I was at an Infiniti dealer today to look at getting a new g. I test drove some new Q coupes and thought about leasing. After speaking with the sales person about options he showed me the color options. And I was very surprised. Every single color has gotten more dull and bland. The blue is boring the red is flat. Thy got rid of the best color a long time ago, Athens blue.

Does anyone else agree?

Oh also they don't make a MT sedan....

 

I kind of like the new red.

 

Yeah, I mean with that comparison ^^^ its (IMO) now maroon, not red. So they just changed the colors, not made them more dull. But I do agree, the more vibrant colors gave the cars that LOOK AT ME! quality. They really caught your eye, especially that Athens Blue! With that said, I don't think it works so well for a sedan as most see them as more of luxury/daily driver type of car. You want it to look "refined" and going with a more subtle color does that; so this new maroon is perfectly fine with me and I think it looks good.

 

Sure if your an older driver looking for that daily sedan. But if I'm getting a sport coupe I'd really like some decent color to choose from. Maybe the booklet I was looking at was for sedan, because I didn't see that red

 

All in the eye of the beholder ... I felt Athens Blue was the worst color.

 

I loved Athens Blue and Vibrant Red. Venetian Ruby is nice... but I don't think it was smart to drop Vibrant Red altogether.

OP- I agree with you... the colors are rather lackluster compared to the selection from earlier years.

 

That first red you posted in Vibrant Red and is no longer available. They discontinued the vibrant red and lapis blue, two of the more vibrant colors. Its sad.

 

I loved my Athens Blue on my G35 coupe, beautiful blue which was later changed to Lapis Blue I believe!

 

Infiniti (and really all Japanese luxury makes) has never consistently done "pretty" vibrant colors. Go to the Audi/BMW websites and look at those colors. Several shades of blue, usually a couple of reds/maroons, and a few whites/blacks.

You can almost predict the Infiniti colors for all of the vehicles:
White
Black
Dark Grey
Silver
Perhaps a sky blue

It's almost appears like laziness with the colors that Infiniti rolls out.

 

Well I'd like to think Infinti nailed it with Malbec Black though ...

 

They really did, I loved my malbec black.... however they decided to top it off with a crappy clear coat which ended up giving the color a hazy look and not to mention all the scratches.

 

Is this the stock S bumper? My stock 2010 non-S bumper has tons of paint chips, and I'd like to upgrade the appearance of it. This one looks so much better.

 

i like the new red IMO. the super bright vibrant red looks like cheap ***** lipstick. the new red looks like seductive red velvet.

 

That is a stock 2011+ Sport bumper. And just so everyone is clear... the vert pictured is in the old Vibrant Red and not the new Venetian Ruby.

 

The Athens blue looked great on the G35 coupe. I didnt like it on the 08 +
The Caribbean Blue in the 03/ 04 G coupes was hot.. and very rare