had black you never go back!

squareeyes · Post by **squareeyes** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:29 pm

Due to popular demand. Well a couple of guys asked me, I have uploaded a few more pictures to my gallery. so you can see what a grubby sumatra one looks like!
Oh and I did feel a complete a*!e taking pictures of my car in a car park!

gggg! · Post by **gggg!** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:49 pm

Looks fantastic!

Gornash · Post by **Gornash** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:10 am

Thanks squareeyes! keep them comming

LCM · Post by **LCM** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:44 pm

Great pic and a brave choice without having seen it first. Got to say I am a fan of the darker side and well happy with my deep black pearl but the sumatra does look good. I would like to see the two parked next to each other to compare properly.

I have got to say though that the pewter looks like the colour of a polished concrete floor in a warehouse!!!

squareeyes · Post by **squareeyes** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:44 am

LCM wrote:Great pic and a brave choice without having seen it first. Got to say I am a fan of the darker side and well happy with my deep black pearl but the sumatra does look good. I would like to see the two parked next to each other to compare properly.

I have got to say though that the pewter looks like the colour of a polished concrete floor in a warehouse!!!

Black would have been a safe choice when I ordered the car, as I always prefer dark colours. What stopped me from going for black was the description of black interior black headlining black trim black windows and then black bodywork without seeing it sounded a bit much for me. Still not seen one in the flesh but all the pictures it looks great and I would have been very happy with a black one.
I still have not seen another one of any colour, ouside the dealership (light blue and silver) let alone managed to park next to one for a photo op.

shooms · Post by **shooms** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:19 am

squareeyes wrote: Black would have been a safe choice when I ordered the car, as I always prefer dark colours. What stopped me from going for black was the description of black interior black headlining black trim black windows and then black bodywork without seeing it sounded a bit much for me.

Exactly my reasons from changing from black to white originally...

Square eyes - many thanks for your pics - they really made my mind up swapping from white to sumatra - appreciated fella - think it looks class

AsteroidS · Post by **AsteroidS** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:47 pm

Hi guys, in Singapore Sumatra is also known as Dark Maroon.

Too bad It doesnt comes with a darker shade of pewter grey like dark gunmetal else i would havr gotten the color instead.

trix · Post by **trix** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:13 am

imo sumatra is very gunmetally in some lights asteroid

S

bleedsoff · Post by **bleedsoff** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:16 am

trix wrote:imo sumatra is very gunmetally in some lights asteroid

S

Have to agree, esp here in the UK when a sunny day is a rarity.

Scirocco Central

Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey

Re: Sumatra v Pewter Grey